Vindicator file photo / Nov. 27, 1987 | Youngstown State University hosted three dinners to raise money for the Dana School of Music Scholarship fund 34 years ago.  The Dana Madrigal Singers, including, from left, Anthony Rogers, Katherine Prosser, and William Ambert, performed in period costumes at dinners set from Dec. 11 through 13. Tickets were $20.
 
 
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1996: Warren Packard, a grandson of W.D. Packard said the Warren music hall's board was right to reject a proposal from theater producer John Kenley that would have tied up the hall for 37 weeks of the year. Packard's will envisioned a hall that would be available primarily for free events, the board said, and the Kenley contract could have allowed Packard's heirs to reclaim the building.
 
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers will be especially vigilant in the Mahoning Valley because of its statistically high rate of alcohol-related traffic fatalities when they launch a statewide crackdown on DUIs.
 
The Michigan Wolverines rally from a 9-0 halftime deficit to defeat the second-ranked, undefeated Ohio State University Buckeye, 13-9, in Columbus. 
 
1981: The Trumbull County Health Department's Health Advisory Board, which is made up of representatives of each of the county's townships, votes to reduce Board of Health membership from seven to five, eliminating any representatives from cities within the county. 
 
All hazardous wastes being stored illegally on the surface of the Deerfield dump will be cleaned up by spring, says Ohio Atty. Gen. William J. Brown, speaking in Youngstown.
 
Area residents get a spectacular view of contrails in the sky made by six Strategic Air Command B-52 bombers that left Omaha on a 30-hour flight to Egypt. A SAC spokesman said the planes would have been preparing for in-flight refueling at 28,000 feet as they flew over the Mahoning Valley.
 
1971: About 22,000 Youngstown district autoworkers -- 11,000 at Lordstown and 11,000 at Packard Electric -- will be getting a new fringe benefit this year, a fully paid 10-day Christmas time vacation. 
 
Mary Macek is elected president of the Slovenian Women's Union of Girard. 
 
Earnie Shavers registers his 35th knockout, flattening Cleo Daniels before a hometown crowd of about 1,000 fans at the Packard Music Hall. 
 
1946: Youngstown Mayor Ralph W. O'Neill appeals for complete civic cooperation during the coal strike to avoid an electrical power crisis. Brownout practices similar to those in effect during the war will be enforced. 
 
Giant balloons, marching bands, and Santa attract 12,000 spectators to New Castle's Christmas parade. 
 
Michigan crushes Ohio State, 58-6, before 78,634 fans in Columbus.