Today is Friday, September 26, the 269th day of 2003. There are 96 days left in the year. The Jewish

Today is Friday, September 26, the 269th day of 2003. There are 96 days left in the year. The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, begins at sunset, marking the start of the year 5764, according to the Hebrew calendar. On this date in 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy takes place in Chicago.
In 1789, Thomas Jefferson is appointed America's first secretary of state. In 1898, American composer George Gershwin is born in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1914, the Federal Trade Commission is established. In 1950, United Nations troops recapture the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans. In 1952, philosopher George Santayana dies in Rome at age 88.
September 26, 1978: A Boeing 727 passenger plane and a tiny Cessna collide over San Diego, killing 135 persons on the jet, the pilot and student in the Cessna and at least 10 persons on the ground. The pilot of the Cessna was Martin Kazy, 32, who learned to fly in the Youngstown area, when his late father operated Lyn-Mark Aviation Co. in Lake Milton.
Gov. James A. Rhodes breaks ground for the $13 million Albert Street-Market Street link of the arterial highway system. Rhodes says it's a great day for Youngstown.
Former Trumbull County Planning Director Edward Kutevac, who was fired by the county planning commission, wins reinstatement from the Ohio Civil Service Review Board.
September 26, 1963: While announcing a Senate probe into the workings of a national crime syndicate, Attorney General Robert Kennedy says violence is not limited to Chicago or New York, citing Youngstown, where "there have been 70 bombings since 1950."
Plans for a million-dollar apartment building with 120 units designed especially for senior citizens are unveiled before Youngstown City Council by Christ Mission Goodwill Industries, sponsors of the project that would be built between Dewey and LaClede avenues, east of Market St.
Caroline Kennedy and her kindergarten and first grade classmates in the White House school kick off the new school year with a ride in the Goodyear blimp. The 20 children rode in limousines from the White House to Dulles International Airport, where the blimp was moored.
September 26, 1953: Lt. Morton H. Levy, 24, of 2214 Elm St., a jet pilot stationed at Down Field, Bangor, Maine, is killed in the crash of his jet in a deep woods near Bucksport while on a routine training flight.
Costumed city officials open Youngstown's five-day Sesquicentennial celebration in Central Square. They marched and rode in surreys and modern convertibles from Youngstown College to the square.
Despite rains and cooler temperatures, Youngstown area reservoirs remain low, almost 4 billion gallons below normal for the season, says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. There are 22.6 billion gallons in storage in Berlin, Milton and Mosquito reservoirs.
WFMJ-TV adds four newscasts to its television schedule, giving the station six news program originating in the studios Monday through Friday. "Today's News in Youngstown" will be five-minute broadcasts at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25 and 8:55 a.m.
September 26, 1928: The Mahonnig County Board of Elections completely revises city and county precincts, adding 28 precincts to the city and six to the county. The city's 216 precincts were arrived at bysubdividing a number of the larger precincts.
Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, is invited to become the world's first radio pastor. The National Broadcasting Co. would carry his voice not only all over the United States, but to other countries.
Joe Eberhart, a coal mine foreman, is charged with riotous conspiracy in St. Clairsville, accused of leading a band of night raiders in the village of Barton. The raiders would seize and torture men and women, boys and girls, alleged to have engaged in improper conduct.