21 WFMJ archives  / April  1952 | Vindicator Photographer Lloyd S. Jones captured this downtown Youngstown scene  72 years ago, looking west down Federal Street from Central Square. The shot was likely taken from an upper floor of the Realty Building and possibly to illustrate an Easter shopping rush.  

April 14

2000: Dr. Ted Hershberg, professor of public policy at the University of Pennsylvania, tells a meeting of the Industrial Information Institute at Youngstown State University that today's schools are better than 20 to 30 years ago but still haven't kept up with economic changes. 

Donald Cagigas, former president of Bank One Mahoning Valley, succeeds William Brennan as president and chief professional officer of the Youngstown/Mahoning Valley United Way. 

Warren officials and members of the W.D. Packard Board continue to try to find a way to pay employees and keep the W.D. Packard Music Hall open.

 

1985: Alan G. Brant, the new president of Second National Bank in Warren, is optimistic about northeastern Ohio, noting its strong tie to automobile production, one of the key strengths of the U.S. economy. 

Paul Isaac of New Bedford, Pa., wins the Hubbard Rotary Club tube race down Yankee Creek, covering the 2.4-mile course in 52 minutes, 33 seconds. 

The Youngstown Catholic Service League is marking its 50th anniversary. Founded in 1935, it served about 35 families; in 1985, it served more than 500 people a month. 

 

1975: Three Youngstown policemen are injured when a routine investigation erupts into a significant disturbance on Stansbury Drive. Two Hammaker Drive brothers are arrested on open charges. 

Confusion reigns at Newton Falls City Council over whether city employees are or not obeying a court injunction ordering them back to work. Four employees returned to work while 34 remain off. 

A Lowellville couple, James and JoAnn Nichols, drown in the Tuscarawas River while on a day-long horseback ride. 

 

1950: Youngstown district industries are forced to switch some of their operations from natural gas to fuel oil to prevent widespread shutdowns as a new cold wave sweeps in. Temperatures at the airport fall to 11 degrees, a record low for the date. 

About nine percent of all chest X-rays taken at the downtown branch of the Mahoning Tuberculosis Sanatorium suggest TB or some form of chest abnormality, Dr. William Newcomer reports.

Four Youngstown district steel companies are joining six others to form a new action committee to help the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission clean up pollution in the Ohio River and its tributaries.