21 WFMJ archives / April 14, 1950 | The nation's highest ranking military officer, Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived at the Youngstown Municipal Airport 75 years ago. He was there to address the Industrial Information Institute, where he spoke about the need for the United States to remain strong politically and militarily to combat Communism.

April 17 

2000: An Ohio Department of Public Safety study shows that accidents involving horse-drawn buggies have declined in areas of the state where the Amish have accepted safety devices, including reflective tape and amber lights.

In a One-on-One interview, Atty. John M. Newman discusses how he went from a 1942 graduate of Youngstown College Law School to serving as an administrative officer in the Japanese war crime trials, and then to prominence back home as a lawyer and leader in civic affairs. 

Three new national retailers are opening stores in the Southern Park Mall: Aeropostale, Parade of Shoes, and Christopher and Banks. 

 

1985: Speaking at Youngstown State University, Gov. Richard Celeste announces the Governor's Honors Program, a summer internship for one student from every Ohio college or university interested in public service. Each intern would receive a $1,500 stipend and assistance with housing.  

Youngstown Mayor Patrick Ungaro nominates the Rev. Richard Madden to replace Atty. Edward Flask was a trustee for the Western Reserve Transit Authority. 

Trumbull County Auditor Edward Bush says a "quiet inspection" of gasoline pumps in the country found that eighty percent of the 930 pumps inspected gave inaccurate readings, all shortages. Bush noted that some were honest errors, but others had been tampered with. Warnings were issued, but in the future, criminal charges will be pursued. 

 

1975: The city of Niles, which pulled off the annexation coup of the decade when it grabbed the Eastwood Mall from Howland Township, is going after several hundred acres of tax-rich land northeast of the city in Weathersfield Township.

The General Motors Assembly Division plant in Lordstown produces its first high-performance Cosworth Vega, powered by the most sophisticated reciprocating engine ever produced in the United States. 

Water samples taken from the Meander Reservoir to check for cancer-causing agents in the water are found to be safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

 

1950: Richard A. Overmire, a junior traffic engineer at Cincinnati, is named Youngstown's first traffic engineer by City Engineer James C. Ryan. 

Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Erskine Maiden Jr. is awarded the annual Eagles Humanitarian Award at the 48th annual banquet of Youngstown Aerie 213. 

Trumbull County Judge William M. McLain orders the destruction of 100 slot machines confiscated from the Jungle Inn.