Today is Tuesday, Nov. 18, the 323rd day of 2008. There are 43 days left in the year. On this date
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 18, the 323rd day of 2008. There are 43 days left in the year. On this date in 1928, Walt Disney’s first sound-synchronized animated cartoon, “Steamboat Willie” starring Mickey Mouse, premieres in New York.
In 1883, the United States and Canada adopt a system of Standard Time zones. In 1886, the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, dies in New York. In 1908, actress-comedian Imogene Coca is born in Philadelphia. In 1936, Germany and Italy recognize the Spanish government of Francisco Franco. In 1958, the cargo freighter SS Carl D. Bradley sinks during a storm in Lake Michigan, claiming 33 of the 35 lives on board. In 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops do away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays outside of Lent. In 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan, D-Calif., and four other people are killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings are followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by more than 900 cult members. In 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra committees issue their final report, saying President Reagan bore “ultimate responsibility” for wrongdoing by his aides. In 1988, President Reagan signs legislation creating a Cabinet-level drug czar and providing the death penalty for drug traffickers who kill. In 1999, 12 people are killed when a 59-foot stack of logs under construction for a bonfire at Texas A&M University collapses.
November 18, 1983: U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams introduces legislation that could lead to congressional approval of $6 million in repairs to the Lake Milton dam.
The Very Rev. Anthony R. Wisniewski, pastor of Holy Cross Polish National Church for 21 years, will retire after 54 years of service to the church.
During a 15-minute meeting with President Ronald Reagan, Youngstown Bishop James W. Malone, new president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, extends the church’s “pro-life” stance to include concern about the growing arsenal of nuclear weapons.
November 18, 1968: Bobby Steele, 48, of Calcutta, a popular country and western star in the area, is killed in a two-car crash in Smith’s Ferry Road east of Calcutta.
Two men posing as Youngstown police detectives commandeer the car of an East Side man and rob him of $32.
Starting his second game against his old teammates, Cleveland Quarterback Bill Nelsen leads the Cleveland Browns to a 45-24 drubbing of the Pittsburgh Steelers in front of 41,572 fans in Pittsburgh.
November 18, 1958: The Mahoning County Home is inadequate, but it is not a fire trap or health hazard, county Commissioner John Palermo tells the Mahoning County Welfare Advisory Board. The state fire marshal has ordered the home closed.
Dr. Peter T. Hountras, keynote speaker, tells some 600 people at the opening session of the Family Life Institute at the YMCA that “democracy affords the maximum opportunity for self-realization ever devised by man.”
The cost of relief in Mahoning County for the first 10 months of 1958 exceeded $1 million, the highest rate of spending for welfare in the county since 1938, says I.L. Feuer welfare director.
November 18, 1933: One person is hurt and 30 others escape injury at the Campbell Inn on 10th Street when a dynamite bomb placed outside the building shatters every window in the place.
The Republic Steel Corp. gets an order for 2,500 tons of gas line pipe in six, eight and 10 inch diameter.
Eleanor Thomas is named editor in chief of The Messenger, official newspaper of Chaney High School, which is published every two weeks by students in the journalism department.