Vindicator file photo / September  20,  1984 | Vindicator  Photographer Robert Yosay captured this photo of the Boardman High School Band in formation 38 years ago.

September 20 

1997: Investigators say a bunker explosion at Zambelli Fireworks in New Castle that damaged 70 nearby homes or businesses and a church and injured six people was likely an accident. 

Robert Haft, who led Phar-Mor out of bankruptcy, received a $4.6 severance package when he resigned.

The 12th annual Pentecost in Perspective ends its three-day conference at Youngstown State University with a midnight concert. The conference is second only to the LPGA golf tournament in drawing tourists to the Mahoning Valley. 

1982: Five years after Black Monday, some of the Youngstown district steelworkers who lost their jobs and headed south looking for greener pastures have returned home, jobless and disillusioned. 

David Bozanich takes over as second assistant finance director in the Youngstown Finance Department despite the Civil Service Commission's refusal to certify his appointment. 

Barefoot kicker Rich Karlis, a Salem High graduate, gives the Denver Broncos a 24-21 win over the San Francisco 49ers with an 18-yard field goal as time expires. 

1972: Canfield City Council gives first reading to an ordinance that would establish a 1 percent income tax for Canfield residents. 

A poll by the Area Betterment Council in Niles shows that more than 80 percent of Trumbull County residents are dissatisfied with the operation of county government. 

1947: A two-alarm fire and a series of explosions level the Air Reduction Sales Co. in Warren. The plant manufactures acetylene tanks. 

One of seven men who escaped from the Mahoning County Jail is captured in East Liverpool.