Today is Wednesday, July 9, the 190th day of 2003. There are 175 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, July 9, the 190th day of 2003. There are 175 days left in the year. On this date in 1776, the Declaration of Independence is read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.
In 1540, England's King Henry VIII has his 6-month-old marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, annulled. In 1816, Argentina declares independence from Spain. In 1850, the 12th president of the United States, Zachary Taylor, dies after serving only 16 months of his term. In 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivers his famous "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic national convention in Chicago. In 1918, 101 people are killed in a train collision in Nashville, Tenn. In 1944, during World War II, American forces secure Saipan as the last Japanese defenses fall. In 1947, the engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten is announced. In 1951, President Truman asks Congress to formally end the state of war between the United States and Germany. In 1974, former U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren dies in Washington. In 1982, a Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner, La., killing all 146 people aboard and eight people on the ground.
July 9, 1978: Construction of a $750,000 aircraft hangar is underway at Youngstown Municipal Airport as part of a $2.5 million expansion and improvement program.
A new commuter airline service operated by Dade Air Charters of Beaver Falls, Pa., is being launched at Youngstown Municipal Airport. It will provide links to Cleveland Hopkins and Burke Lakefront airports, as well as Columbus, Detroit and Pittsburgh airports.
John E. Tucker, chief engineer of the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, estimates that new treatment standards being developed by the Environmental Protection Agency could double, or even quadruple, the local cost of water treatment.
July 9, 1963: The Rev. Martin Lehfeldt, 56, pastor of Honterus Lutheran Church and head of the Youngstown Ministerial Association, dies of a heart attack in the Congress Riviera Hotel in New York City, where he was staying prior to leaving on a trip to Germany with a son, Conrad.
Austintown Township trustees ask developer Fred C. Shutrump Jr. for a signed statement assuring that he will not use federal funds in the construction of a $600,000 garden apartment development in Wedgewood Park. Residents at a meeting of trustees pointed out that if Shutrump accepts federal money, he will be compelled to rent to all persons, regardless of race, creed or color.
A Westinghouse engineer in Pittsburgh demonstrates how a beam of laser light can burn through a steel pan in three seconds. The newly developed heat source will be used to simulate conditions encountered by spacecraft during re-entry. Other uses are also being studied.
July 9, 1953: The Ohio House takes a long step toward final adjournment after the education committee recommends a compromise school subsidy bill designed to heal the rift between city and rural interests.
Track and field competition of the Slovak Catholic Sokols opens at Campbell Memorial Stadium as more than 3,000 Sokols from throughout the United States and Canada try to break national records, including four held by Youngstowners.
"Sidewalk Sidelights" is premiered by WFMJ-TV, Channel 73, bringing Boardman Street pedestrians before the live TV camera. Bob Locke interviews Mr. and Mrs. Youngstown on issues of the day. It's Youngstown's first man-on-the-street show. Passersby can win theater tickets by correctly identifying TV stars.
July 9, 1928: Sen. Heflin of Alabama will address a mass meeting at the Canfield fairgrounds July 28 under the auspices of the Mahoning County Knights of the Great Forest. E.A. Miller, exalted cyclops of the Mahoning County Knights, says a crowd of 25,000 is expected from Northeastern Ohio and neighboring states.
With a revolver leveled at his heart and a Bible in his hand, the Rev. Charles Rush, pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Warren, is forced to officiate at a marriage when a youth who said he was "drunk with love" forced the clergyman to unite him in matrimony with an 18-year-old neighbor girl.
With a ceremony participated in by high Catholic dignitaries, city officials, firemen, policemen and many leading citizens, the cornerstone of the new unit of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Belmont Ave. is laid. Bishop Joseph Schrembs of the Cleveland Diocese officiates.