Vindicator file photo / October  3,  1986 | Marchers and parade-goers were undaunted by rain as Westminster College celebrated its homecoming 36 years ago in New Wilmington, Pa.

October 3 

1997: Cheryl Hosey, the owner of a hair-braiding salon in Youngstown, joins a lawsuit seeking to have a state law that requires licenses for hair-braiders to be declared unconstitutional.

Youngstown’s fund to demolish dilapidated housing in the city is beyond broke, with a deficit of more than $800,000.

Deadbeat dads can run, but it's getting increasingly hard for them to hide from the Mahoning County Child Support Enforcement Agency, says director Bruce Jewett.

1982: Outbreaks of violence mar a "Solidarity Day" march in Warren by 1,000 supporters of striking employees of Trumbull Memorial Hospital. Two men are arrested on charges of inciting a riot after a foreign car was overturned in the hospital parking lot.  

K mart Corp's $23 million warehouse in Bazetta Township in Trumbull County has reached full operation, with 243 employees working to supply 226 stores in 10 states. 

The Youngstown Municipal Airport's long-time fixed-base operator, Beckett Aviation Corp., has been merged with 11 other far-flung Beckett companies into one entity, CSX Beckett Aviation Inc., a Virginia chartered corporation.

1972: Mahoning County commissioners and the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority consider expanding the authority's jurisdiction from Youngstown to the entire county. 

The Ohio Bureau of Employment Services is looking for 100 apple pickers and 50 bean pickers to save heavy crops in the Youngstown district. Good wages are being paid. 

Catherine B. Cleary, president of First Wisconsin Trust Co., is the first woman elected to the General Motors board of directors. 

1947: Leo W. Dunning, secretary of the Mahoning Coal Council, says Youngstowners who burn coal will have to be satisfied with any kind they can find this winter because foreign buyers are buying up the good coal. 

Youngstown Steel Door announces a $100,000 expansion of its Meridian Road plant. 

A Vindicator reporter's 1-hour survey of downtown streets shows 54 cars and eight trucks parked in violation of city ordinance.