Vindicator file photo / July 8, 1997 | Crowned royalty at the Trumbull County Fair 25 years ago were Princess Linda Calhoun, 18, of Leavittsburg, and Queen Amanda Bennett, 18, of Kiknsman
 
July 17
 
1997: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has declared almost all of the federal land around Mosquito Creek Reservoir off-limits to oil and gas drilling. The declaration does not affect private property. 
 
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will enact strict new smog and soot controls that are expected to throw the Mahoning Valley out of compliance. 
 
John LaManna, warden of the federal prison in Elkton, says he was pleased with his staff's completion of riot-control drills during which they wore about 20 pounds of protective gear. 
    
1982: A well-planned break from the Mahoning County Jail is executed by two inmates who sawed their way out of a cell range and slithered down a 60-foot knotted blanket rope. Daniel Ortiz Jr., 22, and Kenneth Gray, 45, remain at large. 
 
John Sopko, an attorney with the federal Organized Crime Strikeforce, predicts new mob infighting and blood-letting in the Mahoning Valley between the Pittsburgh and Cleveland Mafia families. 
 
Doris Burdman Pasman, 74, a leader in many community organizations, dies in St. Elizabeth Hospital of a heart attack suffered at her home at 1310 Fifth Avenue. The Doris Burdman home is named in her honor. 
 
 
1972: Joseph Natoli of McDonald takes first place in the United States Virtuoso Accordion Championship in Washington, D.C.
 
Three Ohio Air National Guardsmen, including the pilot, Capt. Vincent Osekoski of Poland escape injury when their helicopter struck a 12,000-volt power line and crashed into the Berlin Reservoir. 
 
Dr. Gordon Ogram, who has been closely involved in setting up a community mental health program in Youngstown, is named commissioner of the Ohio Division of Mental Health, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. 
 
1947: A Lake Erie to Ohio River canal would have saved the Youngstown area its present shortage of gasoline and kerosene, says William G. Lyden, local fuel dealer. 
 
The Youngstown Receiving Hospital will receive $107,936 in state welfare funds in 1948 for new construction.
 
Four converted Army barracks are nearing completion on the campus of Youngstown College, which will be used as classrooms and laboratories  allowing the enrollment of an additional 300 to 400 students in the fall.