21 WFMJ archives / October 25, 1962 | Police Chief William R. Golden, left, and Mayor Harry N. Savasten administered the oath to seven new members of the Youngstown police department 61 years ago. The new officers, from left, Carmen A. Chimento, John A. Palermo, Paul W. Welcher, Joseph E. Rainer, Roger E. Halbert, John J. Shorokey and William A. Enyeart.

October 27

1998: An 18-month investigation by several northeast Ohio police departments results in the arrests of five men, four from Mahoning County, and the confiscation of $2 million in stolen money and property.

Mahoning County Auditor George Tablack, a Democrat, endorses Republican Bob Taft for governor over Democrat Lee Fisher.

The Howland Board of Education votes unanimously to give the school rifle team a reprieve of at least a year, provided that all weapons are equipped with trigger locks and the area where the weapons and ammunition are stored is secured with a deadbolt. Several board members expressed misgivings about having guns in a school building but agreed that there is no alternative site. Fred Johnson will remain as coach. 

1983: Speaking during a press conference at Youngstown State University, former British Prime Minister Edward Heath said he believes President Ronald Reagan had a right to send U.S. troops to Grenada to protect American lives. The Skeggs lecturer was prime minister from 1970 to 1974, two years before Grenada gained independence.

Three area Marines are among the 125 listed as missing after the Beirut bombing: Cpl. Edward Johnson of Struthers, Lance Cpl. James E. McDonough of New Castle, Pa., and Lance Cpl. Stanley Sliwinski of Niles. 

A runaway bulldozer mowed a path through a stand of trees, knocked down a fence, climbed over two cars, and smashed into a wall in front of an apartment at 270 Draper St. in Youngstown. Two women in the car were treated for minor injuries. Police believe a child may have gotten the machine started. 

1973: Atty. Clarence Robinson, one of Youngstown's leading citizens and namesake of a neighborhood center on Youngstown's South Side, dies in Park Vista Nursing Home at 81.

Ginny Shorten, the first woman to serve as campaign leader for the Youngstown United Way, raises a record $1.8 million, nearly $100,000 more than what was raised a year earlier.  

1948: The 1948 Community Chest campaign rolls past its quota of $547,926 by nearly $1,000.

The Mahoning County Home in Canfield reports a record crop of potatoes, wheat, and oats. 

Kirkmere Homeowners Inc., Youngstown's co-operative veterans housing association, begins doing business with the election of a nine-member board of directors.