Today is Monday, March 29, the 89th day of 2004. There are 277 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Monday, March 29, the 89th day of 2004. There are 277 days left in the year. On this date in 1973, the last United States combat troops leave South Vietnam, ending America's direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.
In 1638, Swedish colonists settle in present-day Delaware. In 1790, the 10th president of the United States, John Tyler, is born in Charles City County, Va. In 1847, victorious forces led by General Winfield Scott occupy the city of Vera Cruz after Mexican defenders capitulated. In 1867, the British Parliament passes the North America Act to create the Dominion of Canada. In 1882, the Knights of Columbus is chartered in Connecticut. In 1943, World War II meat, butter and cheese rationing begins. In 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. In 1962, Jack Paar hosts NBC's "Tonight" show for the final time. In 1971, Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. is convicted of murdering at least 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre. In 1974, eight Ohio National Guardsmen are indicted on charges stemming from the shooting deaths of four students at Kent State University. (The guardsmen were later acquitted.) In 1999, NATO air strikes against Yugoslavia continue for a sixth night. The Dow Jones industrial average closes above 10,000 for the first time. In 2003, in Iraq, a bomber posing as a taxi driver blows up his vehicle, killing himself and four American soldiers.
March 29, 1979: The plan to reopen the Voyager Motor Inn in downtown Youngstown hits another snag when it is announced that Atty. Joseph A. Coviello of Cleveland no longer wants to develop land adjacent to the hotel.
Emmett Kelly, the doleful circus clown "Weary Willie," who helped the world laugh for 50 years, dies of an apparent heart attack at his home in Sarasota, Fla.
Interpace Corp. officials confirm the sale of the firm's Shenango China plant in New Castle to Anchor Hocking Corp. of Lancaster, Ohio.
Columbiana County commissioners take the first step toward enacting a one-half percent piggyback sales tax.
March 29, 1964: The Mahoning County Red Cross says it cannot take calls from Youngstown area residents attempting to locate relatives in the earthquake area around Anchorage, Alaska. All telephone cables into the area are down.
The Warren Metropolitan Housing Authority is being swamped by applicants for the 105-unit Riverview apartment building for senior citizens that is under construction on Buckeye Street N.W.
Advertisement: Three showings daily at reduced prices for "Cleopatra" starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton at the State Theater. Matinees, $1; evenings $1.75 ($2 on Saturday).
March 29, 1954: Mahoning Sheriff Paul J. Langley says he never heard of a Mahoning County cheat spot where state liquor agents routed 150 whisky-drinking and gambling patrons during a pre-dawn raid. The agents raid Al's Caf & eacute; east of Alliance in Mahoning County.
The Youngstown district has had more rain in March than in any month since July 1952, with 4.58 inches registered so far.
Edwin M. Case, 97, probably Poland's oldest native resident, dies in his home at 10 Water St., the same house in which he was born April 21, 1856.
The old Princess Theater on South Champion Street - once home of vaudeville, musical comedy, motion pictures and in later years burlesque and art films - comes under the wrecking ball. Among the great entertainers who appeared on the Princess stage were Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Red Skelton and Eddie Cantor.
March 29, 1929: C.C. Rudibaugh, chairman of the advertising committee of the Youngstown Association of Insurance Agents announces a reduction of 10 percent in the automobile liability rates of Youngstown motorists who have two years of clean driving records.
L.A. Beeghly, president of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce, appoints a committee to work out details for a Safety Council as recommended by the Citizens' Insurance Committee. The annual cost of a safety council is estimated at $15,000.
The court of appeals orders a jury trial for Ruth Livermore, 22-year-old former school teacher, who is serving a life sentence for robbery after pleading guilty. The court says Mahoning Judge George H. Gessner conducted the first hearing for Miss Livermore in a "peculiar and irregular way" and that her attorney appears to have done nothing for her except to take her $100.