Today is Wednesday, June 14, the 165th day of 2006. There are 200 days left in the year. This is

Today is Wednesday, June 14, the 165th day of 2006. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day. On this date in 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopts the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.
In 1775, the United States Army is founded. In 1841, the first Canadian parliament opens in Kingston. In 1846, a group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaims the Republic of California. In 1928, the Republican National Convention nominates Herbert Hoover for president on the first ballot. In 1940, in German-occupied Poland, the Nazis open their concentration camp at Auschwitz; the same day, German troops enter Paris. In 1943, the Supreme Court rules schoolchildren could not be compelled to salute the flag of the United States if doing so conflicts with their religious beliefs. In 1982, Argentine forces surrender to British troops on the disputed Falkland Islands. In 1985, the 17-day hijack ordeal of TWA Flight 847 begins as a pair of Lebanese Shiite Muslim extremists seize the jetliner shortly after takeoff from Athens, Greece. In 1986, death claims Broadway librettist Alan Jay Lerner in New York at age 67; Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges in Geneva at age 86; and "Wild Kingdom" host Marlin Perkins in suburban St. Louis at age 81.
June 14, 1981: More than 1,200 workers at Youngstown Steel Door Co., who have been laid off for nearly six months, face the end of unemployment benefits. Most of the workers had expected to be recalled within a few months.
The Amerijet Aircraft Corp. takes an option on 66 acres northwest of the Youngstown Municipal Airport for its corporate headquarters.
Two well-known North Side Youngstown funeral homes are merging, those of McCullough Williams Jr. and Margaret Linton, and will operate under the name Linton-McCullough Williams Funeral Service.
June 14, 1966: Colonial Lanes in Wilmington Road, Neshannock Township, are rocked by three explosions and destroyed by fire. Damage is estimated at $500,000.
Construction of an 82,000 square foot department store in Austintown Plaza is expected to begin within a month following approval by Austintown Township trustees of a zone change permitting more parking spaces at the Austintown Plaza.
More than $4,000 worth of copper pipe is stolen from the Westlake Terrace housing project, where units are being moved to make way for the Madison Avenue Expresswa. It is recovered at a Wilson Avenue scrapyard where it had been sold for $201. Copper scrap prices are high, reaching 48 cents a pound because of a shortage.
June 14, 1956: Seventh Ward Councilman Michael J. Dudash asks for legislation to eliminate four city jobs he considers unnecessary: airport manager, laborer at the airport, parking meters superintendent and veterans housing superintendent.
Recent rains have brought Mahoning County ground water levels, which had been low, within .02 of a foot within the five-year average of 31.09 feet, says Paul Kaser, hydrologist for the division of water of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
A Texas oil man testifies that an organization he heads spent more than $1.7 million to put the "facts" of a natural gas bill before the public, but denies it lobbied Congress members or gave any of them money. Congress passed a bill to free natural gas producers from direct federal price controls, but President Eisenhower vetoed it.
June 14, 1931: Youngstown's Italian-born celebrate the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua in all the Italian churches in the district.
Ben Jasper, 12, drowns in the Shenango River while swimming with some friends near the Freedom Oil works.
Auditoriums, portables and every available inch of space will be called into service in September when thousands of high school children pack Youngstown schools as they have never been packed before.