Today is Wednesday, June 2, the 154th day of 2004. There are 212 days left in the year. On this date in 1953, Queen Elizabeth II of Britain is crowned in Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death

Today is Wednesday, June 2, the 154th day of 2004. There are 212 days left in the year. On this date in 1953, Queen Elizabeth II of Britain is crowned in Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI.
In 1886, President Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in a White House ceremony. In 1897, Mark Twain, 61, is quoted by the New York Journal as saying from London that "the report of my death was an exaggeration." In 1924, Congress grants U.S. citizenship to all American Indians. In 1941, baseball's "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig, dies in New York of a degenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In 1946, the Italian monarchy is abolished in favor of a republic.
In 1966, the U.S. space probe Surveyor 1 lands on the moon and began transmitting detailed photographs of the lunar surface. In 1979, Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a Communist country. In 1986, for the first time, the public could watch the proceedings of the U.S. Senate on television as a six-week experiment of televised sessions began. In 1987, President Reagan announces he was nominating economist Alan Greenspan to succeed Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In 1997, Timothy McVeigh is convicted of murder and conspiracy in the Oklahoma City bombing. In 1994, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. atomic watchdog, reports it could no longer verify the status of North Korea's nuclear program, prompting the United States to seek economic sanctions. In 2003, President Bush, visiting the Middle East, pledges to work unstintingly for the goal of Israel and a Palestinian state living side by side without bloodshed.
June 2, 1979: State, county and local government officials open a campaign to persuade two Japanese researchers that northeast Ohio is the best place to build a rail test track to determine the practicality of high-speed passenger service between Ohio's largest cities.
Paul E. McSherry is named Sharon's new fire chief, replacing Joseph Hilco, who retired after 31 years on the department.
Richard A. Meredith, superintendent of Ross Local School District in Hamilton, is named to head the Niles school district. His three-year contracts calls for a salary of $32,500 per year.
June 2, 1964: Westminster College's largest graduating class, with 392 graduates, is urged to become involved in politics and government at the school's 110th annual commencement. Robert F. Galbreath III of New Wilmington, and Renee F. Sharchet of Beaver, Pa., are the valedictorians.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, citing annual losses of $150,000, asks the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for permission to discontinue its daily commuter train between Cleveland and Youngstown.
About 2,000 hourly rate employees are idled by a strike that forced the shutdown of plants 10 and 11 of the Packard Electric Division of General Motors.
June 2, 1954: Seventh Ward Councilman Michael J. Dudash asks Youngstown Law Director Felix Mika to advise the city on what it can do to crack down on hot rodders at Lake Milton. Dudash said reckless boaters with high-powered motors are making fishermen such as himself fearful of going out on the lake.
Mayor Frank X. Kryzan and Fifth Ward Councilman John Oesch clash on City Council floor over Kryzan's statements in opposition to an Air Force Reserve Base at Youngstown Municipal Airport. Oesch says the city should hear the Air Force out rather than prejudging the case.
Warfare between underworld rivals for control of the Youngstown district's lucrative numbers racket and other gambling is considered by some law enforcement officials as responsible for a long series of dynamite bombings in the area.
June 2, 1929: Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge David C. Jenkins completes an exhaustive study of criminal procedure in the state and recommends sweeping changes in the criminal code. He advocates abolishment of the grand jury except in extraordinary cases and a constitutional amendment that would require defendants to take the stand in their own defense.
The new Youngstown Country Club on Logan Road is formally dedicated. Members and friends enjoyed a Memorial Day dinner at the new clubhouse, which replaced the older building destroyed by fire nearly a year earlier.
Paul V. McNutt, national commander of the American Legion, will address a luncheon attended by the city's leading men at the Youngstown Club. The visit was arranged by John W. Ford and Phillip H. Schaff.