21 WFMJ archives  / September 27, 1971 | Members of the Youngstown Education Association, including those at Cleveland School, walked off the job 53 years ago, closing most of the city’s 40 schools. The strike lasted only a day after a common pleas court injunction forced teachers back to work while negotiations continued.

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1999: Boardman residents seeking to stop a bow hunt for deer in Hitchcock Woods are withdrawing their lawsuit, saying they believe Mill Creek Park commissioners will address their safety concerns. 

A local political group, Citizens for an Honest and Responsible Government, says its poll shows that U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. is vulnerable in a head-to-head Democratic primary but would easily beat both George Tablack and Robert Hagan if they stay in the race. 

Senior officials from the UAW, General Motors, and Delphi Automotive Systems reached a tentative four-year contract that includes 3 percent annual raises and a $1,350 signing bonus. 

1984: LTV Steel Co. will temporarily shut down its Youngstown sinter plant, idling 100, and lay off 100 management employees at its Youngstown-headquartered tubular products division.

U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams, R-17th, confirms meetings were held in Washington to put together a $16 million package to save Van Huffel Tube Co. in Warren from closing. Jobs at the plant have fallen from 500 to 200 over five years. It once employed 800.

The Rev. William R. Betteridge is installed as Long's Run Presbyterian Church pastor in East Liverpool. 

1974: The Giant Canada Goose, thought by naturalists to have been extinct for 50 years, is thriving at the Mosquito Creek Waterfowl Management Area. Between 1,500 and 2,000 birds live at the Trumbull County sanctuary. 

Youngstown area hospitals have begun providing Lamaze classes that prepare couples physically, emotionally, and intellectually for the arrival of a baby. Fathers are encouraged to be present in the delivery room for the birth. 

1949: A combination county office building and jail is not a desirable type of building, Robert Barnes, senior architect of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, tells Mahoning County commissioners. 

The Salem Local of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary on Oct. 8 in the Memorial Building.