Years Ago | May 15th

21 WFMJ archives / May 14, 1993 | Loretta Sanders of South High School and her escort, Cheechee Ortiz of Chaney High, were among the dancers at the final prom of South High 30 years ago.
May 15
1998: Choices nightclub at the Holiday Inn MetroPlex in Liberty is one of several places in the Mahoning Valley hosting viewing parties for the final episode of the NBC comedy "Seinfeld."
Mahoning County commissioners say five of the six southern townships demanding that commissioners allocate money to keep deputies on the road voted against the sales county sales tax that was needed to pay for services. Only Canfield voted for the tax by a margin of two votes.
Mary Ann Allgood, a 30-year teacher in Youngstown schools, defeats incumbent John Senzarin as president of the Youngstown Education Association, the area's largest teachers union, by ten votes, 333 to 323.
1983: The Vindicator publishes an eight-page special section of the complete transcript of 1980 conversations between James A. Traficant Jr., then a candidate for Mahoning County sheriff, and mobster brothers Orland and Charles Carabbia, discussing bribes, protection, and retribution for the mob and political rivals.
Pennsylvania wildlife officials band two American bald eagle eaglets that are nesting in a swamp in Crawford County.
J. Walter Dragelevich, Trumbull County prosecutor for 12 years, announces that he will retire in the fall.
1973: About 500 Austintown residents jam the Austintown Middle School to object to multi-family dwellings planned for a 20-acre site north of Burkey Road.
General Motors of Canada plans to begin building some Chevrolet and GMC vans in Canada, taking away work from the Lordstown GM plant.
The widow of the late Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente accepts a presidential citation award in his honor from President Richard Nixon.
1948: Campbell Police Chief John Putko announces that beginning immediately, there will be no "fixing" of parking tickets.
Vandergrift routs the Youngstown Colts, 10-4, before 860 fans in Mid-Atlantic League play at Idora Park.