Today is Saturday, Nov. 15, the 319th day of 2003. There are 46 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, Nov. 15, the 319th day of 2003. There are 46 days left in the year. On this date in 1777, the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation, a precursor to the Constitution of the United States.
In 1806, explorer Zebulon Pike sights the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak. In 1889, Brazil's monarchy is overthrown. In 1926, the National Broadcasting Co. debuts with a radio network of 24 stations. In 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1940, the first 75,000 men are called to armed forces duty under peacetime conscription. In 1948, William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as prime minister of Canada after 21 years; he is succeeded by Louis St. Laurent. In 1966, the flight of Gemini 12 ends successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. splashes down safely in the Atlantic. In 1969, 250,000 protesters stage a peaceful demonstration in Washington against the Vietnam War.
November 15, 1978: The onetime giant of the grocery store chains, A & amp;P supermarkets, is facing financial losses, but a spokesman in Cleveland says the grocery conglomerate has no plans to close any of its Youngstown and Cleveland area stores.
Twenty-nine drivers for the Lattvo Bros., working out of the Girard terminal, are fired for refusing to take their steel rigs out of the yards, claiming the FASH strike has made the highways unsafe.
A beautiful 20-foot Christmas tree donated by Janet Thompson of 1723 Overlook Ave. is installed in Youngstown's Federal Plaza by the Park Department.
The Schenley Park housing project is going to set up somewhere in the city, but not on the West Side as originally planned, William Shranko, the mayor's administrative assistant, tells the 4th Ward Housing Task Force, which opposed the project.
November 15, 1963: Ronald Carabbia, Struthers rackets figure, refuses to answer questions about possible bribery of public officials and his own gambling activities and joins four other Struthers residents in Mahoning County jail.
A $1.4 billion appropriations bill that provides $14.5 million for flood control work in Eastern Ohio-Western Pennsylvania is approved by the House Appropriations committee. About $3.7 million will go for continuing work on the West Branch Reservoir and $10.8 million for the Shenango Reservoir.
The Youngstown Symphony announces a gift of $45,000 from the L.A. Beeghly Foundation to initiate an endowment fund for the society.
President Kennedy tells the AF-CIO convention in New York that his proposed tax cut would put wind back in the sails of the nation's economy and create millions of jobs.
November 15, 1953: Television sales that leveled off in Youngstown during September and October have begun to climb, and local dealers say they expect a heavy volume of business as Christmas approaches.
Twenty-seven past presidents of the Corydon Palmer Dental Society will be honored at a special program at a dinner meeting at the Elks Club. Principal speaker will be Dr. Ralph S. Voorhees, of the school for Dental Hygienists, Eastman Dental Dispensary in Rochester, N.Y.
The Youngstown College Penguins will inaugurate their season with an exhibition game against the famous Akron Goodyears. Coach Dom Rosselli is on track to record his 100th victory early on. He starts the season with 99.
November 15, 1928: Lake Milton is being called upon for an average draft of approximately 100 million gallons of water a day, resulting in lowering the water to the lowest point since October 1924.
Edgar Sprankle, 17, a North Lima high school junior, is instantly killed, a victim of the accidental discharge of a shotgun in the hands of his own father on the first day of rabbit hunting season in Mahoning County.
Machinery is swung into place and the first concrete is poured in the construction of the Mineral Ridge dam. A. Guthrie & amp; Co., in charge of the construction, kept the pouring secret for a day, fearing that there might be some hitch in the early going.