Today is Sunday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2003. There are 108 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Sunday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2003. There are 108 days left in the year. On this date in 1814, Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812.
In 1847, U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott take control of Mexico City. In 1901, President McKinley dies in Buffalo, N.Y., of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeds him. In 1927, modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan dies in Nice, France, when her scarf becomes entangled in a wheel of her sports car. In 1940, Congress passes the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. In 1948, a groundbreaking ceremony takes place in New York at the site of the United Nations' world headquarters. In 1959, the Soviet space probe Luna II becomes the first manmade object to reach the moon as it crashes onto the lunar surface. In 1963, Mary Ann Fischer of Aberdeen, S.D., gives birth to four girls and a boy, the first surviving quintuplets in the United States. In 1972, the family drama series "The Waltons" premieres on CBS. In 1982, Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, dies at age 52 of injuries from a car crash the day before. In 1982, Lebanon's president-elect, Bashir Gemayel is killed by a bomb.
September 14, 1978: A coalition of religious leaders and economic experts turns to a plan and a prayer to make the Mahoning Valley a showcase for self-help. The plan is a four-step, $525 million bid to buy and reopen closed portions of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.'s Campbell Works under community/worker ownership.
Sharon's non-uniformed employees want city officials to take cost-cutting steps such as eliminating the Saturday morning trash dumping program at the city garage before resorting to employee layoffs.
Atty. Nathaniel Jones, former Youngstowner and general counsel for the NAACP, is one of five persons recommended by a selection committee for nomination to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Common Pleas Judge Clyde W. Osborne orders the seizure and impounding of two pit bulldogs that have been terrorizing a neighborhood in the area of gibson and Turner Roads in Canfield Township.
September 14, 1963: A statewide search is on for a 37-year-old Youngstown man suspected in the shotgun slaying of Beatrice Knight, 32, a Brownlee Woods housewife, and her son, Thomas, 15. The assailant, a family friend, also tried to kill Alvin Knight, the husband and father of the victims. There's no known motive.
Charles Nichols, 59, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the G.M. McKelvey Co., dies of a stroke in North Side Hospital. He was a national leader in the retail merchandising field.
The planning division of the Ohio Department of Development will make a long-range study of the economic impact on the state of a proposed Lake Erie to Ohio River canal.
September 14, 1953: The passing years have proved the wisdom of a decision made in 1916 to keep Trinity Methodist Church in downtown Youngstown as a "great central dynamo," says Bishop Wilber E. Hammaker, speaking at the sesquicentennial of the church. He was pastor of Trinity when there was talk of abandoning Trinity in favor of churches on the North and South sides.
Mahoning County commissioners order Clerk Jack C. Cox to ask the Youngstown Board of Control for a joint meeting to discuss the sale of water in bulk to the county for distribution west of the city.
The Youngstown district gets a short preview of wintry weather as the mercury drops below freezing and frost is reported in Vienna, New Wilmington and Columbiana, where an overnight low of 30 degrees was registered.
September 14, 1928: All forms of gambling, including horse race betting, hat pools and baseball pools are ordered stopped at the Mercer County Fair by District Attorney Leo McKay.
The five garden clubs of Youngstown open their third annual garden show at Stambaugh Auditorium, and it proves to be the most beautiful yet.
E.B. Wadsworth, superintendent of the U.S. division of mail service, recommends that Youngstown extend and improve its runways at Lansdowne Field in order to assure the future of air mail service to the city.