Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Today is Wednesday, April 28, the 119th day of 2004. There are 247 days left in the year. On this date in 1789, there is a mutiny on HMS Bounty as the crew of the British ship sets Capt. William Bligh and 18 sailors adrift in a launch in the South Pacific.
In 1788, Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are executed by Italian partisans as they attempt to flee the country. In 1947, a six-man expedition sails from Peru aboard a balsa wood raft named the "Kon-Tiki" on a 101-day journey to Polynesia. In 1952, war with Japan officially ends as a treaty that had been signed by the United States and 47 other nations takes effect. In 1958, Vice President Nixon and his wife, Pat, begin a goodwill tour of Latin America that is marred by hostile mobs in Lima, Peru, and Caracas, Venezuela. In 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted into the Army, the same day Gen. William C. Westmoreland tells Congress the U.S. "would prevail in Vietnam." In 1986, the Soviet Union informs the world of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.
April 28, 1979: The Youngstown school district will get about $2.2 million additional state funding in the next biennium as part of the state increasing its aid to schools by $784 million. In contrast, Campbell schools will get about $38,000 more.
Arthur Hairhoger, 41, of New Castle, is named state highway superintendent for Lawrence County by Gov. Dick Thornburgh.
The newly formed Commuter Aircraft Corp. is giving Youngstown "number one consideration and top priority" as the location for the company's first plant, Dr. Lynn Bollinger, chairman of the board, says in Washington, D.C.
April 28, 1964: The first public car inspection lanes of the year are set up in the Boardman Plaza. Sheriff's deputies will direct traffic at the lanes while inspections will be conducted by mechanics from the manpower training and development program of the Youngstown Board of Education.
U.S. cigarette manufacturers are putting their $250 million-a-year advertising program into the hands of an administrator to enforce a new code banning appeals aimed at teenagers.
Assistant Boardman Township Police Chief Robert Fink is elevated to chief by Boardman trustees, succeeding Robert Rhinehart.
April 28, 1954: In a major step toward construction of streets and fire stations that are part of Youngstown's capital improvement plan, city council approves bond issues totaling $2.7 million.
A $500 scholarship to Youngstown College will be the first prize in the 1954 Teenage Roadeo for driver education graduates of 12 district high schools, which will be held at the Canfield Fairgrounds.
Seventh Ward Councilman Michael Dudash accuses Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan and council President Richard J. Barrett of padding the city payroll with capital improvement workers who are doing political campaigning. Kryzan counters that the seven men hired in the law department are doing the work of 21 people.
April 28, 1929: Rats playing among rubbish in the attic of the old Greenwood mansion, 405 Broadway, are believed to have caused a fire that did $10,000 in damage and drove two families into the street.
The Indianola Club Inc. purchases the old Indianola M.E. Church property at 60 W. Indianola Ave. as a club house. Incorporaters of the club are Owen E. James, Sidney W. Jones and Peter Bence.
Paul Osgood wins the endurance contest at the first model airplane meet at the Youngstown YMCA, and is awarded a free airplane ride with Dale Riblet. Osgood's model was in the air for 43 seconds.
Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.