November 2

1999: Neither Mahoning nor Trumbull counties anticipate any problems with electronic ballot tabulation. Mahoning County uses a scanner that preserves results on computer disc drives, while Trumbull uses punchcard ballots that are fed through optical scanners. 

The Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart, who came to Youngstown at the invitation of Bishops James McFadden and James Malone, are marking 50 years of service to the diocese. 

Austintown Township trustees unanimously condemn the spray painting of racist graffiti on the home of a black couple on Idlewood Road.  

1984: Joan Mondale, wife of Democratic presidential challenger Walter Mondale, receives an enthusiastic welcome from 600 Democratic women at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Hall in Youngstown. 

Civilian unemployment in the United States remained 7.4 percent in October despite creating 350,000 new jobs.

Democratic congressional candidate James A. Traficant Jr. says he has made all his campaign contributions public and calls on the incumbent, U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams, to do the same. 

1974: Baby Jane Doe, who was discovered in the toilet of an airliner that landed at Youngstown Municipal Airport on Feb. 19, 1973, will celebrate Christmas with her new adoptive family. 

Leonard A. "Tony" Cavalier Jr., who promoted entertainment for generations of area residents at the Elms Ballroom,  The Mansion, and Idora Park, dies of a heart ailment at 73.

Mrs. Louis S. Linder was elected vice president of the Ohio Baptist Convention at the organization's 149th meeting in Canton. 

1949: Four men and two women are arrested after police raid a Hawn Street house, finding 74 marijuana cigarettes and a quarter pound of loose makings. 

The Strouss-Hirshberg Co. is preparing to open a new store in Salem. David Keller, former manager of the New Castle store, will be in charge.

A general alarm fire destroyed the south wing of the State School for the Feeble-Minded in Columbus, but 250 girls were safely evacuated.