December 4

2000: Under Clean Ohio legislation, property owners will be able to get a tax credit for preserving their land, and Mill Creek MetroParks will hold a seminar explaining how the law works. 

The Mahoning County microfilm department, which once had 25 employees, is down to a supervisor and two workers,  leaving the department years behind in converting paper documents to microfilm. 

In an unsigned opinion, the Supreme Court of the United States overturns a Florida Supreme Court decision that allowed hand recounts of ballots to proceed in the razor-thin race between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and  Vice President Al Gore. 

 

1985: The Youngstown Board of Education severs ties with the city Civil Service Commission, taking complete control of the hiring and promotion of the district's union service employees. 

U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. predicts that the House will pass a bill he introduced to allow the Lebanese widow of an Ohio Marine who died in the 1983 bombing of a barracks in Beirut to remain in the United States. 

Mahoning County Republican Chairman William Binning says Jack C. Hunter, 17 th  District state Republican committeeman, should resign if he can't make time to attend important party meetings, such a recent one to approve endorsements of statewide GOP candidates. 

 

1975: Speaking at the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce, F. James McDonald, General Motors Corp. executive vice president, says he is optimistic "about a continuing solidly based recovery of both the national economy and the auto industry."  He was equally confident about the future of 25,000 Mahoning Valley jobs at the Lordstown plant and the Packard Electric Division in Warren. 

A two-alarm fire destroys the old Saxon Club at 1700 Belmont Ave. in Niles. Damage is estimated at $25,000.

Sophomore forward Frank Andrews pours in 25 points and grabs 12 rebounds to lead Youngstown State University to a 71-66 win over Mount Union before 3,051 fans at Beeghly Center. 

 

1950: After nine days, Youngstown Mayor Charles P. Henderson lifts the state of emergency he imposed when the Thanksgiving blizzard paralyzed the city. 

Three Youngstown boys, Mike Klema and George Harris, both 16, and Gary Cramer, 15, interrupted the attack of a 22-year-old New Castle man on a 33-year-old woman outside the YWCA.  Responding to the woman's cries for help, the three boys chased the man, tackled him, and subdued him until police arrived.