21 WFMJ archives / November 24, 1983 | Members of seven native American tribes held a pow-wow at Boardman Park 40 years ago. Among them was Martin Villegas of S. Brockway Avenue, a full-blooded Comanche who once served as a hunting guide for President Theodore Roosevelt.  He was celebrating his 96th birthday with his daughter Delores Santha. 

 
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1998: Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital and striking registered nurses reached a tentative agreement to end a strike by 450 nurses that was in its tenth day. 
 
A 20-year-old New Castle, Pa., man charged with 20 burglaries escapes from a Lawrence County deputy while being escorted out of Jameson Memorial Hospital, where he had been allowed a visit with his terminally ill mother. 
 
Austintown Township trustees approve a zoning change to allow the construction of a Planned Unit Development of condominiums near New Road and state Route 46.
 
1983: A judge in Montgomery, Ala., dismisses robbery and kidnapping charges against Worrie Taylor of Warren during a trial arising out of a bloody confrontation between police and black men from Warren and Michigan who were in Alabama for a funeral. 
 
Elmer E. Reese, general manager of the Packard Electric Division of General Motors, says the company has reached an agreement with Grupo Condumex of Mexico City to enter an agreement to produce wiring harnesses at six sites in Mexico that will employ 1,500 people. 
 
Thomas Cupples, principal of Prospect Elementary School in Salem, says there are waiting lists for sixth graders eager to use the school's computers.  The other three elementary schools in the city report similar interest in computer access. 
 
1973: The largest crowd in college football history, 105,223 jams Michigan Stadium to watch Michigan and Ohio State battle to a 10-10 tie. 
 
Cascade Park in New Castle turns 75 years old. Its golden era, when it hosted nationally known swing bands or up-and-coming minor league baseball players, is long past. 
 
The New Castle High School Hurricanes defeated Mount Lebanon, 3-0, to capture the WPIAL football crown at Pitt Stadium. 
 
1948: Another phase of the $2 million Spring Common project is initiated when General Wrecking Corp. of Cleveland begins razing the first of six buildings to be demolished at West Federal Street and Belmont Avenue. 
 
The new Keller "Chief" and "Super Chief" cars built in Huntsville, Ala., with rear-mounted motors and rubber suspension pads that eliminate springs, are unveiled in Youngstown at 801 Market Street.