21 WFMJ archives  / November 21, 1984 | Howland Springs students learned the meaning of Thanksgiving  40 years ago by collecting food, clothing, and money for the family of a classmate whose home on Howland-Wilson Road was damaged by fire. Here, Paul Pitts, 5, and Jessica Zehngut, 7, help organize some of the donations. 

November 28


1999: The Youngstown State University Penguins beat the University of Montana, 30-27, in the first round of the NCAA Division 1-AA at Stambaugh Stadium. 


Despite a 40 percent decrease in homicides so far in 1999, Youngstown continues to have one of the nation's highest per capita homicide rates, with 26 homicides and a 2.99 per 10,000 people rate. That may be low enough to knock the city out of the top 10  for the first time in five years. 


Donald Trump, the University of Pennsylvania graduate who may seek the Reform Party nomination in 2000, could be the only presidential candidate with a Pennsylvania tie. 
  
1984: Youngstown Bishop James W. Malone, in the second year of a three-year term as president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, says he welcomes conservative criticism of a pastoral letter on the economy that called for more efforts to help the poor in the United States and poor nations. 


A 20-year-old Clyde Street man is arrested in the July stabbing and robbery of Jack D. Bakos, chairman of the Youngstown State University's Department of Civil Engineering. 


Congressman-elect James A. Traficant Jr., Mahoning County sheriff, meets privately with House Speaker Thomas P. Tip O'Neill for 30 minutes, an unusual audience for a freshman to receive from the Speaker. 
 
1974: Youngstown City Council adopts a safety inspection code for buses carrying schoolchildren for the Board of Education. The WRTA provides transportation.


An hour-long celebration outside St. Joseph Riverside Hospital marks the 50th anniversary of the hospital's operation by the Sisters of the Humility of Mary. 


Coach Ed Glass, who led the Warren Harding football team to the state championship, is honored by the Curbstone Coaches. 


1949: The Youngstown Hospital Association will accept women as interns for the first time. Dr. Leda G. Janke and Dr. Lucille Glicklich will arrive in June. There will be 16 male interns, including five Youngstown men. 


Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. and Republic Steel Corp. are joining three other companies in financing the development of the immense new Labrador-Quebec iron deposits. The cost is estimated at $150 to $200 million. 


Mayor Charles P. Henderson submitted a $6.8 million Youngstown budget for 1950 to the city council. The mayor recommended extending the income tax for three years.