21 WFMJ archives / June 8, 1988 | Local companies lent leaders to the United Way to help with the campaign 35 years ago. From left,  William D. Rees of Bank One; Roy Bosiljcic of USW Local 1617 at GF Furniture Systems; Adrienne Richards of East Ohio Gas; John D. Dickson Jr. of Hill, Barth & King, and Richard C. Stevens of IBM.

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1998: The Youngstown Central Area Community Improvement Corp. will give a parking lot immediately west of Powers Auditorium on Federal Plaza to the Youngstown Symphony Society for possible expansion of Powers. 

RMI Titanium Co. in Niles signs a deal worth $340 million to provide material for the Air Force's F-22 fighter jet.

Officials of the Poland Local School District break ground on $4 million in projects to improve Dobson and North elementary schools, Poland Middle School, and Poland Seminary High School. 

1983: U.S. Rep. Dennis Eckart, D-Mentor, says that 81 percent of Ohio's hazardous waste sites, where the state is required to monitor groundwater quality, are not in compliance with federal EPA standards. 

Terry Martin, Warren Packard Motor Car buff, will recreate a cross-country trip made 80 years ago in a 1903 Packard.

The Rev. Annie Lee Caldwell, who has been designing, making, and selling ladies' hats in Warren for more than 20 years, says she is closing the Caldwell's Originals hat shop in downtown Warren. 

1973: Eyesores are being razed in Youngstown, and new buildings like the City Centre with its bronze-shaded windows are changing the downtown skyline. 

Soviet Russia's thirst for U.S. steel-making and other technology and equipment is bringing important new business to Youngstown, especially equipment manufacturers. 

A survey shows that almost half of U.S. cities are running out of trash disposal sites. 

1948: Youngstown Mayor Charles P. Henderson gives top priority to the huge task of setting up a bureau of collection for the new 3-mill income tax. 

The Youngstown Municipal Railway Co. increases its weekly pass from $1 to $1.25, the first increase in the pass rate in 17 years. Single fares remain at 10 cents.