Today is Thursday, June 3, the 155th day of 2004. There are 211 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, June 3, the 155th day of 2004. There are 211 days left in the year. On this date in 1963, Pope John XXIII dies at age 81. He was succeeded by Pope Paul VI.
In 1808, Jefferson Davis -- the first and only president of the Confederacy -- is born in Christian County, Ky. In 1965, astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to walk in space, during the flight of Gemini 4.
In 1968, pop artist Andy Warhol is shot and critically wounded in his New York film studio, known as "The Factory," by Valerie Solanas, an actress and self-styled militant feminist. In 1981, Pope John Paul II leaves a Rome hospital and returns to the Vatican three weeks after the attempt on his life. In 1989, Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, dies. In 1989, Chinese army troops begin their sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations. In 1999, caving in to Russian and Western demands, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic accepts a peace plan for Kosovo designed to end mass expulsions of ethnic Albanians and 11 weeks of NATO airstrikes.
June 3, 1979: Nearly three inches of rain in the last 10 days of May inundate planted fields and make it impossible to work unplanted fields, dampening the outlook for good crops for Mahoning Valley farmers.
It looks as if the hopes of Warren's mayor, Arthur J. Richards, that the annexation of a 1,000-acre section of Bazetta and Howland townships known as the "Golden Triangle" to the city of Warren before Richards' term expires at the end of the year will not be realized. The townships have mounted an aggressive campaign to discourage industries in the area from signing on to annexation.
Vokswagen of America, flush with the success of its first U.S. car assembly plant in New Stanton, Pa., is reported to be searching for a possible site for a second plant somewhere in the United States.
June 3, 1964: The Mahoning County grand jury is apparently dropping temporarily its crime-investigating activities regarding gambling in Mahoning County, but recommended strongly that the probe be continued at a later date.
The Youngstown Board of Health recommends that Mill Creek Park close five impure wells or springs to avoid a possible epidemic of typhoid. Dr. Sidney Franklin, city health commissioner, says pollution has made five of the park's 28 wells or springs impure.
Youngstown's champion speller, Suzi Shwartz of Hayes Junior High, survives into the sixth round of competition at the National Spelling Bee in Washington. Eighteen of 70 spellers have been eliminated in the first five rounds, as words have gotten increasingly difficult.
June 3, 1954: In the presence of his family and distinguished naval officers, Rear Adm. Calvin M. Bolster of Youngstown, retired chief of naval research, receives a gold star to his Legion of Merit medal. The presentation is made in the office of Mayor Frank X. Kryzan by Rear Adm. Ernest Von Heimburg, commandant of the Fourth Naval District, which includes Youngstown.
Three Struthers city councilmen say the administration of Mayor Harold Milligan has allowed gambling conditions to continue and call for an anti-gambling ordinance that has heavy penalty provisions.
Fire routs five people, including two infants and destroyed their two-family home at 1492 Meridian Road, causing about $6,500 in damage.
The Mallory-Sharon Titanium Corp. is considering a large expansion of its facilities at Niles to melt and roll titanium.
June 3, 1929: Unless the Youngstown school budget is increased by at least $500,000, it will be impossible to pursue the school district's building program in 1930 or to open the technical high school, says director S.R. Creps.
Two passengers and a sailboat pilot have a narrow escape with drowning when the sailboat "Fathom" of Craig Beach overturns in strong winds and sinks in the middle of Lake Milton. John Ryan Jr. of Columbiana, owner of the boat, and Miss Celia McDermott and Thomas Kearney of Niles, the passengers, were rescued by the speedboat "Speedee," piloted by Merrell A. Wood.
The first pipe mill making tubular goods with the stitch electric welding system is in regular operation at the pipe mills of the Republic Iron & amp; Steel Co. in Youngstown. The mill, which makes pipe up to seven inches in diameter, is turning out pipe at an unbelievably fast rate.