Today is Wednesday, June 4, the 155th day of 2003. There are 210 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, June 4, the 155th day of 2003. There are 210 days left in the year. On this date in 1942, the Battle of Midway begins during World War II.
In 1812, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory. In 1878, Turkey turns Cyprus over to the British. In 1892, the Sierra Club is incorporated in San Francisco. In 1896, Henry Ford makes a successful pre-dawn test run of his horseless carriage, called a "quadricycle," through the streets of Detroit. In 1940, the Allied military evacuation from Dunkirk, France, ends. In 1944, the U.S. Fifth Army begins liberating Rome during World War II. In 1947, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approves the Taft-Hartley Act. In 1954, French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier Buu Loc initial treaties in Paris according "complete independence" to Vietnam. In 1986, Jonathan Jay Pollard, a former Navy intelligence analyst, pleads guilty in Washington to spying for Israel. He is serving a life prison term. In 1989, hundreds, possibly thousands of people die as Chinese army troops storm Beijing to crush a pro-democracy movement.
June 4, 1978: The computer, once reserved for office work, is being adapted to replace the human element in virtually every modern steel workers' job. The computer can tell exactly when a coke oven's molten charge is ready to push or the crucial second when a BOF vessel's bath is ready to pour.
Mayor J. Phillip Richley is taking an active hand to iron out what appears to be a land dispute that could delay, if not prevent, the construction of a $3 million office building for IBM downtown.
The Columbiana County Port Authority is seeking to purchase a large tract of land in the East End section of East Liverpool that is occupied by Patterson Industries Inc., makers of industrial machinery. The site contains about 10 acres and 1,300 feet of river frontage.
June 4, 1963: The value of new construction in May in Boardman Township approaches the $1 million mark, says Zoning Inspector John P. Sederland. Among the largest valuations were a sanctuary at Bethel Lutheran Church, a theater at Boardman Plaza and a Cerni Pontiac dealership at Route 224 and Market St.
All Catholic churches in the Youngstown Diocese are being draped in purple and gold as the diocese enters a 30-day period of mourning for Pope John XXIII.
S/Sgt. Elaine Vodhanel, a member of the WAF for 11 years, is listed as one of the passengers aboard an airliner missing off the coast of Alaska. The Campbell native has four sisters and three brothers, all but one of whom live in Youngstown or Campbell.
June 4, 1953: Mayor Charles P. Henderson declares that "wage increases for city employees are out of the question" in light of a deficit expected in Youngstown finances this year. Henderson said he intends to squelch the "pay increase fever" among city employees, led by police and firemen.
Residents of Youngstown's far South Side and Boardman Township who were promised adequate water pressure a year ago, are again seeing pressure at the faucet drop off to a trickle in the early evening hours, when water use is heaviest.
Carl Ullman, president and director of Dollars Savings & amp; Trust Co., will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the 31st annual commencement of Youngstown College.
"In a world without principle, absorbed by its own cleverness and bogged down in opportunism, we must have men and women who know what they believe and why," Dr. Ralph C. Hutchison, president of Lafayette College, tells 330 members of the graduating class of South High School.
June 4, 1928: Mahoning Common Pleas Judge George H. Gessner declares Youngstown's law restricting the storage of fireworks in the city is constitutional and refuses to grant a permanent injunction sought by the Warner Bros. Co., which operates a wholesale fireworks business in Market St.
Youngstown Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan orders various city department heads to keep offices open during the noon hour to serve the public better. Past practice has been for the engineering, inspection, finance, water and health office to close for lunch.
W.T. Filmer, fire prevention director of the Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co., will be one of the speakers at the Ohio Fire Chief's Association convention in Marion.