April 17 

21 WFMJ archives / April  16, 1986 |  Richard  Peck, prolific author of fiction for youth, was the guest author at the English Festival at Youngstown State University 38 years ago. He met in small groups with students and teachers to discuss his work and the art of writing. 

1999:  Campbell and Sebring will appeal a 7th District Court of Appeals ruling that forces both cities to remain part of the Mill Creek Metropolitan Park District.

U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-Poland, introduces a bill to abolish the IRS and replace the income tax with a 15 percent national sales tax. The bill has 13 Republican and two Democratic co-sponsors.

Megan Gintner, a junior at Howland High School, wins the $2,000  scholarship in the WKBN Caring for our Community contest.  Megan wrote an essay based on a photograph of a kindergarten student at Notre Dame School visiting a resident of Ridgecrest Care Center in Warren.  

1984: About 65 concerned parents calling themselves SOS confront the Salem Board of Education over what it says is a climate of "fear, harassment, violence and intimidation" caused by lax discipline. 

Trumbull Memorial Hospital is found guilty by the National Labor Relations Board of unfair labor practices before and during the acrimonious 1982 strike.

A proposal to establish the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Application Center of Eastern Ohio, which would link Youngstown State University with regional manufacturers, has been sent to the Ohio Department of Development. 

1974: F. Marvin  Wilds, Superintendent of Liberty Schools for 12 years, submits his resignation. He had been under fire for instituting Individually Guided Education, a federally funded program.

The Supreme Court ruled that families of students killed or injured in the shootings at Kent State University in 1970 can pursue federal damage suits against Ohio and the Ohio National Guard.

1949: Talented Youngstowners, under the direction of a professional show producer, rehearse for the Quota Club's minstrel show that will be performed at Stambaugh Auditorium. 

Intermittent showers provide a Christmas atmosphere for throngs of last-minute Easter shoppers in downtown Youngstown.