Years Ago | June 26th
21 WFMJ archives / June 26, 1999 | Before throwing out ceremonial pitches at the inaugural game of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers 25 years ago, Niles Mayor Ralph Infante, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, managing partner of the Scrappers Alan Levin and U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-17 th, exchanged autographed baseballs.
June 26
1999: Youngstown State University trustees approve a two-percent increase for top administrators effective July 1, the smallest rise since 1996.
In their inaugural game at Cafaro Field in Niles, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers beat the Auburn Doubledays, 8-5, before a sellout crowd 6,718.
An 80-year-old Youngstown woman faces charges after her car, which was leaving the Beeghly Medical Park on Market Street, strikes and kills Millie Talcott, 84, who was walking on the sidewalk with a bag of groceries bought at the Sparkle Market.
1984: Hillside Hospital officials say the Howland Township facility has "weathered the storm" of financial and reduced patient-load problems and is on the rebound in servicing the community.
Girard may seek a $1 million federal grant to turn the old North Avenue School into an elderly-friendly apartment building and build a proposed senior center on the site.
East Palestine City Engineer Roger Nail says Conrail needs to repair the abutments and superstructure of its West Street Bridge, despite the railroad's contention that a recent inspection of the bridge showed no need for "critical repairs."
1974: The Ohio Department of Natural Resources orders the city of Youngstown to breach the Milton Dam by Sept. 30. A plan for the breaching must be submitted by July 31.
Charles McCullough, 71, was seriously injured when a huge tree fell on his car while he was driving on Glacier Drive in Mill Creek Park.
The 1-mile-long rollercoaster at Rock Springs Park, Chester, W. Va., is sold for $1 at a liquidation auction. Wood from the coaster will be used to construct a building at an auto-wrecking yard near Calcutta.
1949: Conneaut has the biggest iron ore docks on the Great Lakes. The Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Co. handles 50,000 tons of ore daily.
Commercial airline pilots are being told by the Civil Aeronautics Administration that the new anti-airsickness drug Dramamine may cause drowsiness.
