21 WFMJ archives  / February  23, 1964 | The Youngstown Heart Association sent out mountains of life-saving literature to doctors' offices, reporting on the latest developments in heart care. Mrs. James Walls, executive director of the local chapter, sorted through the literature. 

February 24

2000: The 11th District Court of Appeals denies another appeal by Danny Lee Hill of his death penalty conviction in the brutal 1985 murder of 12-year-old Raymond Fife.

Earnings are up sharply for Commercial Intertech, which posted fourth-quarter earnings of $3 million, or 17 cents a share. In the same quarter a year earlier, it lost $700,000.

Youngstown City Council approves a random drug and alcohol testing law covering all city employees. 

  

1985: Trumbull County Coroner Dr. Joseph Sudimack Jr. is alarmed at a surge in suicides in the county, with the deaths of five people in a two-week period, including three who were in their 20s. 

Broward County, Fla., the nation's ninth-largest school system, will recruit teachers at Youngstown State University. Over the last three years, the district has increased its starting salary from $11,000 to $16,125, which would rank it 27th highest among Ohio's 600 school districts. 

Twelve-year-old Ralph Swartz of Girard, a member of Boy Scout Troop 47, receives his Eagle award during a Court of Honor at Temple El Emeth in Youngstown, making him one of the youngest Eagle Scouts in the nation. 

 

1975: Nebraska-Omaha defeats Youngstown State, 80-76, before 3,323 fans at Beeghly Center, dampening the Penguins hopes for a post-season playoff bid. 

City police and the FBI broke up an auto theft ring operating between Youngstown and two southern cities, arresting seven people and recovering vehicles valued at $42,000.

 

1950: The U.S. Housing and Home Finance Agency announces a grant of $822,780 for slum clearance and redevelopment in Youngstown. 

The federal government and Mahoning Valley Sanitary District agree on terms for using Berlin Reservoir as an auxiliary domestic water supply for Niles and Youngstown. 

The Oles Market will be padlocked on the order of the state fire marshal unless owner George Oles begins immediately to remedy unsafe and unsanitary conditions.