Today is Saturday, June 14, the 165th day of 2003. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag

Today is Saturday, June 14, the 165th day of 2003. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day. On this date in 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopts the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.
In 1928, the Republican National Convention nominates Herbert Hoover for president on the first ballot. In 1940, German troops enter Paris during World War II. In 1940, in German-occupied Poland, the Nazis open their concentration camp at Auschwitz. In 1943, the Supreme Court rules schoolchildren cannot be compelled to salute the flag of the United States if doing so conflicts with their religious beliefs. In 1954, President Eisenhower signs an order adding the words under God to the Pledge of Allegiance. In 1985, the 17-day hijack ordeal of TWA Flight 847 begins as a pair of Lebanese Shiite Muslim extremists seize the jetliner shortly after takeoff from Athens, Greece.
June 14, 1978: A drive seeking the resignation of Abe Hammons as superintendent of Warren schools, fades quickly as school board member Constance Goldberg, who had called for Hammons to resign, says she won't ask for a board vote on the issue.
U.S. Rep. Charles J. Carney's margin over George D. Tablack for the Democratic nomination for 17th District congressman has dwindled to no more than 83 votes with the discovery of a 100-vote error in Boardman Township tabulations.
Atty. William M. Panella is appointed by the Lawrence County Court to fill the New Castle school board seat of Albert Russo, who died May 12.
A boiler used to heat liquids for anodizing aluminum malfunctions and touches off a fire that heavily damages the Hutch Manufacturing Co. on Thalia Ave.
June 14, 1963: Danny Luce of Hubbard is eliminated in the 21st round of the National Spelling Bee in Washington, leaving out an "s" in the word poussette. Only six spellers remained after Danny was eliminated. Gary Barringer of East Liverpool came in third.
Ohio highway patrolmen clear the Ohio House of Representatives chamber to end a 10-hour demonstration against the failure of the House to enact fair housing legislation.
The area served by the Youngstown post office system will use 445 as the first three digits of the new five-digit ZIP code, Postmaster Chester W. Bailey announces. Post offices in the outlying areas will use 444.
June 14, 1953: A new campaign to bring diversified industries to Youngstown and furnish additional jobs is being organized by the newly formed Youngstown Industrial Development Corp. J.J. Patrick, vice president, announces that the firm, which is closely affiliated with DeBartolo Construction Co., has bought or taken options on 1,200 acres especially suited for industrial expansion.
France's continued failure to set up a new government may bring another delay in the proposed Big Three meeting in Bermuda. President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill are prepared to meet June 29, if the French have someone capable of indicating policy lines.
U.S. Steel Corp.'s Youngstown district plants are celebrating the best safety record in 61 years of operation, says E.H. Gott, general superintendent. The 10,000 employees in the Ohio Works and McDonald Mills amassed 2.7 million man hours of safe work in a 51-day interval between disabling accidents.
June 14, 1928: Capt. George H. Wilkins and Lt. Carl B. Eielson, who flew over the top of the world from Point Barrow to Spitzbergen, will visit Youngstown during a coast-to-coast tour, according to their New York representative.
Dissatisfied with the Erie Railroad's delay in going ahead with grade crossing elimination in downtown Youngstown, Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan is sending City Engineer George Turner and Finance Director James Jones to New York to "find out what is the trouble."
During a gunbattle with a filling station hold up man, Canton Patrolman Joe Lauer is shot four times and fatally wounded. The robber, who has a wooden left leg and was shot in the right leg, was apprehended.