Today is Wednesday, April 21, the 112th day of 2004. There are 254 days left in the year. On this

Today is Wednesday, April 21, the 112th day of 2004. There are 254 days left in the year. On this date in 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, dies in Redding, Conn.
In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, which provides for freedom of worship for all Christians, is passed by the Maryland assembly. In 1789, John Adams is sworn in as the first vice president of the United States. In 1836, an army of Texans led by Sam Houston defeats the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas independence. In 1918, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the German ace known as the "Red Baron," is killed in action during World War I. In 1940, the quiz show that asks the $64-question, "Take It or Leave It," premieres on CBS Radio. In 1960, Brazil inaugurates its new capital, Brasilia, transferring the seat of national government from Rio de Janeiro. In 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explore the surface of the moon. In 1975, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years in office. In 1977, the musical play "Annie" opens on Broadway.
April 21, 1979: About 5,000 production line employees at General Motors van and passenger car plants walk off the job, and union and management representatives are meeting to try to resolve the dispute.
A commercial fisherman in Sandusky is fined $10,000 by the Ohio Division of Wildlife for illegally taking 1,471 pounds of walleye from Lake Erie with commercial fishing gear. He is also fined $100 and given a suspended 60 day jail sentence in municipal court.
Sigma Phi Epsilon wins first place among fraternities at Youngstown State University's 27th annual Greek Sing, and Zeta Tau Alpha wins among the sororities.
April 21, 1964: McKay Machine Co. is considering a plan to sell more stock to raise capital to handle its soaring volume of business, President A. J. Wardel Jr., tells shareholders at their 43rd annual meeting, held for the first time in the company's new $6 million plant and headquarters.
James P. Griffin, director of District 26, United Steelworkers of America, is elected president of the Youngstown Metropolitan Area Development Citizens Committee.
After her plane is grounded in Cleveland by heavy rain and fog, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson decides to "enjoy the adventure of driving." And her motorcade makes the trip back to Washington in nine hours, including a stop for gas at the Glacier Hills Plaza, just east of Route 7 in Mahoning County.
April 21, 1954: St. John (Slovak) Church, Campbell, is being stopped from holding bingo games because it refused to make a payoff, the Rev. Michael Tondra, pastor, charges after Police Chief John Putko and his men halted a bingo game in the church auditorium.
Youngstown Police Chief Paul Cress tells 40 members of the Mill Creek Kiwanis Club that former Mayor Charles P. Henderson, not Henderson's police chief, Edward Allen, was responsible for cleaning up the city. "Brothels flourished here, gambling and horse bettering were permitted to run wide open" before Henderson became mayor in 1948, Cress said. After cleaning up the rackets, Henderson outlived his usefulness, Cress said, leading to the election of Mayor Frank X. Kryzan.
The Mahoning County Chapter of the American Cancer Society has raised $15,000 of its $65,000 goal.
April 21, 1929: Rumors persist in Niles that Carter C. McConnell, missing secretary of the McKinley Savings & amp; Loan Co., was seen on the streets of Buffalo. A shortage at the savings and loan has been variously estimated at $50,000 to $100,000 and the Masonic Building Co., of which McConnell was treasurer, has reported a shortage of $15,000.
The Rev. DuBois LeFevre, pastor of the First Unitarian Church of Youngstown, and Mrs. LeFevre are awakened in their bedroom at 248 Crandall Ave. by a masked man who leveled a gun at them and threatened to blow their heads off if they failed to turn over their money. Mrs. LeFevre turned over her purse, which contained $13, and the man left.
E.G. McGaw, a state prohibition agent, is charged with shooting with intent to kill after he wounds Frank Pellegi, a soft drink parlor operator, during a liquor raid. Sheriff Schad said McGaw shot Pellegi through the chest after Pellegi became suspicious of McGaw and attempted to take back a bottle of liquor he had agreed to sell the agent.
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