Today is Tuesday, April 6, the 97th day of 2004. There are 269 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, April 6, the 97th day of 2004. There are 269 days left in the year. On this date in 1909, explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson become the first men to reach the North Pole. (The claim, disputed by skeptics, is upheld in 1989 by the Navigation Foundation.)
In 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is organized by Joseph Smith in Fayette, N.Y. In 1862, the Civil War Battle of Shiloh begins in Tennessee. In 1892, author, journalist, broadcaster and world traveler Lowell Thomas is born in Woodington, Ohio.
April 6, 1979: Cold winds of hurricane force whip through the Mahoning and Shenango valleys, uprooting trees, knocking down power lines and rattling windows with 75 mph winds.
An estimated 130,000 federal employees are losing free or subsidized parking in a move announced by President Carter. The goal in ending the parking subsidies is to encourage car pooling or the use of public transportation.
A Warren City School District bus enroute to McKinley Elementary School becomes entangled in a 220-volt electric line on Willard Avenue. The seven youngsters and driver Gwin Holt waited safely in the bus for 20 minutes until Ohio Edison crews cut the power and removed the line.
April 6, 1964: A split vote on the proposed merger of Epworth and Indianola Methodist churches ends a movement to form a joint congregation. The Epworth congregation votes it down; the Indianola Church approves it.
The possibility of a bomb aboard a Lake Central Airlines DC-3 delays takeoff from Youngstown Municipal Airport for an hour. Sheriff's deputies and highway patrolmen search the aircraft after a telephone tip claims a bomb was put on the plane in Erie, Pa., but they find no explosives.
Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co., with one of the steel industry's best 1963 earning records, looks for still better earnings the first half of 1964, A.S. Glossbrenner, president and chief executive officer says.
April 6, 1954: The Youngstown Chamber of Commerce passes a resolution urging the city administration and City Council to keep within anticipated revenues for 1954 and maintain a reasonably large balance for the end of the year.
Mayor Frank X. Kryzan gets a demonstration of how the jets of the 86th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Youngstown Municipal Airport function as watchdogs to locate and track down any enemy bomber that may try to mount a sneak attack on the Youngstown industrial district.
The Salem Board of Education will meet with the salary committee of the Salem Teachers Association to discuss the association's proposal that the maximum salary for a teacher with a bachelor's degree be increased from $3,800 to $4,740. The maximum for a teacher with a master's degree would be increased from $4,200 to $5,020.
April 6, 1929: Trees are uprooted and hundreds of tons of dirt are washed into Lake Cohasset as a result of a break in the overloaded Mill creek district sewer. George F. Turner, city engineering commissioner, estimates that the damage will exceed $15,000.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fulton of Cleveland win the Virginia Marshall Jones trophy in the mixed pair play at the first annual bridge tournament for championship of the Mahoning Valley.
Charles A Nicholas is back on duty as police chief after reinstatement by the civil service commission. Nicholas had been discharged by Mayor George O. Marshon on an accusation of incompetence and neglect.