File photo/ February 1981 | A photo released to the Vindicator by the Ohio State Highway Patrol in February 1981 showed heavyweight boxer Earnie Shavers with cadets of the Patrol's 109th Academy Class. Among the class members were two Youngstown residents, William G. Thompson, third from left, and Ronald N. Cross, front row, extreme right.  The cadets graduated Feb. 6, 1981 after 16 weeks of basic law enforcement training.

February 6

1995: The American Political Science Association notifies a group of local political scientists that a paper on the struggle in 1994 between then-chairman of the Democratic Party Don L. Hanni Jr. and his challenger, Michael Morley, has been accepted for delivery at the association's convention in Chicago.

Ted Pedas, director of the Farrell Area School District Planetarium, and long-time professor and administrator at Youngstown State University says he became interested in astronomy in October 1957 when he was taking astronomy elective at YSU and the Russians launched Sputnik.

The Boardman Board of Education will reimburse the township $5,443 for the 315 hours that police officer Clint Burchfield spends in classrooms as the district's DARE anti-drug officer.

1980: Paul Dobos, a 20-year-old Navy seaman, is home in Campbell after his life was saved by brain surgery for injuries suffered in a fall on Midway Island. A neurosurgeon in Hawaii talked a general practitioner, Dr. Paul Bliss, through the surgery.

The Ohio House-Senate Rail Oversight Committee approves the purchase and development of a test track for high-speed rail in Trumbull and Ashtabula counties.  

Neil Dell Arco, state commander of the Italian American War Veterans at the ITAM Center on South Meridian Road. Toastmaster will be former Trumbull County Commissioners Robert Hagan. 

1970: In little less than a week, the mid-winter thaw has poured 25.8 billion gallons of water into the district's largest lakes and reservoirs. Meander Reservoir, source of Youngstown's water supply, saw a 29 percent increase in its reserves. 

Police say the 10- and 4-year-old sons of Joanne Wright saw two of their great-aunts strangle their mother to death in their Farrell, Pa., home on Jan. 21. One aunt has been arrested and a warrant issued for the other. 

Youngstown Board of Education President Abe Harshman expresses astonishment at the claim by Youngstown Education Association officials that an agreement exists on raising the salaries of certificated employees.

1945: Youngstown real estate interests are behind the move for a referendum vote on the city's recently enacted 3 percent utility tax.

First Lt. Dale E. Karger of McKees Rocks, Pa., the youngest air ace in the European theater, names his P-51 Mustang "Cathy Mae" after his fiancée, Catherine Mae Clark of Youngstown. 

Youngstown retail stores will not close each Monday until spring as a fuel conservation move unless Gov. Frank Lausche decides it is necessary.