21 WFMJ archives / May 31, 1987 | Westminster College President Jerry M. Boone, left, conferred honorary doctorate degrees during commencement ceremonies 37 years ago to Helen O’Bannon, senior vice president of the University of Pennsylvania, the commencement speaker; Fred Rogers,  host of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” the baccalaureate speaker,  and Nancy Neuman, U.S. President of the League of Women Voters.

May 30


1999: Sharon police have few leads in the shotgun slaying of 14-year-old Jeremy Farrand on Prindle Street, and neighbors say they are afraid. 

Two major road projects totaling $17 million will begin this summer in Mahoning County on I-680 and I-76.

  
After two years, federal officials have still not released a report on the collision of two freight trains in Salem that derailed four locomotives and 50 train cars. There were no serious injuries. 


1984: Area college and high school counselors say job prospects for this spring's graduates are bleak if they stay in the Mahoning Valley. 


The home on Oak Knoll N.E. in Warren that once belonged to James W. Packard is on the market for $230,000. The brick mansion also comes with a $500-a-month gas bill. The 60-year-old home features a fur storage vault, jewelry safes, and a butler's pantry. 


The Mahoning Valley Conference announces its All-MVC Baseball Team: Carl Apicella, Salem; Mike Vavias, Campbell; Brian Farmintino, Campbell; Fritz Schleuter, Salem; Brian Cramer, Poland; Joe Smaltz, Warren JFK: Rocco Mango, Salem; Anthony Aulisio, Warren JFK; Bryn Kosco,  Poland; Bill Hanak, Poland; Lance Hartshorn, Canfield. 



1974: Fifteen wastewater treatment plants in Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties receive almost $6 million from the Environmental Protection Agency.


Peggy Magill is installed as worthy advisor of Girard Assembly 178, Order of the Rainbow for Girls. 


Lightning kills four teenage girls who were huddled under a tree during a thunderstorm in St. Louis, Mo. 


1949: The costly 24-day Ford Motor Co. strike is over. An arbitration board will decide whether Ford can speed up its final assembly line to make up for time lost on feeder lines. 


Capital Airlines reports every sat on every plane from Youngstown Municipal Airport is booked over the holiday weekend. 


Frere Imier-Felix, a monk who runs a school in Jerusalem, is in Youngstown visiting his brother, Anton Saadey. He says the United States is a land of miracles and the envy of the rest of the world.