Today is Tuesday, July 13, the 195th day of 2004. There are 171 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, July 13, the 195th day of 2004. There are 171 days left in the year. On this date in 1793, French revolutionary writer Jean Paul Marat is stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday.
In 1787, Congress enacts an ordinance governing the Northwest Territory. In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupts in New York City. In 1878, the Treaty of Berlin amends the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano, which had ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. In 1886, Father Edward Joseph Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, is born in Roscommon, Ireland. In 1960, John F. Kennedy wins the Democratic presidential nomination at his party's convention in Los Angeles.
July 13, 1979:A stubborn fire melts and burns several thousand tires in an East End junkyard owned by Diver Steel City Auto Crusher Inc., sending clouds of black smoke billowing over Youngstown.
Commuter Aircraft Corp. may set up a 480-square foot temporary office in the Youngstown Municipal Airport terminal to use while its proposed 250-000 square foot plant and permanent office building are erected on the airport's west side.
Six United Steelworkers of America local unions and J & amp;L Steel conclude an agreement that will allow laid-off workers from Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube's Youngstown area facilities to transfer to J & amp;L facilities in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Aliquippa.
July 13, 1964: A 25-year veteran employee of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.'s Campbell Works is crushed to death when a 5,000-pound coil of strip steel falls on him. Preston Allgood, 48, of Poland is pronounced dead at South Side Hospital.
Mrs. Freda Allen, 56, Sharon businesswoman who operated the Allen Kiddie Clothes shop downtown, dies after being struck by a car as she crossed E. State Street near Sharon General Hospital.
The Ralston Purina Co. leases the old Pennsylvania Railroad depot in Sebring and will use it as a distribution warehouse for poultry and livestock feed.
July 13, 1954: Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan says he welcomes what he calls a "changed attitude on the part of Air Force officials" and declares he is willing to negotiate for the Air Force Reserve Center at Youngstown Municipal Airport, as long as they agree to limit their operations.
Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard returns to Bay View Hospital and begins seeing patients for the first time since his wife, Marilyn, was murdered July 4. He is still wearing a neck brace for injuries he says he received in a struggle with his wife's killer.
The state fire marshal will be called in to investigate a mysterious fire that destroyed the rambling carriage house on the estate of the late Dr. Armin Elsaesser. Edward T. Duffy owns the property and operates a restaurant, The Mansion, in Dr. Elsaesser's former home. The fire did not damage the restaurant.
July 13, 1929: City Council President W.L. Buchanan says that a swimming pool should be built on the city's West Side because people are bathing in the creek that runs near Dunlap Avenue and are in danger of drowning because there are no lifeguards.
Mrs. E.L. McKelvey, president of the Youngstown Federation of Women's Clubs, goes on record as opposed to the suggestion of the tax committee of the Chamber of Commerce to economize in school financing by increasing the number of pupils in the classroom. Supt. J.J. Richeson warns that if more than 30 pupils are placed in a classroom, the Youngstown schools will not be recognized by the North Central Association of High Schools and Colleges.
Youngstown City Council unanimously approves the annexation of Wickliffe to the city. The issue goes to the county commissioners, where it is expected to be opposed by the Austintown Improvement Association.