Vindicator file photo / August 17, 1982 | Two-year-old Josiah Lockley may have been too young to ride the horses at the Lawrence County Fair 40 years ago, but the New Castle, Pa., lad had fun riding one of the carousel horses at the fair with his dad, Timothy.
 
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1997: Titan International, an Illinois tire and wheel-maker, has bought the former American Welding and Manufacturing plant in Warren and hopes to create 100 jobs if its manufacturing process is successful. 
 
Trumbull County commissioners, who will seek bids for the sale of Hillside Hospital, say it will be sold as a functioning rehabilitation hospital with its jobs intact or as a piece of real estate. 
 
Speaking to a full house at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Youngstown, Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, says only coming back to God will save a community. 
 
1982: Municipal Judge Leo P. Morley finds 14 men charged with soliciting prostitution not guilty after ruling that an undercover policewoman initiated the contact with the men on Market Street, showing that the men had "no pre-designed intent" to solicit a sex act. 
 
A five-day "Youngstown for Jesus" rally sponsored by the Shield of Faith Prayer Group is expected to draw 15,000 to Highway Tabernacle Church at Kirk and Raccoon roads.
 
Advertisement: The Columbiana County Fair features unlimited rides, grandstand shows, and exhibits, all for $3.
 
1972: Youngstown police arrested five motorists for drunken driving, including a drag racer and a woman who was warned she was too drunk to drive but drove anyway. 
 
William J. Wurzel of Liberty Township is named adjutant general of the national department at the 37th annual convention of Catholic War Veterans meeting in Chicago. 
 
Headliners at the Ohio State Fair include Glen Campbell, the Osmonds, Bob Hope, Bobby Vinton, Ike & Tina Turner, David Cassidy, and Roberta Flack. 
 
1947: A searing heat wave with temperatures reaching 95 degrees is blamed for at least one death, that of Stephen Kanocz, 49, who collapsed of heat stroke while working at the Upper Mills of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. 
 
A state auditor's report finds that Mahoning County bought thousands of dollars worth of food and other supplies at "exorbitant prices," as much as 300 percent of market value. 
 
A disappointing crowd of 2,500 sees middleweight champ Rocky Graziano batter Cliff Keorkle in a four-round exhibition match at Idora Park.