21 WFMJ archives  / April  20, 1954 |  Complying with a court order that slot machines confiscated from the notorious Jungle Inn in Liberty Township 75 years ago be destroyed, Trumbull County Sheriff oversaw the operation. He was holding a money box to collect any coins dropped by the slots. 

April 21

2000: Youngstown State University officials are crunching the numbers to see if building a $9 million student recreation and wellness center is feasible. 

Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Andrew Polovischak goes from judge to convicted felon after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Cleveland to conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. He will be sentenced in June and could face a prison term of 24 to 30 months. 

After finding burn marks in and around the Idora Ballroom, the city is considering legal action against the owner, Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church. 

 

1985: North Star Steel Co. is expected to take ownership within days of the Hunt Steel Co. plant on 17 acres in the Brier Hill area.

William B. Pollock II is the honorary chairman of a $250,000 fund-raising drive for a new Youngstown clinic for Planned Parenthood of the Mahoning Valley. 

Michael Bada, a seventh grader at St. Brendan School in Youngstown, wins the grand championship at the 52 nd Vindicator Spelling Bee. Runners-up were Jeffrey Fryfogle of Immaculate Heart of Mary School and Lynn Smith of Springfield Intermediate. 

 

1975: An arson fire causes $25,000 in damage to Humble's Restaurant at 2935 Market St., where the owner and his son had just completed a paint job. 

Mrs. J. Wayne Sheridan is re-elected president of the Friends of American Art, which in 1974 contributed $24,000 to the Butler Institute of American Art. 

 

1950: Huley Forest, 32, is killed by a hit-skip driver as he walks along Jacobs Road. Witnesses said the car was speeding and its lights were not on. 

Youngstown steel mills are operating at the highest level in history, with outputs equal to or exceeding the peaks of World War II. 

News of a recent holdup at the Campbell Florist Shop, which had been kept from the press, breaks out at a city hall meeting when Councilman John Ziak and Police Chief Paul Putko clash over the incident.