21 WFMJ archives  / April 20, 1957 | Youth of the congregation lit the Tennebrae candle at Good Friday services at First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown 68 years ago. From left, Virginia Sommer, Bob Manchester, Anita Thornton, David Miller, Ted Turner, Carol Morsch, and Betty Dickson. 

April 18

2000: A consulting firm tells Warren city officials that PCBs were discovered at the Morningside Redevelopment Project and recommends that steps be taken to prevent pollutants from spreading. 

Dr. David Brobeck, 46, of Kent, is hired as superintendent of Salem schools at a salary of $74,000 a year. 

A plan to sell the dormant 36-mile Youngstown and Southern Railway to the Columbiana County Port Authority is stalled by a disagreement over what property and rights are covered by the sale. 

 

1985: Robert M. Visokey, general manager of LTV Warren, tells the Warren Rotary Club that fundamental changes are happening that, along with a healthier national steel industry, suggests the local plant "will be viable for a long time to come."

During a rally downtown, Mayor Patrick J. Ungaro and City Engineer Richard Marsico unveil signs that will be erected at entrances to the city honoring the Rayen School basketball team for its state basketball championship. 

Ohio Alloy Steels Inc., a Youngstown steel warehousing company, is seeking to purchase the vacant Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. plant in Hempfield Township near Greenville, Pa. 

 

1975: The candidates for queen of the Youngstown State University ROTC Military Ball are Francine Worrellia, Michele Murphy, Delores Bosak, Joan Dascenzo and Karen McClendon.

Stephen J. Hrinak of Struthers, a musician, violin maker and string-instrument repairman, dies at 81. He built more than 40 violins, cellos and basses. He retired as a machinist in 1954 from Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., where he worked for 47 years. 

       

1950: A plaque dedicated to Private John Mackall of Wellsville, the first paratrooper killed in action in World War II is dedicated at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, which is named for the hero 

The state Department of Health orders Warren to begin immediate steps to treat the sewage it is dumping into the Mahoning River or face prosecution. The cost of a treatment plant is estimated at $4 million.