Years Ago Presented by Carmella's Cafe | January 23rd
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January 23
1999: The Mahoning County grand jury indicts two 17-year-olds on a murder charge in the November killing of 4-year-old Luis Cruz, who died when a Dupont Street apartment building was riddled with bullets. Facing the possibility that a confidential informant might have his identity exposed, Campbell Law Director Brian Macala settles the cases against four men charged with gambling at the Diamond Tavern rather than go to trial.
The Youngstown-Warren Chamber of Commerce asks U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. to provide more details on his proposed three-county economic development consortium.
1984: While in Tampa for Super Bowl XVIII between the Redskins and the Raiders, Vindicator Sports Editor Chuck Perazich reports on Ray Boom Boom Mancini being at the game as a guest of CBS and on a conversation Perazich had with Florida Gov. Phil Graham about Miami Freshman Bernie Kosar's performance in the Orange Bowl. Perazich had a mantra about any big sporting event: "There's always a Youngstown connection."
About 520 students and workshop clients return to Fairhaven School in Niles after a two-week strike by teachers, aides and bus drivers ends.
The Fraternal Order of Police and Ohio Sheriffs' Association oppose a bill in the state General Assembly that would give Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers more authority in patrolling nonstate roads and highways and in making felony arrests not directly tied to traffic violations
1974: Joseph Ghossain, the owner of the Humble Restaurant, 2935 Market St., receives an anonymous letter containing three $50 bills as repayment for a check-cashing machine stolen 10 years earlier.
Arthur Massaro resigns as coach of the Canfield Cardinals football program after six years. He will remain as an administrative assistant to the high school principal
For the first time in history, women are eligible for the Army Reserve Officers Corp, and eight Youngstown State University coeds have completed their first quarter in ROTC.
1949: Among Youngstown's small industries that are expanding: Steel City Manufacturing, which built a new plant at 190 N. Meridian; the Jenkins Sign Co. with a new plant at 1400 Mahoning Ave.; and Deltec, an experimental laboratory at 2303 South Ave.
McKinley Browne, a new faculty member at Youngstown College, opens the annual campaign for Friends of Youngstown College Library with a speech entitled "A Stranger Views Youngstown College."