Today is Saturday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2003. There are 109 days left in the year. On this

Today is Saturday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2003. There are 109 days left in the year. On this date in 1803, Commodore John Barry, considered by many the father of the American Navy, dies in Philadelphia.
In 1759, during the final French and Indian War, the British defeat the French on the Plains of Abraham overlooking Quebec City. In 1788, the Congress of the Confederation authorizes the first national election, and declares New York City the temporary national capital. In 1943, Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China. In 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine is elected to the Senate, becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. In 1949, the Ladies Professional Golf Association of America is formed in New York City, with Patty Berg as its first president. In 1971, a four-day inmates' rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York ends as police and guards storm the prison; the ordeal and final assault claims 43 lives. In 1977, conductor Leopold Stokowski dies in Hampshire, England, at age 95. In 1989, Fay Vincent is named commissioner of Major League Baseball, succeeding the late A. Bartlett Giamatti. In 1997, funeral services are held in Calcutta, India, for Nobel peace laureate Mother Teresa.
September 13, 1978: An unexpected deduction from Warren's quarterly property tax income by the county auditor leaves the general fund $214,000 overdrawn. Without warning, Auditor Patrick Sullivan deducted $373,000 from the city's receipts to cover its Workmen's Compensation bill.
U.S. Atty. Gen. Griffen Bell intervenes to encourage Lykes and LTV Corp. officials to resume negotiations with the Ecumenical Coalition of the Mahoning Valley regarding the takeover of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.'s idle Campbell Works.
Youngstown insurance man Ray Garea, representing a group of investors, submits the high bid of $100,000 for the old Mahoning Tuberculosis Sanatorium and 32 acres on Kirk Road in Austintown. County commissioners are "seriously considering" the bid.
September 13, 1963: A severe thunderstorm lashes the Youngstown district, flooding basements and streets, including parts of the new expressway. Rainfall measured 1.6 inches downtown.
Mahoning County's financial prospects for 1964 brighten considerably after county Auditor Stephen R. Olenick certifies estimated income of $4,765,651 for 1978, an increase of $456,400 over the 1963 figure.
The Boardman Township Zoning Board of Appeals approves construction of a $750,000 housing development containing about 100 family units at 7544 Market St., midway between Boardman High School and the Edward J. DeBartolo Co. office building.
September 13, 1953: A collision in Route 5 about a mile east of Kent kills four young people and injures four others. All but one are from Ravenna. The only accident in Portage County history with a higher death toll was one in 1962 that claimed five lives.
The drought in Ohio points up the need for more and better sewage and water treatment plants in Ohio, says Dr. John D. Porterfield, state health director.
Youngstown College opens its fall term with a freshman class of 600 students, the largest in the history of the college and nearly 50 percent bigger than the freshman class of a year earlier.
September 13, 1928: "Rubbish" is how Youngstown Mayor Joseph Heffernan characterizes accusations from a fired city department head that Heffernan padded the city payroll and favored Catholics in hiring municipal employees.
A $175,000 contract for construction of a new YWCA at N. Park Ave. and Scott St. in Warren is awarded to Hoagland and Frasso of New Castle.
The contract for rebuilding the clubhouse of the Youngstown Country Club, which was destroyed by fire in April, is awarded to the Heller-Murray Co. on a bid of $105,000.