21 WFMJ archives / May 22, 1988 | Westminster College graduates numbering 247 received diplomas during ceremonies at the college in New Wilmington, Pa., 35 years ago. The Old Main building provided a stately backdrop.

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1998: The Air Force Reserve at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station is celebrating 50 years at the Youngstown airport. It is now the fourth largest employer in Trumbull County, contributing $70 million to the economy.

Eagle Scouts Jason Bell of Poland and Mike Schall of Boardman, South Side volunteers, and Youngstown State University students have spent the past year cleaning up the Powers Estate Cemetery near Lenox Avenue on Youngstown's South Side. 

Ohio's new law mandates school boards to establish policies requiring students in grades seven through 12 to maintain a minimum grade average to participate in interscholastic athletics. 

1983: Columbiana County Commissioner John Wargo wants to know if the county can sell the 250-acre Scenic Vista Park in Center Township and use the proceeds to build a county annex.

Ronald Harding, 27, of Wampum, Pa., is killed when his motorcycle crashed into a Mohawk Area School bus at Route 18 and Vance Road. The bus driver and the 21 high school students on the bus were not injured. 

A handwriting expert from Panama City, Fla, testifies at the bribery and tax evasion trial of Mahoning County Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. that she believes the signature on the confession the FBI says Traficant signed was forged.   

1973: Thomas Olsen, 14, of LaBrae High School, places first in the statewide first-year scholastic achievement tests administered by the Ohio Department of Education. 

Joseph G. Butler III, director of the Butler Institute of American Art, will receive an honorary doctor of fine arts degree at the 51st annual spring commencement of Youngstown State University. 

Youngstown State University faculty approve a new contract by a vote of 205-8. The pact provides 2.75 percent pay raises and a flat $500 payment to each faculty member. 

1948: The Army Corps of Engineers recommends the construction of the Lake Erie-Ohio River Canal. The estimated cost is $439 million, with local interests expected to supply $23 million. 

Two of Youngstown's most respected retired pastors, the Rev. Leonard W.S. Stryker, record emeritus of St. John's Episcopal Church, and the Rev. William H. Hudnut, former pastor of First Presbyterian Church, meet for the first time in 10 years.

An addition to the Westinghouse Electric Corp. Sharon plant will bring 400 new jobs in 1949.