Years Ago | October 23rd

October 23
1998: A 32-year-old Struthers man being sought by police in connection with a robbery jumped into the Mahoning River in Youngstown and swam downstream for 2 miles before he was caught and taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital for treatment of hypothermia.
The campaign of Republican Bob Taft says the fiery debate with Lee Fisher in Toledo will be followed by debates in Columbus and Cleveland, but not Youngstown.
Bonnie Deutsch Burdman is installed as president of the Burdman Group Inc.'s board of directors at the social service agency's annual dinner.
1983: Howland Board of Education member John Emmanuel asks Superintendent Nick Macris to investigate the possibility of replacing the murky well water at Howland High School with Warren City Water.
Bishop James W. Malone of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown leaves with seven other U.S. bishops for his quinquennial visit with Pope John Paul II.
Jackie Brown of Canfield, a senior art education major, is crowned queen of the Mount Union Homecoming. Mary Lynn Buchanon of Girard was a member of the court.
1973: Industrial growth, the lifeblood of the greater Youngstown area, is being curtailed by the current energy shortage, reports say, with no immediate relief in sight.
A reward of $1,000 is being offered for information on the death of Eugene Wibly, 26, of Canfield, who was shot in Austintown on Oct. 16.
Following a near riot that caused the termination of a game between Chaney and North at Rayen Stadium has spurred talk of disbanding the City Series and having Youngstown high schools book all their games individually.
1948: Frank and Joe Buda, Youngstown's most notorious federal income tax evaders, are behind bars again, accused of violating probation and facing the remainder of their 20-month sentences.
Mayors, former mayors, state legislators, judges, and prominent businessmen crowd into Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church on Summit Avenue to pay tribute to Democratic Party Chairman Johnny Vitullo.
The Ohio Supreme Court upholds the Mahoning County Board of Elections refusal to place the name of Harry Braverman, a member of the Socialist Workers Party, on the 19th District congressional ballot as an independent.