December 1

2000: A deal reached by the Youngstown Board of Control and Mahoning County commissioners is a "huge deal," says Commissioner Ed Reiss,  which could provide water for economic development to the North Jackson area and beyond. 

Lou "The Toe" Groza, admired by generations of Cleveland Browns fans and a Hall of Fame kicker and lineman, dies of a heart attack in Cleveland.  He was 76.

Trumbull County commissioners say they can no longer afford to subsidize busing by Trumbull Area Coordinated Transportation, and social service agencies that have relied on TACT will have to find alternatives. 

 

1985: Members of Local 627,  Service Employees International Union,  approve a new contract with the Youngstown Hospital Association in an 11th-hour vote, averting a threatened strike. Over the life of a three-year contract, workers will receive raises of at least 11 percent.  

Dr. Warren Young, chairman of Youngstown State University's physics and astronomy department, will host viewing sessions at Riverside Gardens in Mill Creek Park for Haley's comet, which can be seen through a telescope or with binoculars, if an expert shows the viewer where to look. 

Coach Don Bucci and the Youngstown Cardinal Mooney Cardinals are stunned in the state championship game at Ohio Stadium when underdog Galion High scores the only points of the game, a touchdown with 3:36 left in the final quarter. Galion's kicker missed the extra point, and the game ended 6-0.

 

1975: An explosion and fire at the La Cuisina Restaurant in Massillon kills three firefighters. Fire Chief Mike Bednar says he's calling in state investigators. 

Karen Shirilla of Struthers is crowned Mahoning County Junior Miss during a pageant at Austintown Middle School. 

President Ford nominates John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court, where he is expected to be a "swing justice" who votes more often with the court's conservatives. 

 

1950: At least 75,000 Youngstown district industrial workers are virtually assured a pay raise as the CIO United Steelworkers of America and two major steel companies agree on hikes of 16 cents an hour.

The Commercial Shearing and Stamping Co. wins a contract for stamping Bailey bridges for the U.S. Army. The bridges are prefabricated spans that Army engineers can use to cross streams and gullies quickly. 

Motorists are taking to the roads in greater numbers than partially cleared roads can handle, causing rush-hour traffic jams. Hundreds of downtown workers are late, especially those using the Market Street Bridge to enter downtown.