Today is Monday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2003. There are 212 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2003. There are 212 days left in the year. On this date in 1953, Queen Elizabeth II of Britain is crowned in Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI.
In 1886, President Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in a White House ceremony. In 1897, Mark Twain, 61, is quoted by the New York Journal as saying from London that "the report of my death was an exaggeration." In 1924, Congress grants U.S. citizenship to all American Indians. In 1941, baseball's "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig, dies in New York of a degenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In 1966, the U.S. space probe "Surveyor 1" lands on the moon and begins transmitting detailed photographs of the lunar surface. In 1979, Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a Communist country. In 1986, for the first time, the public is able to watch the proceedings of the U.S. Senate on television as a six-week experiment of televised sessions begins. In 1987, President Reagan announces he is nominating economist Alan Greenspan to succeed Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In 1997, Timothy McVeigh is convicted of murder and conspiracy in the Oklahoma City bombing.
June 2, 1978: Jim Case, a graduating senior at Boardman High School, is the first Youngstown district youth to win a national American Newspaper Publishers Association Quill and Scroll Award. His cartoon, showing Boardman schools going down the drain with the failure of two levies, was judged the best political cartoon in a high school publication in the nation.
President Carter vows to veto sweeping tuition tax credit legislation that was approved by the House. The bill would allow a taxpayer to subtract directly from his tax bill 25 percent of his tuition payments, up to a total of $250 a year.
Trumbull County Commissioner Lyle Williams questions whether the area's public officials have a grip on the Valley's wobbling industrial circumstances. He says labor unions are going to have to become involved in holding down costs if business is going to be attracted to the Valley.
June 2, 1963: The Crawford County Fair is the fifth largest in Pennsylvania, with 150,000 visitors, according to state fair association reports.
The first section of the Pittsburgh-to-Lake Erie expressway, which will replace two-lane Route 19, will be ready for use within a matter of weeks near Zelionople.
The danger of a 1963 steel strike continues to fade, which is a relief to the Youngstown area, whose economy would have been damaged by another serious or long-lasting walkout.
Mahoning County's 53-year-old Courthouse is nearing the end of a four-year face-lifting that cost a total of $741,976. The original cost of construction of the courthouse was $1.9 million.
June 2, 1953: Dr. S. Lee Whiteman, superintendent of the Youngstown district of the Methodist Church, will speak at special services in First Methodist Church of Hubbard marking the 150th anniversary of Methodism in Hubbard Township.
Youngstown Superintendent of Schools Paul C. Bunn assures North High School district residents that improvements in their area will definitely be part of the school district's improvement program. One possibility is a new North School that would included grades 1 through 12.
The federal government drops charges against Jasper J. "Fats" Aiello, John "Tar Baby" Milovich and John R. Lupu in connection with the theft of valuable paintings from a cathedral in Bardstown, Ky.
The Vindicator receives Associated Press wire photos of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth within seven minutes of the time transmission of the pictures was started in London.
June 2, 1928: Seeing an excellent chance for victory in the fall in county, state and national elections, Democrats of Mahoning County are showing more interest in politics than in years past.
Dr. J.W. Wilce, coach of the Ohio State University football team for 15 years, resigns to enter the practice of medicine and to teach, effective in June 1929. A new coach will not be named until the 1928 season has been completed.
In a letter to Ira Robinson, chairman of the Federal Radio Commission, Youngstown Mayor Joseph Heffernan appeals for at least one of the city's two radio stations to be spared. The commission has said both Youngstown stations are among 174 nationwide that will not have their licenses renewed.