21 WFMJ archives  / July 23, 1999 |  LPGA Professional Lisa Kiggens makes an approach shot onto the 9th green at Avalon during the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Pro-Am 25 years ago. Watching are team members Gerald Henn, left, and Kevin Ricci.

July 23


1999: Ground is broken in Champion on a $5 million Workforce and Development and Continuing Studies building at the Trumbull Branch of Kent State University. 


Texas Gov. George W. Bush already has $37 million in his presidential campaign chest, but Ohioans added another $1 million during a fund-raiser in Cincinnati. 


Hundreds of parents and students attend a meeting at Artman Elementary School in Hermitage, Pa., to see a fashion show of proposed school uniforms, discuss a proposed dress code, and vote. Some tempers flared as parents argued over whether the board should enforce its present dress code or adopt uniforms. 
 
1984: Harold Nichols, shop chairman for Local 717, International Union of Electrical Workers, says job security for his 8,941 members working at the Packard Electric Division of General Motors is the most important issue in negotiations with GM.


Ohioans will buy tickets for a $10 million Lotto jackpot, the largest in state history and close to the record for North America. 


Contempo Vans at Space Center Industrial Park in Lordstown employs 63 people converting vans, many of which are built at the Lordstown GM plant, into luxury vehicles or campers. 


1974: The Rev. William A. Hughes is named auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown. He is the second man so named; the first was Bishop James A. Malone, whom he will now assist. 


Jugglers Joe Sullivan of Elm Street and Richard Francis of Lisbon, who perform as the Jacobie Brothers, return from the International Jugglers Association Convention in Sarasota, Fla., where Francis was elected president of the organization. 


The Ohio Department of Education plans to funnel some state funds to parochial schools for supplies and auxiliary services unless enjoined by a court. The courts rejected two previous plans for subsidizing parochial education. 
 
1949: Responding to a personal request from Gov. Frank J. Lausche, the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. cuts service to the Mounds Club in Painesville, a known gambling den. 


A safety check on cars on busy Route 422 between McKinley Heights and Girard by the Ohio Highway Patrol nets 192 cars with defects out of 3,500 checked. 


A 28-year-old Polish refugee, Josep Bujak is the 50,000th displaced person from Europe who arrived in the United States. His wife and 3-year-old daughter accompanied him. They are bound for Russellville, Ohio.