Vindicator file photo / October  1,  1988 | The Charles Shofstahl family of Petersburg sang during an anti-abortion protest 34 years ago outside the Mahoning Women’s Center on Market Street in Youngstown.

October 2 

1997: Youngstown councilmen say it is time to change priorities and begin funneling federal money into improving housing rather than industrial parks.

More than 200 high school graduates applied for the 40 open slots for University Scholars at Youngstown State University. Dozens of applicants who were in the top 2 percent nationwide were turned away. 

Frederick S. Cope, 90, a runner who attended the 1932 Olympics as a U.S. Team alternate, dies at his Salem home. He place sixth in middle-distance running in the 1929 NCAA meet and was widely recognized as a teacher, coach, and community leader. 

1982: Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. responds to an affidavit filed by Atty. Don L. Hanni Jr. asked the probate court to order a psychiatric evaluation of the sheriff by saying, "If you challenge certain people in this town, they think you're crazy."

The body of Daniel Kutzman, 20, of New Waterford is found along New Waterford Road, the apparent victim of a hit-run driver.

A new Moller Pipe Organ is dedicated at Mahoning United Methodist Church. The guest organist for the dedication is Elaine Soldo, a graduate of the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University. 

1972: Judge Joseph Donofrio is sworn in as 7th District appellate judge by Common Pleas Judge Forrest  Cavalier. 

A special committee of the Mahoning-Trumbull Council of Governments is reviewing an earlier decision to award a contract for cleaning up the Mahoning River to a Washington, D.C., engineering firm. 

Youngstown Patrolman John E. Lynch III is sworn in as a detective by Mayor Jack C. Hunter. 

1947: Willa Mae and Lilla Mae Hawkins, 19-year-old Alliance twins, and George Blake, 18, of Salem, are killed when their car was struck by a train at the Oyster Road crossing in Mahoning County. 

A Mahoning County jury awards $4,000 to a Youngstown woman who claimed to have lost $4,000 over the years to a bookie joint in the Federal Building. The award must be paid by the bookie and the building owners. 

Sen. Robert A. Taft, R-Ohio, voices his opposition to universal military training because it "might become an obstacle to peace." He supports a more robust national guard rather than a military draft.