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1995: Salem School District's student-athletes will have to pay to participate in sports programs in the new school year. The maximum charge to participate in one sport would be $250; $175 for a second sport and $75 for a third. The maximum charge for a family with more than one child in school would be $500.

Federal Bankruptcy Judge Warren Bettis approves the sale of Sharon Steel Corp.'s emission credits to Sony Electronics Inc. for $1.9 million.

One of Youngstown's three swimming pools might not be open this summer unless more qualified people apply for lifeguard duty.  The city has received only 10 applications for the 20 lifeguards needed at the Borts, North Side, and Johnson pools.
 
1980: Pamela Rigas, 20, a Canfield High School graduate and student at Troy State University, is third runner-up in the Miss USA pageant in Biloxi, Miss.

Widows and relatives gather on Peace Officers Memorial Day at the Policemen's Monument on Federal Plaza to place wreaths honoring  Youngstown Area Policemen who died within the last year.

Twelve Mahoning County school districts and the county vocational school are being asked to join a consortium to lease or purchase a computer for accounting purposes.
 
1970: The Youngstown Board of Control purchases the vacant Christ Mission building at 339 E. Boardman Street for $244,000, one of the highest prices paid for an East End Urban Renewal parcel.

The Ohio Supreme Court upholds a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court ruling in favor of Joseph and Mary Abate that held that all motor vehicle liability insurance policies include protection against uninsured motorists. 

The first night of the three-day Spring Weekend celebration at Youngstown State University is marred when a militant group sets fire to a tent in the amphitheater while 1,200 students are inside Kilcawley Center for a dance and coronation of the campus queen. 

1945: Ray McKay, who is keeping three bears at 1120 Fifth Ave., says he has erected a fence, not to keep the bears in, but to keep onlookers out. Neighbors are complaining that they no longer let their children play in Wick Park and the bears have produced an offensive odor.

Col. L.R. Boals shares this bit of wisdom with columnist Esther Hamilton: “One must not, speaking of the dead, say anything but good. Hitler is dead. Good!"