Today is Friday, April 16, the 107th day of 2004. There are 259 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Friday, April 16, the 107th day of 2004. There are 259 days left in the year. On this date in 1947, the French ship Grandcamp blows up at the harbor in Texas City, Texas; another ship, the Highflyer, explodes the following day. The blasts and resulting fires kill 576 people.
In 1879, St. Bernadette, who had described seeing visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, dies in Nevers, France. In 1917, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returns to Russia after years of exile. In 1935, the radio comedy program "Fibber McGee and Molly" premieres on the NBC Blue Network. In 1945, in his first speech to Congress, President Truman pledges to carry out the war and peace policies of his late predecessor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
April 16, 1979: Band members and parents say they are shocked at the firing of Brookfield High School's Band Director John Fimognari, and his supporters will meet to discuss possible action.
Cool weather and a constant drizzle dominate Easter Sunday in the Mahoning Valley, but crowded churches were warmed with sermons recalling the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Rookie Professional Beth Daniel of the United States wins the $70,000 World Ladies Profession Golf Tournament at Tokyo. Winning her first victory in six events, she receives $14,000.
April 16, 1964: Construction of the downtown loop and projected urban renewal plans for the East Federal Street area will make it unnecessary to widen East Boardman Street next to the new Legal Arts Building, City Engineer J. Phillip Richley says.
Racketeer Joseph "Joey" Naples is lodged in Mahoning County jail and will be transferred to the Ohio Penitentiary to begin sentences for two 1962 felony convictions.
Youngstown University receives a grant of $10,520 from the National Science Foundation for a nine-month mathematics institute for secondary school teachers.
April 16, 1954: Speaking at a luncheon of Realtors, Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan says the city has run up against the first "profiteer," a property owner who is threatening to tie up the city's street improvement program by demanding much more than her land is worth. Kryzan says the city will take this case to court and any others like it.
A police lieutenant and five patrolmen are suspected by Campbell Safety Service Director John V. DeMart for failure to discover a $2,000 burglary at the Caldrone and Cioffi Market on 12th Street.
The Youngstown Fraternal Order of Police files suit to block Police Chief Paul Cress and the civil service commission from reappointing Sam Vitt to the police department. Vitt, who had five years on the force, resigned in 1951 for reasons of health and took a job as head of plant protection for Republic Rubber. The suit claims Vitt's reinstatement would be bad for department morale.
April 16, 1929: Joseph Gottlieb, well-known Youngstown political orator, is found guilty on a charge of transporting liquor and is fined $500 and costs by Judge Mark Moore in municipal court after a two-day trial.
The Rev. J. Knox Montgomery, president of Muskingum College and father of the Rev. Don P. Montgomery, pastor of Pleasant Grove U.P. Church, will speak at the official dedication of the Pleasant Grove Church at Midlothian and Southern Blvd.