Years Ago | November 22nd

Vindicator file photo / November 14, 1987 | Santa greeted a mob of youngsters and parents after he stepped from a giant grandfather clock at Southern Park Mall 35 years ago.
November 22
1997: A 99-vote tie for mayor of South New Castle, Pa., between challenger Rose Marie Anthony and incumbent John Kline is decided in Kline's favor by the luck of the draw. The challenger admitted that she did not vote for herself.
Coach Ron Berdis' Chaney High Cowboys defeat Welsh Jesuit, 13-7, in a state semi-final game. They will play in the Division III state championship game in a week.
Southern Park Mall has a grand reopening after extensive renovations that include the unveiling of a statue of the late Edward J. DeBartolo Sr.
1982: Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. announces that his company is donating 250 acres of land for the development of the North Jackson Industrial Park by the Mahoning Valley Economic Development Corp.
More than 100 lawmen join forces to execute search warrants on alleged strongholds of illegal gambling in Mahoning, Summit, Stark, and Cuyahoga counties. In Austintown, the home of longtime gambler Nello Ronci was raided.
Coach Bill Narduzzi's Youngstown State University Penguins end their season with a 25-13 win over Northern Iowa before 4,000 hometown fans. The season record was 6 wins and 5 losses.
1972: An adding machine error discovered three weeks after the election shows that Republican Lyle Williams won an upset victory for Trumbull County commissioner over incumbent Gary Thompson.
A wildcat strike idles more than 300 USW workers at Oldberg Manufacturing on N. Meridian Road.
Jeffrey Gold, 14, collapses while playing basketball at St. Christine School and is pronounced dead at South Side Hospital.
1947: Campbell Councilman John Ziak cuts his hand while taking an ax to a marble board and slot machine at a Coitsville Road confectionary. Several stitches were needed to close the wound.
William A. Thomas, 82, a Welsh immigrant who built a successful dry goods business in Niles at a young age before organizing Niles Iron and Steel with his brothers, dies at his Logan Road home three months after the death of his wife of 57 years.
Paul C. Bunn is the newest member of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce board of directors.