Today is Monday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2003. There are 233 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2003. There are 233 days left in the year. On this date in 1937, Britain's King George VI is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
In 1820, the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, is born in Florence, Italy. In 1870, Manitoba enters Confederation as a Canadian province. In 1932, the body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is found in a wooded area of Hopewell, N.J. In 1933, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration are established to provide help for the needy and farmers. In 1943, during World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrender. In 1949, the Soviet Union announces an end to the Berlin Blockade. In 1970, the Senate votes unanimously to confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme Court justice. In 1975, the White House announces the new Cambodian government has seized an American merchant ship, the Mayaguez, in international waters. In 1978, the Commerce Department says hurricanes would no longer be given only female names. In 1982, in Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpower a Spanish priest armed with a bayonet who was trying to reach Pope John Paul II.
May 12, 1978: The cost of mailing a letter will almost certainly go up by month's end, from 13 cents to 15 cents for a first class stamp, the Postal Rate Commission predicts.
Some Youngstown City Hall workers vow to fight Mayor J. Phillip Richley's institution of a 40-hour, five-day workweek. Most city workers have been working from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the exception of police, fire and some Street Department employees. Richley established 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. as the standard work day.
Mayor J. Phillip Richley, Bishop James Malone, a unionist and a researcher testify before a U.S. Senate committee in Washington the Lykes Corp. Is responsible for the failures of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.
May 12, 1963: More than 500 policemen from various departments in the Youngstown Metropolitan area will take part in the second annual Policemen's Week, which will include a parade May 15, Police Officers' Memorial Day.
Plans for building multimillion-dollar pipelines for piping high-grade metallurgical coal to the Youngstown district are still in the wind, despite recent reductions in rail rates. Proponents of the pipeline are awaiting the outcome of a $500,0000 government feasibility study on the Lake Erie-Ohio River canal before moving on the pipelines.
Four out of 10 married men teacher are moonlighters who hold down outside jobs during the school year, the National Education Association report. That percentage rises to 75 during the summer months.
May 12, 1953: Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey tells congressional leaders that spending and income may be just about balanced in July 1954. President Eisenhower has repeatedly said that a tax cut must be deferred until balanced budget is in sight. Senate GOP leader Robert Taft says Humphrey is being optimistic and declines to speculate on when a tax cut may be possible.
Floyd Baker, Youngstown infielder with the Washington Senators, is sold to the Boston Red Sox and is expected to be playing with his new team in the Boston-Chicago game. The 34-year-old Baker broke into baseball with the Youngstown Browns in 1939. He and his wife, Ann, reside at 2732 Hillman St.
May 12, 1928: The Mill Creek Riding Club opens its new stables and clubrooms in Bear's Den Road. The stables have room for 60 horses and already the club has bought 10 and members have committed to boarding 35 there.
The trial of Warren bootlegger James Munsene, accused of attempting to bribe the Trumbull County sheriff with $500 to ignore a Warren cheatspot, ends with a hung jury. Defense Atty. Clarence Darrow viewed the deadlock as a victory and courthouse observers attributed it to Darrow's skill at picking jurors.
Prohibition enforcement agents through the country are under fresh and strict orders from Washington that promiscuous shooting at suspected law violators must stop at once. Robert Taylor, a West Virginia enforcement agent, is dismissed for firing at an automobile that failed to stop for inspection.