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Years Ago | March 20th
Interesting moments in our Valley's history are revisited with this daily trip back in time.
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21 WFMJ archives / March 14, 1996 | Freshman English class students of YSU student teacher Diane Massie-Heldman at Rayen School 27 years ago dressed in the traditional costumes of African griots or storytellers and stationed themselves at a display in the hall. During the exchange of classes, they performed, reciting examples of oral literature.
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1998: Sister Jerome Corcoran, a fixture at The Vindicator Spelling Bee for 21 years, is stepping down and will be replaced at the judge's table for the 65th annual bee by Sister Mary Dunn.
U.S. District Judge Sam Bell in Akron orders the return of 11 dangerous inmates from the private prison in Youngstown to Washington, D.C.
About 1,000 pounds of rainbow trout are stocked in the lower Girard Lake.
1983: L. Frederick Gieg Jr., president and CEO of RMI Inc., says titanium has a bright future while acknowledging that the recession, especially in the airline industry, has forced cutbacks. The company has about 1,250 working in its Niles and Ashtabula plants, down from 2,000.
After setting modern records for oil and gas production in Ohio in 1981, the industry suffered a dramatic drop in 1982 due to new tax rulings, record well shut-ins, and dropping crude prices.
Atari sale at J.C. Penney: Atari VCS with Pa-Man and bowling, regularly $189, now $129.95.
1973: The Salem Board of Education passes a budget of $3.5 million, the leanest in years.
A Viet Cong spokesman predicts that the last 147 American prisoners of war will be released three days before the March 28 deadline.
Albert L. Brannon of Drummond Avenue, Hubbard, receives his Eagle Award at a Boy Scout ceremony at First United Methodist Church.
1948: Niles Police Chief Charles S. Berline says the city needs a new 50-watt FM police radio system. Existing equipment is frequently out of order, and in some sections, messages cannot be sent or received.
St. Patrick's Church donated a stove to the Youngstown Police Department so that prisoners in the city jail could be given warm meals.
John J. Gillespie, vice commander, United Veterans of America in Youngstown, urges Congress to liberalize housing loan legislation to allow Youngstown veterans to buy 100 cooperative housing units.