Today is Sunday, June 4, the 155th day of 2006. There are 210 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Sunday, June 4, the 155th day of 2006. There are 210 days left in the year. On this date in 1942, the Battle of Midway begins during World War II.
In 1892, the Sierra Club is incorporated in San Francisco. In 1896, Henry Ford makes a successful pre-dawn test run of his horseless carriage, called a "quadricycle," through the streets of Detroit. In 1940, the Allied military evacuation from Dunkirk, France, ends. In 1944, the U.S. 5th Army begins liberating Rome during World War II. In 1947, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approves the Taft-Hartley Act. In 1986, Jonathan Jay Pollard, a former Navy intelligence analyst, pleads guilty in Washington to spying for Israel. (He is serving a life prison term.) In 1989, hundreds, possibly thousands of people die as Chinese army troops storm Beijing to crush a pro-democracy movement.
June 4, 1981: Youngstown Mayor George Vukovich says as many as 200 employees could be laid off within a month as the city continues to spend much more than it takes in.
The Democratic and Republican primaries in Youngstown make one thing certain: there will be at least four new faces on Youngstown City Council. Among the candidates are George M. McKelvey, Richard W. Atkinson, Michael J. Yarosh, John B. Jovich, James E. Fortune, Roy N. Oliver, Joseph E. Valko and Ronald P. Schroeder.
Austintown's Joshua Lukin falls in the third round of the National Spelling Bee in Washington, dropping the second "C" in "marcescent," which means to wither without falling.
In contrast to a national upturn of about 9 percent in new car sales, residents of Mahoning and Trumbull counties bought about 9 percent fewer new cars than they did a year before.
June 4, 1966: The graduating class of Ursuline High School has five sets of twins: Marilyn and Marion Poidmore, John and Mary Celeste Sturgeon, Nancy and Kathy McEvoy, Chuck and Patti Machuga and Joe and Mike Marquard.
A reorganization of Youngstown's Urban Renewal Department, including new positions and a staff for recently announced community renewal program, is presented to City Council.
Four Youngstown district servicemen are helping to trace the flight path of Astronauts Thomas B. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan. They are Air Force Maj. Albert L. Morse, Lt. Andrew W. Ballas Jr., First Lt. Melvin R. Rooch and Airman 2.C. Steve Drotos Jr., all stationed at Ent Air Force Base in Colorado.
A Youngstown postal clerk with nearly 21 years service is bound to the federal grand jury on a charge of stealing $13 from a letter in the mails. The arrest came after an investigation of several weeks and after the clerk was found to have $13 in marked money in his possession.
June 4, 1956: An Air Force officer in San Francisco indicates that the Air Force is willing to consider providing Youngstown with a new municipal airport in another location in exchange for the present airport in Vienna. The airport would be converted into a huge base that would draw military units from nearby cities.
Three members of a Salem family returning home from a wedding in Oakdale, Pa., are killed in a head-on crash between their car and a Greyhound bus near Pittsburgh. Dead are Mrs. Anna Belich, 70; her son, Peter Corkett, 40, and his wife, Kathryn, 45. Eight other persons were injured, including two other sons of Mrs. Belich.
The median income for men in the United States increases by about $150, to $3,400 a year, while the average for women stays unchanged at $1,200, the U.S. Census Bureau reports.
Fire levels the Sharon Social Fishing Club's large clubhouse on Lake Muskoka in Ontario, Canada. Damage is estimated at more than $75,000. The club was formed 75 years ago by prominent businessmen from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
June 4, 1931: The old blacksmith shop at Schenley Ave. and McCollum Road, a landmark of 100 years, is destroyed by fire of undetermined origin. The building was owned by Ferdinand Seigle.
The qualifying round of the National Open golf tourney will swing into action at the Youngstown Country Club with a field of 89 of the best players in the district, amateur and professional.