Today is Monday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2007. There are 42 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Monday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2007. There are 42 days left in the year. On this date in1863, President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.

In 1794, the United States and Britain sign Jay’s Treaty, which resolved issues left over from the Revolutionary War. In 1831, the 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, is born in Orange Township, Ohio. In 1917, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is born in Allahabad. In 1919, the Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55-39, short of the two-thirds majority needed for ratification. In 1959, Ford Motor Co. announces it is halting production of the unpopular Edsel. In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean make the second manned landing on the moon. In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to visit Israel. In 1984, some 500 people die in a firestorm set off by a series of explosions at a petroleum storage plant on the edge of Mexico City. In 1985, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev meet for the first time as they begin their summit in Geneva.

November 19, 1982: A chemist who tested six school buildings in Salem for potential asbestos hazards says the fiber levels in the air are not currently dangerous, but he recommends several areas where asbestos insulation should be encapsulated, mostly at the high school.

 The Ohio Senate passes a tough new drunken driving law and sends it to Gov. James Rhodes for his signature. The law mandates jail time for first offenders.

United Steeelworkers leaders reportedly agree on a 10 percent pay cut and other concessions to troubled steelmakers.

November 19, 1967: Youngstown State University sets a new record for enrollment with 13,228 enrolled for the fall quarter,  an increase of nearly 1,200 over the fall 1966 quarter

Roy Rogers Jr., son of the western movie and singing star, marries Linda Yoder, 18, at the First Methodist Church in Middlefield. Young Rogers will resume working in his father-in-law’s construction business and his bride plans to attend business college in Warren.

St. Elizabeth Hospital has a new heart catherization system that uses a computer to tell within seconds whether a heart patient is sound enough for surgery.

November 19, 1957: Charles B. Cushwa Jr., president of the Commercial Shearing & Stamping Co., is elected to the Youngstown Board of Education to fill the unexpired term of the late Mrs. John J. Buckley.

The cost of preparations for the Fairyland Yule Parade that will open the Youngstown Christmas shopping season is estimated at $35,000, including the cost of stringing more than 7,000 lights  and decorations downtown to give Federal Street a festive air.

Mayor Frank X. Kryzan says Youngstown’s 1958 budget will be slightly higher than the $11.8 million, record appropriation for 1957. The 1957 budget was an increase of $440,000 over the expenditures for 1956.

 November 19, 1932: Despite the depression, a total of $32,555 was expended in the fall political campaign by Democratic and Republican party organizations and candidates in Mahoning County.

A display of products produced from Ohio Leather Co. hides, from shoes to riding boots to book covers is attracting large crowds to Dollar Savings &  Trust Co.

Mrs. Clyde Storier, president of the Youngstown federation of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union asks Superintendent G.E. Roudebush for permission to conduct temperance education in city schools.