Today is Thursday, Sept. 25, the 268th day of 2003. There are 97 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Sept. 25, the 268th day of 2003. There are 97 days left in the year. On this date in 1789, the first U.S. Congress adopts 12 amendments to the Constitution and sends them to the states for ratification. Ten of the amendments become the Bill of Rights.
In 1493, Christopher Columbus sets sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere. In 1690, one of the earliest American newspapers, Publick Occurrences, publishes its first and last edition in Boston. In 1775, American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen is captured by the British as he leads an attack on Montreal. In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signs a measure establishing Sequoia National Park. In 1890, Wilford Woodruff, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, issues a Manifesto formally renouncing the practice of polygamy. In 1957, with 300 U.S. Army troops standing guard, nine black children forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., because of unruly white crowds are escorted to class.
September 21, 1978: Ten representatives of the Ecumenical Coalition of the Mahoning Valley and a delegation of local politicians have been invited to a meeting at the White House with Jack Watson, an aide to President Carter.
Lloyd McBride, president of the 1.4 million-member United Steelworkers Union, says upgrading the lot of workers in the fabricating industry is a major challenge to the union. Wages in fabricating shops lag behind the $9.80 per hour average earnings of basic steel workers.
September 21, 1963: Eight pupils from Youngstown's public and diocesan high schools are among the semifinalists in the 1963-64 Merit Scholarship competition. Finalists will be announced in May.
The U.S. District Court grand jury investigating crime and corruption in the Youngstown area centers on the city as the chief of the vice squad, his assistant and an Internal Revenue Service agent testify in Cleveland.
September 21, 1953: Members of the Coordinating Council of the Community Corp. say they have 46 recommendations for improvements at the Mahoning County Home that must be discussed with Mahoning County commissioners.
A national public opinion survey shows that by a 2-1 margin Americans would give the president of the United States the ability to veto specific items in an appropriations measure passed by Congress instead of having to veto or approve the entire bill as he must now do.
The Pentery System of Albany, N.Y., is awarded a contract for repairing the Market Street Bridge on a bid of $737,760, the Ohio Highway Department announces.
September 21, 1928: Mahoning County Auditor John J. Arnold predicts that county residents will have purchased 15,000 automobiles by the end of the year. The total number of cars and trucks licensed in the county exceeds 49,000.
James A. Campbell is elected president of the Mahoning Valley Safety Council, which is to conduct a campaign in the interests of safety among all the Valley employees.