21 WFMJ archives  / September 8, 1984 | Veterans of the Pearl Harbor attack Dec. 7, 1941, came to Youngstown 40 years ago as the local chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors hosted some 100 members of the statewide organization at the annual convention, held at the Holiday Inn North.

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1999: Mayor George McKelvey says that if Corrections Corp. of America wants to expand its private prison in Youngstown, it will be on the city's terms: $2 million upfront and an additional $1 million a year in bed taxes.

Youngstown State University has won a $2.5 million U.S. Department of Education grant to improve teacher education and training in Mahoning Valley schools.

A Salem police officer says he interrupted a "gunfight" between two 15-year-old boys shooting at each other with cap guns in downtown Salem. He said their guns were lifelike and lectured them on the danger of shooting them in public areas, given the climate following school shootings. 

1984: Girard Mayor Joseph Melfi calls for abolishing the city's recreation board and allowing the city council to oversee recreation funding, hiring, and firing.

The Mahoning Valley Historical Society holds its 109th annual meeting with members getting a tour of the restored Lanterman's Mill in Mill Creek Park.

Max Cleland, Georgia Secretary of State and former chief of the Veterans Administration in the Carter administration, will be the keynote speaker at the annual dinner of the Easter Seals Society of Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties. He is a triple amputee who was wounded during service in Vietnam. 

1974: At the urging of an inmate, the Youngstown City Jail is inspected by the city health department, which finds it in "generally fair" condition but needs disinfecting.

Increasing pollution from industrial and domestic sources and drainage from strip mining is adding hardness and decreasing the quality of water in Meander Reservoir, a Mahoning Valley Sanitary District report states.

U.S. Atty. Gen.  William Saxbe, a former Ohio senator, says that President Ford was within his authority in pardoning President Richard M. Nixon in the Watergate case and says the pardon was in the country's best interest. 

1949: The 1949 summer program of the Youngstown district Camp Fire Girls draws 440 youngsters to Camp Tapawingo on Little Bull Creek near New Waterford.

The Capital Airlines DC-8 airliner Youngstown is making its first visit to its namesake city to mark the dedication of $600,000 in improvements at the Youngstown Municipal Airport.

The noted stamp collection of Francis Cardinal Spellman will be on display in Youngstown for the Mahoning Valley Stamp Club's third annual exhibition at Butler Art Institute.