21 WFMJ archives  / March  26, 1974 | The Western Reserve Transit Authority board approved the purchase of real estate and rolling stock of the Youngstown Transit Co.  51 years ago. Seated, from left, J. Phillip Richley, Ohio Department of Transportation director; Lehman Black, WRTA president; Sam Winograd, owner of the YTC; standing, State Rep. Thomas Carney and Youngstown deputy law director Irwin Stambor. 

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2000: Youngstown police arrest four men on firearms charges while they were working security at the Partners Jazz Lounge. They were carrying concealed weapons and claiming to be "constables." One of the four signed their credentials. The rank of one was "Lt. Kernal."

Lisbon police say they will not pursue charges against the father and stepmother of a McKinley Elementary pupil who brought a loaded gun to school.

Israeli police recommend that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges, dealing a serious blow to his political comeback plans. 

 

1985: Metropolitan Savings Bank in Youngstown can reopen with unrestricted service after receiving conditional approval for federally backed deposit insurance. Some Cincinnati thrifts continue to put dollar limits on withdrawals. 

General Motors Vice President Richard LeFauve announces that Lordstown's GM car and truck assembly plants will be reorganized under a single manager, Richard F. Hoover. Charles Abernathy, assembly plant manager, and Frank Kontely, stamping plant manager, will retire. 

 

1975: The eruption of two free-for-alls in Boardman involving roving youth gangs brings six arrests and causes Police Chief Grant Hess to issue a hard line against disturbances involving youths. 

Olmstead Township police say they will seek criminal charges against a 15-year-old student at the Fairhaven School for Mentally Retarded Children in Niles who attempted to extort $10,000 from a North Olmstead businessman to ensure his daughter's safety. 

Playing at the Newport Theater: "Shampoo," starring Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn and Julie Christie.

 

1950: James M. McKay, chairman of the Home Savings & Loan Co. board, dies at his home at McKay's Corners on Boardman-Poland Road.  He was 90, and failing health had kept him from going downtown for three months. 

Police Chief Edward J. Allen tells Youngstown City Council that the men of the police department are to be credited with reducing crime in the city "because they diligently seized the opportunity to learn police work."

Joseph L. O'Rourke, 62, of Collar-Price Road, Hubbard, is struck and killed by a car on Route 7. He is the fourth member of his family to die in an accident in four years.