Today is Wednesday, April 7, the 98th day of 2004. There are 268 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, April 7, the 98th day of 2004. There are 268 days left in the year. On this date in 1927, an audience in New York sees an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television.
In 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeat the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. In 1939, Italy invades Albania. (Less than a week later, Italy annexes Albania.) In 1945, during World War II, American planes intercept a Japanese fleet that was headed for Okinawa on a suicide mission. In 1947, auto pioneer Henry Ford dies in Dearborn, Mich., at age 83. In 1948, the World Health Organization is founded. In 1949, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific" opens on Broadway. In 1953, the U.N. General Assembly elects Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden to be secretary-general.
April 7, 1979: Norman P. "Nick" Johnson, 70, a humble man who influenced the lives of thousands of youngsters whom he coached on high school and community teams, dies after a long illness. He was possibly the first black high school coach in Ohio, when he was named an assistant at Ursuline in 1936.
The U.S.S. Ohio, first nuclear submarine armed with Trident missiles, is christened in Groton, Conn., as anti-war demonstrates march outside the fence at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp.
William Price Jr., former president of RMI Co., is fined and sentenced to 30 days in jail and three years of probation for his part in a titanium price-fixing scheme. The company was fined $600,000 in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh.
April 7, 1964: A truck assembly plant figures in General Motors ultimate plans for its Lordstown complex, GM officials tell Trumbull County while discussing the need for sewer lines to serve the plant.
A 34-year-old registered pharmacist is charged with two narcotics violations after an undercover police officer said he bought prescription narcotic drugs from him over the weekend.
After 31 years in the steel business, William H. Yeckley is giving up one of the Youngstown area industry's top jobs to go back to school. Yeckley, 55, is resigning as vice president-operations of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. to enter the University of Delaware to earn a master's degree in political science. He hopes to get a job at a small college teaching political science, a long term desire.
April 7, 1954: Youngstown's urban renewal program is revived in City Council as the first of 30 ramshackle dwellings are being wrecked on condemnation orders of the city building inspection department.
Gov. Frank J. Lausche tells Youngstown district law enforcement officers that organized racketeers "operating under the guise of law and with the protection of public officials" are stealing day by day from citizens in many communities.
Edward J. Allen, former Youngstown police chief and now head of the state's liquor enforcement division, is honored by the Youngstown Crime Clinic. In recognition of his work as the organization's first president, the clinic presents him with a three-piece set of luggage.
April 7, 1929: The General Assembly approves an increase in Ohio's gasoline tax from 3 cents to 4 cents per gallon. It goes to the desk of Gov. Cooper for his signature; he had proposed the increase to the Legislature.
Capturing three first places and two seconds in the Ohio high school scholarship contests at Ohio State University, East High students lead Youngstown to victory in the state Class A awards. Several hundred students from all parts of the state were examined in 12 high school subjects in the contest.
The Bentley Motor Girls of Youngstown are defeated in the finals of the independent basketball tournament in Alliance, losing to the Allerton girls of Cleveland, 26-16. The Bentley girls had the lead, 9-5, at the half.
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