Today is Friday, July 16, the 198th day of 2004. There are 168 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, the United States explodes its first experimental atomic bomb, in the desert of Alamogordo,

Today is Friday, July 16, the 198th day of 2004. There are 168 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, the United States explodes its first experimental atomic bomb, in the desert of Alamogordo, N.M.
In 1790, the District of Columbia is established as the seat of the U.S. government. In 1862, David G. Farragut becomes the first rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. In 1918, Russia's Czar Nicholas II, his empress and their five children are executed by the Bolsheviks. In 1951, the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger is first published. In 1964, in accepting the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Barry M. Goldwater said that "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" and that "moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." In 1969, Apollo 11 blasts off from Cape Kennedy on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon.
July 16, 1979: The Sharon and Reynolds plants of Westinghouse Electric Corp. are closed as about 2,000 electrical workers walk off the job at midnight, when their contract expired.
Mahoning Common Pleas Judge Elwyn V. Jenkins sentences two Youngstown boys, 16 and 17 years old, to life imprisonment for the murder of a Youngstown woman, Ann O'Neil during a robbery. Asked if they had anything to say, both boys said they were "sorry this thing happened."
July 16, 1964: Republicans reject an 11th hour challenge for the presidential nomination by Pennsylvania Gov. William Scranton, and give roaring approval to Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona as their candidate. Goldwater vows to "carry the conservative cause" to the American people in November.
Mayor Anthony B. Flask is irked after Youngstown City Council refuses to act on his proposal that fees for coin-operated amusement devices, such as pool tables and bowling alleys, be reduced from $156 annually to $15. Flask says the high fee is unfair.
The ultra-modern $1 million Boardman sewage treatment plant is dedicated in ceremonies attended by some 150 state, federal and local officials. County Engineer Sam Gould led visitors on a tour of the 15-acre site.
July 16, 1954: A million-dollar F86D Sabre jet from the Youngstown air base explodes at 15,000 feet over Ashtabula County. Pilot Capt. Dean F. Schwendeman, 33, of Marietta bails out safely, and the plane crashes into a field near Gustavus.
The American Bar Association announces its opposition to James C. Connel, a Cleveland common pleas judge, for federal district court judge in Northern Ohio. The Bar Association, which opposed one other judicial nominee of President Eisenhower in 1954, says Connel has the reputation of being "arbitrary, dictatorial and biased."
Mahoning County residents will be asked to give $28,000 between Aug. 16 and 31 to help carry on the work being done by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to fight polio.
July 16, 1929: An hour after services were held for her son, Marion, age 12, accidentally killed by his father's gun at Meander Dam, Mrs. Elmer Stroup of North Jackson gives birth to a boy. Services had been held at the M.E. Church, which was packed to overflowing.
J. J. Richeson, superintendent of Youngstown schools and president of the Northeastern Ohio Teachers Association, says he will present his proposal for year-round school -- four 12-week terms to the year -- to the teachers association. He is also asking the Youngstown board to get the reaction of the public.