Today is Monday, April 12, the 103rd day of 2004. There are 263 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Monday, April 12, the 103rd day of 2004. There are 263 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga., at age 63; he is succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman.
On this date in 1606, England adopts as its flag the original version of the Union Jack. In 1861, the American Civil War begins as Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. In 1934, "Tender Is the Night," by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is first published. In 1955, the Salk vaccine against polio is declared safe and effective. In 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbiting the earth once before making a safe landing.
April 12, 1979: Yet another long-abandoned area underground mine opens, this time off Lanterman Road in Austintown. Ann Harris, YSU geology professor, says the hole in the front yard of the Stephen Filisky home, 4037 Lanterman Road, is 6-feet wide across and growing.
Youngstown Mayor J. Phillip Richley and his law and finance directors are researching questions about paid overtime, accumulated overtime and policies for retiring employees who cash in their time.
Commerce Department officials say they plan no further action on the Kraft report findings unless Youngstown comes up with private finance to help carry out plans for a national blast furnace project at the Campbell Works.
April 12, 1964: Public and private developments totaling $150 million in Youngstown and the metropolitan area bring the community to the verge of what may be its biggest building boom ever.
The Mermaid Club of Westminster College is practicing for a water show, "Splashes from a Paintbox," on the New Wilmington, Pa., campus.
Trumbull County commissioners agree that the most suitable place for the proposed $1.8 million jail and office building will be the site of the 92-year-old jail on High Street. Temporary lodging for prisoners will have to be found from the time the old jail is razed until the new one is built.
April 12, 1954: Myron E. Roberts, vice president and cashier of the Mahoning National Bank, is named president, succeeding the late L.A. Steward. Edward R. Watkins is named chairman of the board.
A man who broke into the E.Z. Finer Foods Market and was about to flee with $127 in goods and cash is shot by police. He is in fair condition at Southside Hospital.
Churches of the Youngstown area are jammed for Palm Sunday services, despite heavy downpours.
A $60,000 fire sweeps through Johnson-Sizer Building Co. lumber yards on S. Dock Street in Sharon, Pa.
April 12, 1929: After carefully inspecting the municipal airport at Cleveland, it is the opinion of the board of control and city council that Lansdowne Field should be retained and extended as quickly as Finance Director James A. Jones can procure the funds.
The city renews its war on alleged bootlegging establishments when it files suits in common pleas court to padlock three places, including the Central Hotel. The city has pursued 34 padlock suits over two months.