Today is Wednesday, Dec. 10, the 345th day of 2008. There are 21 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 10, the 345th day of 2008. There are 21 days left in the year. On this date in 1958, National Airlines opens the era of U.S. domestic jet passenger service as it begins flights between New York and Miami using Boeing 707s leased from Pan Am.

In 1520, Martin Luther publicly burns the papal edict demanding that he recant, or face excommunication. In 1869, women are granted the right to vote in the Wyoming Territory. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War. In 1931, Jane Addams becomes the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (the co-recipient is Nicholas Murray Butler).

December 10, 1983: A 34-year-old Poland Township woman is charged with murder, accused of smothering her 2-year-old daughter with a pillow while trying to make her stop crying.

Youngstown Police Chief John E. Lynch III is home recovering from slight injuries received when his auto slid through an intersection and was hit at Bear’s Den Road and Normandy Drive.

Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee Iacocca says a proposed deal between General Motors and Toyota to build subcompact cars together at a plant in Freemont, Calif., has “too much potential for hanky panky” and suggests he may file suit to block the deal.

December 10, 1968: Common Pleas Judge Sidney Rigelhaupt orders the city of Youngstown to proceed with arbitration in a dispute with eight city firemen who object to their transfer.

Dr. Sam Sheppard denies accusations by his second wife, who claimed in a suit for divorce that she had reason to fear her husband would do her great bodily harm. Sheppard, whose conviction for murdering his first wife was overturned, recently resigned from the staff of Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital.

Two former Youngstown gridders, Larry Wire of Boardman and Randy McBride of Crestview High, were mainstays on the University of Cincinnati freshman football team during the 1968 season.

December 10, 1958: Federal Judge James C. Connell of Cleveland is ignoring the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee’s invitation to testify on his ruling that three Youngstown Teamsters are ineligible for office and the union’s monitors have only advisory powers.

Mayor Frank X. Kryzan submits his 1959 city budget, which calls for expenditures of $13.6 million, a decrease of nearly $1.4 million from the 1958 budget, reflecting the administration’s uncertainty over economic conditions for the next year.

The Independent Garage Owners of Ohio Inc., Youngstown Unit, goes on record as opposing a police order giving a monopoly on all towing cases to Passarelli Brothers Auto Service.

December 10, 1933: Ralph P. White, president of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce, proposes that a committee of substantial air-minded Youngstowners be formed to conduct a careful study of the need for a new, adequate and well-located airport.

The Mahoning Valley gains a powerful ally in the fight for a Beaver-Mahoning waterway in U.S. Sen. Robert J. Bulkley of Ohio. He pledges to do everything in his power to gain approval for the project.