21 WFMJ archives / November 18, 1983 | President Ronald Reagan welcomed Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown to the White House 40 years ago after Bishop Malone was elected president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops during the conference meeting in Washington, D.C

November 18

1998: Ohio's capital improvement bill contains $1.7 billion, including funding for 12 Mahoning County projects and five each in Trumbull and Columbiana counties.  Among them is $2.2 million for expansion of the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. 

Gov.-elect Bob Taft makes his first visit to the Mahoning Valley since the election and meets with management and labor at the Lordstown General Motors complex to reiterate his support for efforts to win a new product for the plant. 

Two 17-year-olds and one 15-year-old are in Youngstown police custody, being questioned in the shooting spree that left Luis Cruz, 3, dead. He was killed by two bullets that pierced the wall of his bedroom.

1983: U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams introduces legislation that he says could lead to congressional approval of $6 million for repairs to the Lake Milton Dam. 

The United Way of Lawrence County reports reaching 96 percent of its campaign goal of $600,155.

During a 15-minute meeting with President Ronald Reagan, Youngstown Bishop James W. Malone, newly elected president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, says the church's pro-life stance includes concern about increasing the arsenal of nuclear weapons.

1973: Bishop James W. Malone leads parishioners of St. Mary Church in Mineral Ridge in a mass marking the 100th anniversary of the building and the 25th anniversary of the parish.

Boxer Earnie Shavers of Warren, who will fight Jerry Quarry in Madison Square Gardens on Dec. 14, appears at the Youngstown Curbstone Coaches luncheon. Shavers is co-owned by Blackie Gennaro of Hillsville, Pa., and Don King of Cleveland.

Quarterback Cliff Stout leads Youngstown State University to a 44-0 rout of Indiana, Pa., before 3,150 fans at Campbell Stadium. Archie Griffith sets two Ohio State University rushing records in a 55-13 win over Iowa to remain unbeaten.

1948: Jean Dickenson, "Nightingale of the Airwaves," sings with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra at Stambaugh Auditorium. Carmine Ficocello conducts. 

Pennsylvania State Police arrest a Wheatland justice of the peace and two other men for running a traffic-ticket-fixing racket against out-of-state motorists who were accused of running a stop sign at Melanosky's Corners. 

Two Youngstown City Council members accuse Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. of intimidating its employees whose homes were damaged by "black rain."