Vindicator file photo / October 23, 1996 | Brian Sinchak, left, and Stephen Sharkey, two senior National Honor Society members at Boardman High School 26 years ago, campaigned as Democrat Bill Clinton and Republican Bob Dole, respectively, in the school’s mock election.  Rules called for the students to reflect the positions of the candidates, not their own political philosophy.

October 25 

1997: Forty-three Youngstown area women made a bus trip to Philadelphia to join the Million Woman March.

Youngstown State University's overall crime rate ranked lowest among Ohio's four-year schools in the uniform crime report issued by the FBI.

Mahoning County commissioners say they will hold the first of their traveling meetings in Sebring.

1982: Nearly 1,000 seats at Stambaugh Stadium were damaged by exuberant fans standing and jumping on them during high school football games and will be unusable until repaired. University officials contend brackets supporting the seats are deficient.

Casey Mitchell, 10, a student in a class for the visually impaired at Taft School in Youngstown, becomes the first person to access the talking encyclopedia service launched by the Youngstown Society for the Blind. It is the first such service in the United States.  She placed her call from Mayor George Vukovich's office and asked for information about Christopher Columbus for a school project.

The second-half Vindicator straw poll indicates that Richard F. Celeste, Democratic candidate for governor, will easily carry Trumbull County over Republican Clarence Brown, perhaps by as much as 25,000 votes.   

1972: Party leaders and election officials expect that opening up voting to 18-20-year-olds will have little effect in the tri-county area. 

Youngstown marks the 27th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations with a flag-raising ceremony on Central Square. Mayor Jack C. Hunter reads a proclamation extolling the organization for its peace-keeping efforts. 

1947: Albert Davies, Mill Creek Park superintendent, warns that the drought has made the park a tinderbox and urges care in disposing of cigarettes. 

A dynamite bomb explodes at the front door of the Ohio Tavern on Route 62 near Hubbard about two hours after the popular club closed.