21 WFMJ archives  / October 7, 1984 | One of the last photos taken of the carousel while it was still operating at Idora Park was taken in September 1984 by Vindicator photographer Lloyd S. Jones and was the subject of a Rotogravure layout published 40 years ago. The carousel, built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Co. in 1922, now resides in a glass enclosure beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.

October 13


1999: J.J. Gumberg Co. of Pittsburgh, the developer of a Wal-Mart store in Salem Township, wants the 83-acre parcel for the proposed store to be annexed to Salem. 

Don L. Hanni III says he will resign from the Youngstown Board of Education when the new board takes office in January. He is delaying his resignation because he doesn't want the sitting board members to name someone to serve the remaining two years of his term.

 
Poland Township officials request a traffic light near Poland Seminary High School to alleviate congestion at Dobbins Road and state Route 170 when school starts or leaves. 


1984: Youngstown State University's fall enrollment is down by 523 to 15,254.  

Two people were hospitalized, and Gate 15 on the Ohio Turnpike in Jackson Township was closed after a toll booth attendant detected a toxic chemical leaking from a westbound truck. 

Tabernacle Evangelical Presbyterian Church on Raccoon Road is celebrating its 125th anniversary at a time when the congregation, along with others around the nation, is severing affiliation with the former United Presbyterian Church. 


1974: An estimated 3,000 people line downtown Youngstown streets for the Columbus Day parade. 

The Vindicator's straw poll indicates Democratic Gov. John J. Gilligan will carry Mahoning County by about 10,000 votes over former Gov. James A. Rhodes. 

Republic Steel Corp., the nation's fourth largest steel maker and a force in shaping its economy, is celebrating 75 years of steel making in the Mahoning Valley, where it was born. 


1949: The Youngstown Municipal Railway Co.'s new schedules show that intervals between buses on major lines are seldom more than 20 minutes during daylight hours. 

A 150-ton, three-apartment building is being moved by inches the distance of a block along Fifth Avenue near Madison. 

A 55-year-old man was arrested by Youngstown police at the main Post Office when he was spotted with his shoes off. When questioned, he gave police different names.