21 WFMJ archives  / October 22, 1934 | Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, the FBI’s most wanted man 90 years ago, was shot to death near East Liverpool on Oct. 22, 1934, after spending two days in the woods, eluding state, local and federal officers.  Police and FBI agents were happy to put the body of the notorious robber on display, and Vindicator photographer Ed Salt took this photo.  

October 27


1999: Catherine and Isaac Black moved from Youngstown to Austintown, so their three children could go to better schools, but they're moving back to the city after their Idlewood Road home of two months was spray-painted with racial slurs and a burnt doll was hung from their mailbox.

A 25-year-old Connellsville, Pa., man who escaped from a Lawrence County deputy is back in New Castle after being apprehended in Caledonia, Wisc., while he was sleeping in a car he stole in Pennsylvania.

Warren's Water Pollution Control Plan seeks city council support for a system that could eliminate odors caused by converting sewage sludge to Nature's Blend fertilizer.


1984: Mahoning County Sheriff James A. Traficant predicts that his race against Congressman Lyle Williams won’t be close, despite the news media's attempts to portray him as "volatile and unpredictable ... and Williams as soft-spoken and respectable."


Clyde A. Metz, 39, has been appointed superintendent of Hubbard Exempted Village Schools on a three-year contract starting at $40,000.

Cardinal Mooney clinched a tie for the Steel Valley Conference title with a 28-0 win over Howland. 


1974: Grove City College sets an enrollment record with 2,165 students enrolled, 34 more than a year earlier.

Mercer County commissioners are changing how they do business to conform to Pennsylvania's new "sunshine" law.

The Smith-MacDonald Realty Co. Aces, a Youngstown team that won the World Girls Basketball Championship in 1923, is enshrined in Springfield, Mass's Basketball Hall of Fame. 


1949: A campaign to raise $250,000 for the District 26, United Steelworkers strike fund is launched.


The need for a master plan to guide the city's development is stressed by Mayor Charles Henderson in a talk to 75 members and guests of the Mahoning Valley Society of Professional Engineers Auxiliary.

Playing at the Club Merry-go-Round, 1281 Salt Springs Road, Billy Eckstine. Candlelight DeLuxe dinners start at $1.50.