Today is Tuesday, July 15, the 196th day of 2003. There are 169 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, July 15, the 196th day of 2003. There are 169 days left in the year. On this date in 1971, in a surprise announcement, President Nixon tells the nation he will visit the People's Republic of China.
In 1606, Dutch painter Rembrandt is born in Leiden, Netherlands. In 1870, Georgia becomes the last Confederate state readmitted to the Union. In 1916, Boeing Co., originally known as Pacific Aero Products, is founded in Seattle. In 1948, President Truman is nominated for another term by the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia. In 1964, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona is nominated for president by the Republican national convention in San Francisco. In 1965, U.S. scientists display close-up photographs of the planet Mars taken by Mariner 4. In 1976, a 36-hour kidnap ordeal begins for 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver as they are abducted near Chowchilla, Calif., by three gunmen and imprisoned in an underground cell. The captives escape unharmed. In 1978, President Carter, in West Germany for an economic summit, presides over a "town meeting" during which he fields questions from an audience of about 1,000 Berliners. In 1979, Carter delivers his "malaise" speech in which he laments what he calls a "crisis of confidence" in America. In 1997, fashion designer Gianni Versace is shot dead outside his Miami home; suspected gunman Andrew Phillip Cunanan is found dead eight days later.
July 15, 1978: United Airlines is putting up $1.2 billion to launch the United States' first entry into the next generation of commercial airliners, ordering 30 Boeing 767s.
Cleveland's 2,000 policemen end a 19-hour strike after a judge orders the city and the police union to arbitrate the firing of 13 patrolmen by Mayor Dennis Kucinich.
Republic Steel Corp.'s Warren plant is the first Mahoning Valley industry to deny entrance to federal safety inspectors since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down warrantless safety inspections.
July 15, 1963: Appearing in Youngstown, Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy says there are a number of investigations on-going in the Youngstown area aimed at crushing organized crime.
High tribute is paid to the Youngstown Maennerchor on its 100th birthday during the German-American Day at Idora Park, which attracted 1,400 persons.
More than 13,000 spectators see the calisthenics demonstration at Pemberton Park held to close the Slovak Catholic Sokol's 19th national convention, which was held in Youngstown. Between 8,000 and 10,000 viewed a parade through downtown Youngstown earlier in the day.
July 15, 1953: Youngstown's first 1953 polio case is reported and two city children are receiving gamma globulin because they played with their cousin, who was stricken by the disease. An East Liverpool girl is hospitalized in St. Elizabeth Hospital, the third Columbiana child being treated in the city for polio.
Youngstown is one of 183 cities that are receiving improved mail service. There will be extended post office window service and later night collection from public mail boxes.
Mayor Charles P. Henderson declares he will press for quick action on the long-delayed municipal court trials of three known gamblers. The cases have languished in the court for nine to 11 months. Henderson has ordered an investigation of the delays.
July 15, 1928: Rapid progress is being made on construction of a $600,000 North Ave. substation by the Pennsylvania-Ohio Power and Light Co. The station will provide increased reliability of service for the Youngstown's downtown and West and North sides.
The Mahoning Garden Club is making preparations for a flower show for school children that will be staged the first week in September. Mrs. C. B. Klingensmith is chairman of the club.
Idora Park will be the scene of an outdoor fistic card when Freddy Fitzgerald, Youngstown area lightweight, trades punches with Mike Ballerino of Bayonne, N.J., former lightweight champion of the world.