Today is Saturday, May 1, the 122nd day of 2004. There are 244 days left in the year. On his date in

Today is Saturday, May 1, the 122nd day of 2004. There are 244 days left in the year. On his date in 1960, the Soviet Union shoots down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane near Sverdlovsk and captures its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
In 1786, Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Vienna. In 1898, Commodore George Dewey gives the command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley," as an American naval force destroyed a Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. In 1931, New York's 102-story Empire State Building is dedicated. In 1931, singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS. In 1941, the Orson Welles motion picture "Citizen Kane" premieres in New York. In 1967, Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas. In 1971, Amtrak -- which combined and streamlined the operations of 18 intercity passenger railroads -- goes into service. In 1978, Ernest Morial is inaugurated as the first black mayor of New Orleans. In 1998, Eldridge Cleaver, the fiery Black Panther leader who later renounces his past and becomes a Republican, dies in Pomona, Calif., at age 62.
May 1, 1979: Officials of Valu King Supermarkets agree in principle to purchase 10 former A & amp;P stores in Mahoning, Trumbull, Portage and Summit counties, the Youngstown-based chain announces
About 300 members of Local 207 Structural Iron Workers Union go on strike against the Builders Association of Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
Undergraduates attending Ohio's colleges and universities are guaranteed no fee increases during the next two years in the House-passed version of the state budget bill.
May 1, 1964: Common Pleas Judge David G. Jenkins discusses the true meaning of "liberty and justice for all" as he welcomes 78 new citizens at Law Day naturalization ceremonies at the Mahoning County Courthouse.
A statewide emergency exercise completed after a mock nuclear attack reveals a serious lack of bomb shelters and warning systems in rural Mahoning County, Civil Defense Director Bud J. Fares reports.
U.S. Sen Wayne L. Morse of Oregon urges Rep. Michael J. Kirwan's re-election to more than 1,000 people at Avon Oaks in Girard, calling Kirwan a great conservationist.
May 1, 1954: Sam Rayburn, Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, who has served longer in the speakership than any other man, tours Youngstown with U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan, Mahoning County Democratic Chairman Jack Sulligan and others. Rayburn will speak a the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner at the Hotel Pick Ohio.
Many of Mahoning County's streams are "filthy enough to breed the bubonic plague," Sam Gould Jr., county engineer, tells northern Ohio county commissioners during a meeting in Salem.
The Rev. Francis J. Stulc, assistant pastor of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, 256 E. Wood St., and a layman, Frank Marinelli, use fire extinguishers to hold in check a mysterious altar fire until firemen arrive. Damage is estimated at $2,200.
May 1, 1929: Youngstown school enumerators and parents are urged to cooperate in the taking of the school census on which all defective children are to be listed so that the city will receive its full portion of state aid in the education of children.
Citing figures to show that Youngstown teachers' salaries are among the lowest in the country, Supt. J.J. Richeson tells 600 teachers at the YEA dinner at McKelveys of his intention to seek a salary change to ensure teachers a living wage. The average teachers salary in Youngstown is $1,596, while that for 15 other cities in the country is $1,824.
Indiana Avenue property owners are asking the Youngstown Planning Commission to revoke a permit issued to Pennzoil Oil Co. for construction of a $35,000 filling station at Indiana and Wick avenues. The station will be in the old English style and one of the most pretentious in the city.