YEARS AGO FOR DEC. 1

Today is Saturday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2018. There are 30 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1824: The presidential election is turned over to the U.S. House of Representatives when a deadlock develops among John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. (Adams ended up the winner.)

1941: Japan’s Emperor Hirohito approves waging war against the United States, Britain and the Netherlands.

1942: During World War II, nationwide gasoline rationing takes effect in the United States.

1955: Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, is arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus .

1997: A 14-year-old boy opens fire on a prayer circle at Heath High School in West Paducah, Ky., killing three fellow students and wounding five.

2004: Tom Brokaw signs off for the last time as principal anchor of the “NBC Nightly News”; he is succeeded by Brian Williams.

2008: The National Bureau of Economic Research officially declares the U.S. to be in a recession.

VINDICATOR FILES

1993: School officials and city police conduct a surprise search at Warren Western Reserve school, but find no drugs or weapons.

Ralph Parker, owner of Liberty Firearms Inc. in Girard, says there’s a “dramatic surge” in interest in guns that will be affected by the Brady Bill, such as military style weapons. In 90 days, the bill, signed by President Clinton, will require a five-day waiting period and background check for gun purchases.

Fifty-seven workers at St. Joseph Riverside Hospital in Warren apply for voluntary separation or reduced hours to avoid involuntary layoffs in 1994.

1979: Municipal property taxes will go up $36 in 1979 for the average home owner in New Castle, Pa., under a budget introduced in city council.

The United Steelworkers of America and the 21-member steel industry association petitions the International Trade Union Commission for a three-year extension of import quotas on stainless, tool alloy and other specialty steels.

Dr. George Beelen, chairman of the History Department at Youngstown State University and an Austintown Township trustee, will head the 1979 Mahoning County Heart Fund Campaign, which has a goal of $108,700.

1968: Frank C. Watson, president of Youngs-town Welding & Engineering Co., is chairman of the Mahoning Valley Industrial Management Association’s annual bosses night.

Youngstown’s 27,000 public school students will be able to select from a wide range of activities to occupy their time during the five weeks they will be on an enforced vacation due to the school district’s lack of funds.

Charles Carolyne, Youngstown jeweler, sues Youngstown State University for $150,000 in damages for an item in a story about him in the school newspaper, The Jambar, regarding a dispute over an advertising account.

1943: Atty. Peter Betras, acting for Mary Thomas, informs Youngstown Law Director John A. Willo that she will file a taxpayer’s suit if Willo proceeds with the sale of $200,000 in bonds to finance the Chestnut Street opening project. Betras contends the bond sale authorization by city council did not follow state law.

A 20-year-old Emporium, Pa., woman who attempted to kill herself by swallowing poison while attending a late show at a downtown theater is in fair condition in South Side Hospital.

Ross E. Diser is named United States bankruptcy referee in Youngstown, succeeding William J. Williams, who died suddenly.