June 26
 
1995: Austintown is awarded a $91,000 state grant to develop a playground on Kirk Road using recycled materials. An ecologically friendly outdoor gym can cost as much as three times that of conventional playground equipment.

Charles Reid, owner of Rohrer Inc. of Boardman, maker of specialized manufacturing machinery, attends the White House Conference on Small Business, representing the Mahoning Valley. Reid says his message was that businesses don't need government grants or loans; they need government to get out of the way. 

Youngstown's city prosecutor believes that the criminal justice system is not working because potential witnesses are often fearful of testifying against gang members.
 
1980: An unpublished congressional study concludes that federal actions have hamstrung the nation's steel industry to the point that its slide is unlikely to be reversed unless policies are dramatically changed.

A $3.7 million, 100-room Holiday Inn is proposed for construction in downtown New Castle, Pa., by Fairlane Development Corp. of Alexandria, Va.

Advertisement for Jewel Mart in the Liberty and Boardman plazas: 40-channel G.E. mobile CB radio with LED readout, $45.87; portable hibachi, $4.94; Jarts, the original lawn dart game, $2.88 and Penn tennis balls, can of 3, $1.97.

1970: The Rev. Charles Koen, executive director of the United Front in Cairo, Ill., opens Youngstown's first African-American Culture Week at the South Field House. 

Youngstown State University Board of Trustees approves 3.2 percent beer on campus. 

Cruising cars filled with young toughs firebomb three Youngstown stores causing minimal damage at two of them and $2,500 in damage to the G.C. Murphy store on Market Street.
 
1945: Mrs. Frank T. Walker's property at 629 Bryson St. is purchased by the Youngstown Society for the Blind as a center for all of its activities. 

Miss Nettie M. Justice, a teacher in the Youngstown schools since 1900 has retired and is preparing to move to Clearwater, Fla. 

Dr. Robert F. Galbreath, president of Westminster College since 1932,  submits his resignation effective in June 1946.