January 12

1998: Dr. Thomas Detesco, president of the Mahoning County Medical Society's managed care education committee, says insurance companies have been allowed to drive health care too long, and it is time for physicians to re-establish control. 

An informant told the FBI that mob boss Lenny Strollo's Super Bowl parties featured casino-style gambling and made $40,000 to $50,000. But, the informant said, Strollo told Little Joey Naples that the parties only produced a profit of $5,000, cutting Naples' take. 

Two unions reject contract offers by the Liberty Board of Education, pushing a strike by teachers and others into the second week.  

1983: A.C. Cook, president of Cook Chevrolet in Canfield, announces that the dealership is being closed. 

Robert L. Loughhead, president and chief executive officer of Copperweld Steel Corp. in Warren, will be chairman of the Trumbull County United Way. 

Officials at GF Business Equipment confirm that the company will lay off 120 workers, about 20 percent of the hourly work force, at the end of the week. 

1973: Tony Napolet, who piled up a 26-2-2 record in three years at Warren JFK High School, is hired as coach of the Niles Red Dragons, succeeding Bob Shaw, who went to the University of Cincinnati. 

Bishop James W. Malone has returned to Rosewell Park Institute in Buffalo for 15 more treatments for an abdominal malignancy. 

Advertisement:  Cook Chevrolet Friday service specials: Passenger car lube, 99 cents; front end alignment, $7.95.

1948: Mr. and Mrs. Chauncy A. Cochran of Logan Road are fatally injured in a collision with a truck near East Palestine. Cochran, 73, was chairman of the board of G.M. McKelvey Co. department store.

The 163 Roman Catholic students enrolled at Baldwin Wallace College must withdraw from the Methodist college immediately, the Rev. Joseph T. Moriarity, professor of religion at St. John's College, tells them. He says a compulsory religion course at the college is contrary to Catholic doctrine and attending it is a "grave sin" for Catholic students. A Baldwin Wallace dean says no changes in curriculum are anticipated. 

David V. Huff is installed as monarch of Aut Mori Grotto in an impressive ceremony.