Years Ago | September 21st

Vindicator file photo / September 18, 1985 | Al Matasy, center, chairman of the Youngstown Area United Way pacesetter committee, and James Baker, far right, general campaign chairman, posed with some employees of General Motors, who had already raised about 18 percent of the $2.5 million goal 37 years ago. Among the employees were Dan Morgan, Gene Claar, Pat Pica, Lois Love, Joe Ryan, Marilyn Knight, Joe Banas, Paula Braund, Tony Monaco, and Martha Ausby.
September 21
1997: Pennsylvanians can get a permit to carry a concealed handgun at the cost of $19, and about 5 percent of Lawrence County's residents have a permit; 4 percent of Mercer County's.
Mahoning County's property tax delinquencies total $56.7 million, an increase of more than $3 million in a year, and Mahoning County Treasurer George McKelvey says all but $7 million is in the city of Youngstown and is largely uncollectible.
Judge C. Ashley Pike of Columbiana County juvenile and probate courts suggests that school districts get back to the basics, including the paddling of miscreants. Superintendent Greg Willis of United Local says his school district may take the judge's advice.
1982: Six Fraternal Order of Police lodges in the greater Youngstown area will collect signatures in an effort to have Sheriff James A. Traficant, who has been indicted on federal bribery charges, removed from office.
The Youngstown Diocese activates a satellite dish atop the chancery for the first transmission of the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America. The Most Rev. Louis Gelineau, bishop of Providence and chairman of the CTNA, said during the inaugural broadcast that those "who are entrusted with the proclamation of the Gospel must look to the advances of our age in order to assist our mission."
Vindicator sports editor Chuck Perazich writes that Ron Jaworski, a product of the YSU football program during the Dike Beede era, performed flawlessly for a crowd that included his mother and other relatives from Buffalo, in leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a 24-21 victory over the Cleveland Browns.
1972: The Ohio Edison Co. informs Newton Falls City Council that if the offer to sell two dams on the Mahoning River to the city is rejected, the dams will be demolished.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins lowering the level of Lake Milton by a foot at the request of the Youngstown Park and Recreation Commission, which wants to reduce pressure on the deteriorating dam.
1947: Youngstown College enrollment reaches 4,152, with as many as 500 students registering as classes began.
Charles P. Henderson, the Republican nominee for mayor of Youngstown, says voters should revolt against racketeers and those who enable them during a speech at an ox roast attended by 1,800 at Idora Park.
One of Youngstown's most brilliant football strategists, Wesley Fesler, is in his first season as head coach of the Ohio State University Buckeyes.
Fifty-two blind people enjoy ten days at the Fresh Air Camp on the west bank of Mill Creek Park. The Youngstown Society for the Blind operates the camp, and George Oles donates all the food.