Vindicator file photo / November 28, 1971 | Mike and Mark Grose, sons of S. Sgt. Thomas Madsen of the recruiting service at Warren, learned about rifles from Capt. Joseph Cretella (standing), assistant professor of military science at KSU, and his brother, David Cretella, a YSU ROTC cadet. They were attending the 8th annual  First Battalion pledge drill at the U.S. Air Force Base at Youngstown Municipal Airport 52 years ago.

November 28 

1997: Columbiana County will receive more than $47,000 in 1998 in federal funds targeted for Appalachia for emergency food and shelter aid to county residents. 

Beaver Township farmer Wayne Falb says the corn harvest in the area was about 30 percent below the average and two weeks later than normal because of an early snow. 

Ohio's Democratic lawmakers say kids living in communities where parents are less educated than average need additional support, and they are proposing increased funding for schools in those communities, which would include Youngstown and six other school districts in Mahoning County and Warren and six other districts in Trumbull County. 

1982: Hunting licenses in Ohio are up by more than 20 percent on the eve of deer-hunting season, swelled by recession-idled workers. 

Of Ohio's 88 counties, 80 have unemployment rates in the double digits. Lorain County is the highest at 23 percent.  In Trumbull, it is 20.3 percent; Mahoning, 19.3; Columbiana, 16.9.

Youngstown lightweight champion Ray "Room Boom" Mancini meets Frank Sinatra backstage at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Sinatra signs a boxing glove for Mancini. 

1972: Mahoning County Jail inmates are losing access to phones in the cell block because a few have abused the service by making long-distance calls. 

The Warren Western Reserve Raiders defeat Cincinnati Princeton, 37-6, to win the Class AAA  state football championship. 

The battle over changing General Fireproofing Co.'s state of incorporation from Ohio to Delaware is headed to court. 

1947: Mickey Schuster, 29, of E. Boston Ave., Youngstown, eats his first Thanksgiving dinner since his throat was destroyed by lye swallowed when he was a toddler. Surgeons at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh reconstructed his throat in four operations. 

John Vitullo, chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party, is in North Side Hospital after suffering a heart attack. 

Thousands of Youngstowners attend Thanksgiving services at area Protestant and Catholic churches and Jewish synagogues before going home to enjoy their holiday feasts -- despite soaring prices for the meal.