Today is Tuesday, June 29, the 181st day of 2004. There are 185 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, June 29, the 181st day of 2004. There are 185 days left in the year. On this date in 1776, the Virginia state constitution is adopted, and Patrick Henry made governor.
In 1767, the British Parliament approves the Townshend Revenue Acts, which impose import duties on certain goods shipped to America. Colonists bitterly protest the Acts, which are repealed in 1770. In 1941, Polish statesman, pianist and composer Ignace Jan Paderewski dies in New York at age 80. In 1949, the government of South Africa enacts a ban against racially-mixed marriages. In 1954, the Atomic Energy Commission votes against reinstating Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's access to classified information. In 1966, the United States bombs fuel storage facilities near the North Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong. In 1967, Jerusalem is re-unified as Israel removes barricades separating the Old City from the Israeli sector. In 1970, the United States ends a two-month military offensive into Cambodia.
June 29, 1979: Acting on the recommendation of Columbiana County Prosecutor David Tobin, the June grand jury will meet through Sept. 1 to review allegations of an illegal betting operation by a Salem police officer, and the operation of illegal bingo games in Salem.
A Howland Township man is selected to be superintendent of the Howland Public School System at an executive session of the board of education. Nick Macris succeeds Dr. James Hyre, who has been named superintendent of Canton schools.
The Western Reserve Transit Authority votes to cut off-hour bus fares to 10 cents during July and August. The reduced fare is expected to give the riders a break during the gasoline crunch.
June 29, 1964: Speaking in Michigan, President Johnson says the United States must be prepared to risk war to protect its freedom. In South Vietnam, he says, "We are engaged in a brutal and bitter struggle for the freedom of a friend."
Laraine Santangelo, 19, of Youngstown is named "Miss Warren" and will represent Trumbull and Mahoning counties at the Miss Ohio pageant at Sandusky.
Girard Patrolman Michael Zuppo, who was beaten severely by three men in a car without license plates, says an unidentified motorist drove by during the altercation and neither intervened nor reported the incident to police.
June 29, 1954: Tenants of a condemned Brier Hill apartment building are given three-day notices to vacate the premises or face eviction. Several families, including 17 children, reside in the building at 2013-19 W. Federal St.
Members of Ohev Tzedek-Shara Torah Congregation on the South Side will build a new $100,000 temple on Hillman Way, across from a new shopping center now under construction, says Herman Roth, president of the congregation.
Warren Safety Service Director Hyman Bruss says he believes a city police sergeant was shown a copy of a test for captain before taking the exam. Bruss has refused to name to top test scorer to an opening of captain on the police department.
June 29, 1929: A jury of five women and seven men finds former teacher Ruth Livermore guilty of burglary and recommends clemency. But Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge David Jenkins sentences her to six years to 30 years in the Marysville reformatory, saying she lied shamelessly on the stand. She would have been eligible for parole nine months earlier under the life sentence she had been given before demanding a new trial.
Twenty-two persons are injured when a bus operated by the Nevin Lines between Detroit and Pittsburgh overturns on Boardman Road, a mile south of Boardman Center.