21 WFMJ archives  / August 11, 1999 | U.S. Sen George Voinovich, R-Ohio, (center) poses for a picture in front of the new George V. Voinovich Government Center in downtown Youngstown that was dedicated 25 years ago.

August 17


1999: Youngstown State University President Leslie Cochran hopes a new Office of Diversity Activities will make the university more diverse. Less than 10 percent of its 12,533 students are from minority groups.


A hearing examiner for the Ohio Civil Rights Commission says the Tippecanoe Country Club is a private facility, not a place of public accommodation, dismissing a complaint filed by five women who claimed women received fewer benefits than men at the club.

The Lawrence County Fair opens its six-day run at the county fairgrounds on Route 108.


1984: LTV Steel Corp. is expected to announce by the end of the month the future of the Poland Avenue pipe mill of its Tubular Products Division, which normally employs about 500.


The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommends that Waste Technologies Inc. be permitted to build a hazardous waste incinerator in East Liverpool. 


A sesquicentennial time capsule made of titanium is being prepared in Niles for burying at the McKinley Memorial, with instructions to open it in 2034.  


1974: Joey Naples Jr., 42, of Carlotta Drive, and six alleged members of his numbers gang are indicted by a federal grand jury in Cleveland. 


John McDonald, audiovisual director for Boardman Schools, conducts a workshop for teachers on teaching the metric system. 


Three drivers in the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron were disqualified because they couldn't have built their cars themselves. The three were among 23 who were given tests to see if they could duplicate portions of their cars' construction. 


1949: Edward Cardinal Mooney of Detroit calls for federal aid to education in the United States "with a fair deal for all children."


Lionel Evans, former mayor of Youngstown and superintendent of parks for 26 years, during which city parks gained national acclaim, dies at the age of 69.


Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone with the Wind," dies in Atlanta after being struck by a cab. The driver was charged with murder.