21 WFMJ archives / October 28, 1984, | About 1,000 children and adults turned out for the Austintown Community Council's annual Halloween party 40 years ago, including these kids dressed as clowns and cartoon characters who hitched a ride on a hay wagon.  

October 31

1999: A 57-year-old East Side man interrupted a burglary in his garage and fatally wounded the 34-year-old intruder, who came at him with a crowbar. 

The Youngstown City School District has 10,951 students and is beginning to emerge from a fiscal emergency declared three years ago and could be released from state oversight within a year.

In a rare front-page editorial, The Vindicator urges readers to approve a half-percent increase in the sales tax to support county operations, including the sheriff's department, 911, the prosecutor's office, the courts, and the road department. The editorial states that a bankrupt county is not in anyone's best interest. 

1984: Warren Mayor Daniel Sferra dismisses claims that his support of James A. Traficant Jr. is why Warren received a brush-off from Democrats Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro, who made several other stops in the Mahoning Valley during their campaign for the White House.  

Mahdu Singh, secretary of the Indian Association of Greater Youngstown, says the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Ghandi was a "horrible, deplorable act." But Dr. Manbur Singh Khurani was less sympathetic, saying Ghandi was responsible for the deaths of 20,000 Sikhs. 

The Catholic Standard and Times, the newspaper of the Philadelphia Diocese, has rejected advertisements from both President Ronald Reagan and his challenger, Walter Mondale. The newspaper contends that both candidates mixed politics and religion in their messages. 

1974: Youngstown Councilman William Wade, R-5 th, warns that he will conduct a campaign to eliminate further city contributions to the Youngstown Symphony Center if the play "Hair" is presented as advertised. 

Youngstown Councilman Robert G. Spencer, D-6th, criticizes the City Hall practice of allowing some employees to drive city-owned vehicles home as wasteful. 

Mrs. Ann Sisko of Canfield, a 36-year-old mother of two, says she has "no idea" what she'll do with the $300,000 she won in the Ohio Lottery.

1949: I.L. "Bud" Mansell is named managing editor of The Vindicator, succeeding William L. Powers, who resigned to study law. Catesby Cannon is named assistant city editor. 

CIO President Philip Murray and Bethlehem Steel Corp. agree on a new contract providing pensions for steelworkers. Other companies may follow suit, ending the month-long nationwide strike. 

"Golden Toe" Lou Groza's 38-yard place kick provides the margin of victory in the Browns 30-28 win over the San Francisco 49ers before 72,189 fans in Cleveland.