Today is Friday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2003. There are 222 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2003. There are 222 days left in the year. On this date in 1960, Israel announces it has captured former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. Eichmann is tried in Israel, found guilty of crimes against humanity, and hanged in 1962.
In 1430, Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians, who sell her to the English. In 1533, the marriage of England's King Henry the VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void. In 1701, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London after he is convicted of piracy and murder. In 1788, South Carolina becomes the eighth state to ratify the United States Constitution. In 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death.
May 23, 1978: The United Presbyterian Church overwhelmingly rejects the ordination of practicing homosexuals, but takes the historic step of welcoming to its ministry gay men and women who seek to become heterosexual or remain celibate.
Although Warren plans to hire six firefighters soon, the department will still be operating at "a dangerously low level" and at high cost, acting Fire Chief Raymond Niemi tells city council. The department, which has an authorized strength of 96, employs 85.
Jerry Bryant, 30, of Ravenna is sentenced to death in the electric chair for the brutal slayings of Linda Guthier and her daughter, Tanya, 6.
May 23, 1963: Two men, 72 and 68 years old, are arrested in a raid at Central Square, accused of booking horse bets. Police said a group of men had been under surveillance on the square for some time. Onlookers said the men gathered only to talk about horses before going to Waterford or Ascot for races.
President Kennedy believes in sparing the rod at school, but not at home. If there is "very strong discipline at home," teachers won't have to carry the burden, Kennedy says.
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May 23, 1953: Atty. C. Kenneth Clark of Youngstown is elected president of the Ohio Bar Association. Clark, who was an assistant principal at Campbell Memorial High School before getting his law degree from Youngstown College, is the first Mahoning County lawyer to be elected to head the state bar association.
Hundreds of basements in the Boardman area are flooded and numerous highways are underwater as the result of a 31/2-inch downpour. In areas where sewers backed up, some basements got eight feet of water.
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May 23, 1928: Betty Robinson of South Bend, Ind., wins the national spelling championship on the word "knack," after runner-up Pauline Gray of West Salem, Ohio, leaves off the "k." Emma Malaric of Mahoning County stumbled over "occurred."
A 64-year-old former member of the Alliance Police Department and two young Sebring men, 19 and 22, are charged in Mahoning County with contributing to the delinquency of two girls, ages 11 and 14.
North Side Youngstown schools present their outdoor physical demonstration at Rayen Stadium, with one of the most colorful events being a Maypole dance demonstrated by 3,000 fifth grade pupils.