21 WFMJ archives / March 21, 1983 | While Malcolm Wren, chairman of the board of Wren Skyships Ltd, addressed 450 community leaders at Youngstown State University 40 years ago, a 22-foot model airship circled the Chestnut Room. Wren discussed the progress being made toward establishing American Skyships Industries, which would be based in Youngstown.

March 22 

1998: The Jackson Milton Board of Education opposes the proposed 1 percent state income tax increase and has passed a resolution against the Ohio school funding plan. 

Students at Boardman Glenwood Middle School are on the air, broadcasting on in-house station BGMS-TV.

George Junior Republic High School defeats Reading Central Catholic, 62-52, to win the Pennsylvania Class AA boys state basketball championship. 

1983: More than 250 youths between 14 and 21 years old show up at the Mill Creek Community Center to apply for summer jobs with the Youngstown Employment and Training Corp. 

A 22-foot, radio-controlled airship circled the Chestnut Room in Kilcawley Center on the Campus of Youngstown State University, where  450 community leaders had come to hear a status report on American Skyships Industries.

Dr. Jack Schreiber of Canfield, a local member of the American Medical Society House of Delegates, says changes in Medicaid rules by the Ohio Department of Public Welfare could cause some physicians to stop treating poor patients. 

1973: The body of a man found in a Mahoningtown, Pa., dump has been identified as John Conner, 66,  of the Youngstown Hotel. He had been missing since January. 

Niles City Council approves pay raises of 7 percent for most city employees. 

A 24-year-old East Side Youngstown woman reports being raped by two men. It’s the 16th rape in the city this year. 

1948: Youngstown district motorists, already reeling from higher costs of motoring, face an increase in auto insurance of $4 to $6.50 a year.

Dr. Edgar DeWitt Jones of Detroit opens the Holy Week union noonday services at the Palace Theater in downtown Youngstown.