21 WFMJ archives  / April  8, 1985 | Vindicator photographer Robert Yosay captured this shot of Youngstown Bishop James W. Malone delivering the Easter homily at the noon Mass at St. Columba Cathedral 40 years ago.

April 20

2000: House Speaker Dennis Hastert says he doesn't expect U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-17, to switch parties, even though Traficant has voted with Republicans nearly 60 percent of the time since 1994.

The Kelton Players from Columbus are in Salem to reenact the women's conference held there 150 years ago, in support of women's suffrage and the abolition of slavery. 

Columbiana County Common Pleas Judge blocks any further action by Salem to annex land in Salem Township on which a Wal-Mart store is to be built. 

 

1985: A complaint signed by 175 electors in New Middletown ask Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to remove Mayor Michael Klim from office. 

Youngstown Auxiliary Bishop Benedict Franzetta presents national awards to 32 Girl Scouts and 75 Boy Scouts at a special mass at St. Columba Cathedral. 

Zeta Tau Alpha wins the sorority division of Youngstown State University's Greek Sing, while Phi Kappa Tau wins the fraternity division. 

 

1975: Scientists at Youngstown State University and Youngstown Hospital Association develop a new method for the assay of insulin antibodies of blood by using radioisotopes. Dr. John VanNorman is an associate professor of chemistry; William D. Gennaro is head of Cybernetics at YHA.

The Rev. Msgr. Andrew Prokop, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church since its erection in 1954, marks the 40 th anniversary of his ordination. 

Dr. Samuel D. Goldberg, prominent local physician and member of the Youngstown Board of Health, will receive the national B'nai B'rith Guardian of the Menorah.

 

1950: Dr. Louis A. Deesz, 61, dean of the William Rayen School of Engineering at Youngstown College, dies in an army building at Gravely Point, Va., where he was to testify on the proposed Mahoning-Grand River floodway. 

The postal service has ordered a cut in home delivery from twice daily to once. That will mean cutting all substitute and auxiliary help at the Youngstown Post Office, but no cuts to the regular staff. 

Mayor Charles P. Henderson says business establishments and properties along Federal Street will be inspected over three weeks and owners of substandard buildings will be asked to make repairs.