Today is Friday, March 28, the 88th day of 2008. There are 278 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Friday, March 28, the 88th day of 2008. There are 278 days left in the year. On this date in 1979, America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurs inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.

In 1834, the U.S. Senate votes to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. In 1854, during the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia. In 1898, the Supreme Court rules in United States v. Wong Kim Ark that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants is a U.S. citizen.

March 28, 1983: Seven Ohio Civil Service Career Information and Testing centers around the state, including the one at 25 E. Boardman St. in Youngstown, will be closed by the end of April.

Harry Arroyo of Youngstown, undefeated in 18 professional fights, is the subject of a feature article in Boxing Scene magazine and is being viewed as a future championship contender.

March 28, 1968: Republic Steel Corp. expects to spend $178 million in 1968, says Chairman-President Thomas F. Patton.

A Marine lieutenant from Greenville, Pa., and a green Beret soldier from Niles are reported killed in action in Vietnam. Spec. David T. Orwig III, 20, is Niles’ first Vietnam casualty and Trumbull County’s 18th. Lt. Paul W. Bush, 23, is Mercer County’s 14th serviceman to die in the war.

March 28, 1958: Charles M. Beeghly, Youngstown industrialist, is elected executive vice president of Jones Laughlin Steel Corp., the nation’s fourth largest steel producer.

Marlene Kay Betras of Canfield, a junior in elementary education, is elected Junior Prom Queen of Youngstown University and will be crowned at the 27th annual prom at Idora ballroom.

With four days remaining, the $2.4 million St. Columba Cathedral and diocesan high school building fund campaign exceeds 80 percent.

March 28, 1933: Lawyers for the Weekly Examiner, a scandal sheet formerly known as the Ohio Examiner, are seeking an injunction barring Youngstown Mayor Mark Moore from confiscating future editions of the paper. Moore said he confiscated thousands of copies of the paper because it is obscene; the paper’s lawyers say the paper is being suppressed because it exposes government corruption.

L.B. Round, vice president of the Pennsylvania Power Co., announces that plans to reopen Cascade Park in New Castle this summer have been abandoned.