Vindicator file photo /  May  17,  1991 | Van Nelson buys food from Trumbull County Joint Vocational School student Ruth Lynn of Bristol during a tour of the school 31 years ago.  Nelson and Nick Frankos Sr., left, were members of the Warren city schools levy committee. The tour was conducted because Warren City Schools and the Joint Vocational School were discussing a possible merger of vocational programs.
 
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1997: The Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine holds its annual memorial service recognizing the 46 people who donated their bodies to the school for use in anatomy class dissections.
 
The Rev. Joe Marzano, a youth pastor, and counselor at Belmont Pines Hospital in Liberty conducts a seminar for area clergy on how to deal with suicidal teenagers.
 
Staff is being added to the Trumbull County Jail in preparation for the opening of the new $23 million facility. 
 
1982: After no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote for president of UAW Local 1112 at Lordstown's GM plant, a runoff will be held between Marlin "Whitey" Ford and Rudy Gasparek.
 
Warren Councilman Michael O'Brien hosts a public hearing on his proposed legislation banning large cats from the city. Twenty people speak, none in support of "Wally" the lion being allowed to live at the Adelaide SE home of his owner. 
 
Beaver Township Police Chief Joseph Rinko says three men have been arrested in connection with drug trafficking at a truck stop. One of the men is a 21-year-old Mahoning County reserve sheriff's deputy. 
 
1972: James Bond Jones, 98, known as "Mr. Canfield," the last known surviving member of one of the oldest pioneer families of the Western Reserve, dies of infirmities.
 
Three area men are rescued from 53-degree water in Lake Erie after their 23-foot cabin cruiser sank a mile offshore. Admitted to Bayview Hospital for exposure were Robert Lowe, 28, of Youngstown, who had just purchased the boat; Thomas Davis, 25, of Campbell, and Clair Reiner, 40, of Cortland.  
 
Dale Kyser of East Palestine is cut and bruised after his Cessna 172 clips a tree and crashes after takeoff at Kerner Airport near Petersburg.  Kyser, a computer operator, commutes to his job in Cleveland by air. 
 
1947: The YMCA Youth Center, formerly the Bell Telephone Building on E. Rayen Avenue, has become one of Youngstown's most popular recreational places for young people, especially since it is open to use by Youngstown College students. 
 
L. Arthur Randall, who returned to civilian life in Youngstown last fall after 4 years with the armed services, is appointed a civilian advisor on the staff of Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo. 
 
Some 750 telephone workers in the Youngstown-Salem district are returning to work after accepting terms to end a 41-day strike.