Years Ago | March 21st

21 WFMJ archives / March 18, 1996 | Alex Hines and Brandon Thomas, both 10, and Jason Kirk, 9, all saxophonists from Calvary Christian Academy, joked around before practice began at the Akiva Academy, which hosted the American Independent Music Festival 29 years ago.
March 21
2000: Niles Police Chief Bruce Simeone, whose assistance led to the arrest of two Niles men on bookmaking charges, says there's still a strong gambling presence in Niles and the surrounding area.
John Anderson is sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated murder in the death of Lori Moffet, 22, at her Columbiana home on New Year's Day. He was arrested after trying to flee to Mexico. He will be eligible for parole after 20 years.
Ronald Stone, a professor of ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, told 150 community leaders and members of the clergy at the 18th annual David Schaff Lecture at First Presbyterian Church that churches have a responsibility to condemn corruption and expose corrupt politicians.
1985: Warren police arrest a 15-year-old youth in the shooting death of Charles E. Bates, 14, whose body was found near the railroad tracks at Penn Avenue and Victoria Street.
Alan G. Brant, a Warren native and CEO of Central Bank in Akron, is named president of Second National Bank of Warren.
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1975: The Mahoning County Democratic Executive Committee endorses Municipal Court Clerk George Vukovich for mayor. Other Democrats seeking to challenge Republican Mayor Jack Hunter are former Mayor Frank R. Franko, John P. Powers, and Councilman Jerome F. McNally.
Francis H. Wright, president of East Ohio Gas Co., says Congress, which tried to control the price of gas at the wellhead, is largely to blame for the energy crisis, especially severe natural gas shortages.
Ruth Baldwin of Poland, treasurer of the Butler Institute of American Art, dies in a violent car-truck collision at Audubon Lane and Route 224.
1950: Youngstown and Niles may be left without enough domestic water for future growth if the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District is denied the use of Berlin Reservoir as an auxiliary supply, says Atty. William P. Barnum, counsel for the MVSD.
Milder weather and a spring thaw brought a gooey problem to the backyard of a W. Princeton Avenue home. Five children between five and nine years old were stuck in mud up to their knees for an hour before their mothers and passersby could free them.
About 350 employees shut down the Cold Metal Products plant on Montgomery Avenue in a dispute over the suspension of union president Walter Whiteside.