Today is Monday, June 9, the 160th day of 2003. There are 205 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, June 9, the 160th day of 2003. There are 205 days left in the year. On this date in 1953, about 100 people die when a tornado strikes Worcester, Mass.
In A.D. 68, the Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide. In 1870, author Charles Dickens dies in Godshill, England. In 1940, Norway surrenders to the Nazis during World War II. In 1954, Army counsel Joseph N. Welch asks Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during the Senate-Army Hearings. In 1969, the U.S. Senate confirms Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren. In 1973, "Secretariat" becomes horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes. In 1985, American educator Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon; he is released in November 1991 along with fellow hostage Terry Waite. In 1986, the Rogers Commission releases its report on the "Challenger" disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
June 9, 1978: Utilities in New Castle's proposed downtown beautification program will be placed above ground instead of below as part of a scaled down version of the $1 million project.
Warren School Superintendent Abe Hammons does not plan to resign merely because one member of the Board of Education, Constance Goldberg, has called for him to do so.
Sixty-four graduates of the St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center School of Nursing receive their diplomas at the school's 65th annual commencement, held at St. Columba Cathedral.
June 9, 1963: The former Air Force Radar Center barracks near Brookfield are being converted to house the Trumbull County Nursing Home. Its use is expected to save the county $100,000 a year when federal funds are made available for nursing care.
Some 1,400 Mahoning Valley Boy Scouts wind up the 14th annual three-day Camporal at the Canfield Fairgrounds. Some 80 troops participated.
In one of the most thrilling races ever staged at Canfield Speedway, Jim Bickerstaff of Mineral Ridge, driving a borrowed car, captures the 25-lap feature before 6,100 screaming fans.
June 9, 1953: Beginning in The Vindicator today, Dennis The Menace. The inaugural cartoon shows a disheveled Dennis being greeted at the door by his horrified mother. "Don't feel sorry for me," he tells her, "this isn't all MY blood."
Six roaring tornadoes rip through Ohio and Michigan, killing at least 141 and injuring 750. Eight died in Cleveland, but the Youngstown district received only a series of thunderstorms.
Mahoning County commissioners are ready to step in and take over the proposed $10 million area sewage treatment and disposal project.
Lt. George Maxin, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, repeats his demand for a three-week vacation for all members of the Youngstown Police Department with 10 years or more of service
June 9, 1928: Youngstown's delegation to the Republican convention at Kansas City leaves, headed by the 19th District delegate, Lucius B. McKelvey.
Henry M. Garlick, 79, chairman of the board of directors of the First National-Dollar Bank and for years a leader in industrial and civic activities in the Mahoning Valley, dies suddenly in Waverly, N.Y.
While most Youngstown teachers get the summer off, at least 12 members of the Teachers' Music Club will be attending summer school. Youngstown has 23 teachers of music in the city schools, including the director, Grover C. Yaus, and the supervisor of vocal music, Miss Gertrude Gamble.