21 WFMJ archives  / May  1, 1980 | Sadie Hoagland, director of the Federal Plaza, accepted a flag from Ken Nagel, Loyalty Day chairman, 45 years ago during Loyalty Day observances on the plaza. 

May 2 

In 2000, Forum Health's Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital in Howland launched a program that combines recreational sports with physical therapy. 

John Mohan, a longtime member of the bargaining committee, is named shop chairman of United Auto Workers Local 1112 at the GM Lordstown plant. 

A meeting between Mahoning County Sheriff Randall Wellington and Common Pleas judges fails to resolve a dispute over the sheriff's failure to provide 21 deputies for court security as ordered by judges in October. 

 

1985: The president of the Youngstown Fraternal Order of Police and the Citizens' League of Youngstown call on City Council to ban electronic poker machines in the city. 

Copperweld Corp. reports that "continued substantial losses" in the Copperweld steel bar group in Warren more than offset its profits in its tubing and bimetal groups during the first quarter. 

Thomas J. Travers, chairman of the Community Corp.'s long-range planning committee, says the Youngstown Area United Way must prepare for a future in which it will face great fund-raising challenges and heavy demands on its social service agencies. 

 

1975: Room rates at Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital are increased by $5, bringing the daily rate for a semi-private room to $78.

Some fire hydrants in Youngstown are being painted to resemble Revolutionary War patriots to mark the coming Bicentennial. 

Teachers in Hubbard return to class, ending a one-day walkout over salaries, contract length, and reopener clauses. Teachers will have a new base salary of $7,900.

 

1950: Mayor Charles P. Henderson orders police to crack down on taxi drivers who fail to use their meters in charging passengers.

A Senate commerce subcommittee in Washington is told that Western Union is providing racing information to 15 locations in Youngstown, all of which are presumably bookie joints. 

A proposed increase of monthly dues from $4.50 to $5.50 is rejected by a 3-to-1 vote by members of Teamsters Local 377 during a stormy meeting at the Eagles auditorium.