Today is Thursday, April 22, the 113th day of 2004. There are 253 days left in the year. On this date in 1954, the televised Senate Army-McCarthy hearings begin.

Today is Thursday, April 22, the 113th day of 2004. There are 253 days left in the year. On this date in 1954, the televised Senate Army-McCarthy hearings begin.
In 1451, Queen Isabella I, who sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus, is born in Madrigal, Spain. In 1509, Henry VIII ascends the throne of England after the death of his father, Henry VII. In 1864, Congress authorizes the use of the phrase "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins. In 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush begins at noon as thousands of homesteaders stake claims. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces begin invading Japanese-held New Guinea with amphibious landings near Hollandia. In 1952, an atomic test conducted in Nevada becomes the first nuclear explosion shown on live network television.
April 22, 1979: A growing union-management rift at the General Motors car and van assembly plant at Youngstown threatens to explode into a full-scale strike. "It's the worst situation we've had in five years," said Marlin Ford, president of UAW Local 1112.
With street supplies of heroin rapidly dwindling, Youngstown-area addicts are following a nationwide turn toward prescription painkillers to feed their drug habits.
Comedian Danny Thomas comes to Youngstown for a ribbon cutting at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center to mark an affiliation between St. Elizabeth and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which Thomas founded.
April 22, 1964: Members of the House of Representatives set aside debate on a $36 billion defense appropriations bill for nearly an hour so that 40 congressmen of both parties can voice their respect and appreciation for Rep. Michael J. Kirwan of Youngstown. The unprecedented display was prompted by a recent Drew Pearson column that attacked Kirwan as being vindictive and dictatorial.
A huge truck garage will be added to the Great Atlantic & amp; Pacific Tea Co.'s refrigerated warehouse and food processing plant that is nearing completion south of Salem.
Declaring that perjury is a crime that "must be dealt with severely," U.S. District Judge Frank J. Battisti sentences a Struthers numbers man to four years in prison for lying to a federal grand jury that was investigating the rackets in Struthers.
April 22, 1954: The Mahoning-Grand River Floodway's chances of winning congressional authorization probably will be delayed two and possibly four years by a decision of railroads and Pittsburgh district business interests to fight the project.
A four-day-week policy at the Ohio Works of U.S. Steel Corp. has provided work for 300 men who otherwise might have been laid off, says Sam Camen, president of USW Local 1330. Camen said a demand for a 30-hour work week will be included in forthcoming contract negotiations.
The PONY Baseball League that was organized in Hubbard in 1953 changes its name to the Babe Ruth League and will include boys 13, 14 and 15 years old.
April 22, 1929: Youngstown Mayor Joseph Heffernan sends city council a letter recommending that the Princess Theater be declared a public nuisance and that steps be taken at once to close it because of "the character of the show" being presented there.
The mystery of the disappearance and death of Beatrice Rosenbaum, age 8, who was found dead near Salem in May, is solved by the confession of a 15-year-old boy who admitted to two Youngstown detectives that he kidnapped her in an effort to exact revenge against her brother.
Ohio members of the Loyal Order of Moose, 65,000 men and women, have a state organization for the first time after a two-day meeting in Columbus. J. Jack Stoehr of Steubenville is made president of the association. He is a personal representative of James J. Davis, secretary of Labor and national president of the order.
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