Today is Monday, July 28, the 209th day of 2003. There are 156 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Monday, July 28, the 209th day of 2003. There are 156 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, a U.S. Army bomber crashes into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
In 1540, King Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, is executed, the same day Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. In 1750, composer Johann Sebastian Bach dies in Leipzig, Germany. In 1821, Peru declares its independence from Spain. In 1868, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process of law, is declared in effect. In 1896, the city of Miami is incorporated. In 1929, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis is born in Southampton, N.Y. In 1932, Federal troops forcibly disperse the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington to demand money they weren't scheduled to receive until 1945. In 1943, President Roosevelt announces the end of coffee rationing. In 1977, Roy Wilkins turns over leadership of the NAACP to Benjamin L. Hooks.
July 28, 1978: The on-again, off-again construction of the IBM building in Federal Plaza East is on again after City Council agrees to sell the Urban Renewal parcel of 5,000 square feet for $3.75 per foot. Council had sought more, contending the price was based on a 4-year-old appraisal.
The Justice Department's refusal to turn over documents in the Lykes-LTV merger sets the stage for a showdown between Assistant Atty. Gen. John Shenefield and U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.
Voracious Japanese beetles are out in full force in Ohio, causing what is perhaps the worst damage to backyard gardens and farm crops in a decade, says the Ohio Cooperative Extension Service.
July 28, 1963: Rep. Michael J. Kirwan of Youngstown warns that the "radical right" has picked the 15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania as a battleground in its bid to capture the Republican Party. A special election is being held in the district, which covers the four counties on the Northeastern corner of the state, following the death of Rep. Francis E. Walter, a Democrat. Kirwan claims the Republicans are pouring money into the campaign of a John Birch Society candidate.
Collection of property taxes in Mahoning County will be delayed well past the statutory date of Sept. 20, probably into November. Lawsuits filed challenging the assessments during the first half collection have necessitated changes in the assessments, putting the office of Auditor Stephen Olenick behind schedule.
A simple ceremony on the farmland where Henry Ford was born will highlight Michigan's observance of the centennial of the birth of the state's most famous son. The grandsons of Henry Ford will participate in the ceremony.
July 28, 1953: Mahoning County's sons paid heavily in the more than three years of fighting in Korea, and the news of a truce was heard with mixed feelings by parents, relatives and friends of those killed and missing. Casualty reports, according to Vindicator files, show 58 county men dead, 11 still missing, seven known to be prisoners and 190 wounded.
Youngstown traffic court is cracking down on motorists who fail to appear in court when given summonses for traffic charges. Arrest warrants have been issued for 65 persons.
A 225-pound Providence, R.I., woman is told to trim down to 200 pounds within six weeks and to 190 pounds within 10 weeks, or lose the $18 per week workers compensation payments she has been receiving from the state. The woman weighed 155 pounds when she suffered injuries from a fall at work five years earlier. The judge ruled that her weight gain had made her unemployable, but had nothing to do with her original injury.
July 28, 1928: Federal, state, county and local authorities are continuing raids in Sharon, Pa., after a night of terror for speakeasies and clubs during which 30 men and women were arrested during 42 liquor raids. Among the raid sites were the Moose and Maennerchor clubs in Sharon, the Eagles club and German home in Farrell and the Moose and Eagles clubs in Greenville.
Crowds are beginning to arrive at the Canfield fairgrounds as members of the Knights of the Great Forest from surrounding counties begin to arrive for a picnic that will culminate with an address by U.S. Sen. Thomas Heflin of Alabama. Kleagle Edward Miller says more than 1,000 persons had arrived by noon.
The Rev. D.W. Scott, D.D., pastor of the Central Christian Church for two years, tenders his resignation to the board of elders effective immediately, citing orders by his doctors that he go south for his health. Elders deny that Rev. Scott's planned participation in a meeting of the Knights of the Great Forest in Canfield featuring an address by Sen. Heflin of Alabama had anything to do with the resignation.