21 WFMJ archives  / May  5, 1950 | Ed Davis, owner of Steel City Chevrolet, presented a new Chevrolet to the Safety Council of Greater Youngstown 75 years ago. Accepting the car were Herman J. Spoerer, vice president of the council, and Charles W. Kirkpatrick, executive secretary. The car was equipped with a two-way radio for responding to accidents and a loudspeaker to alert pedestrians if they were jaywalking. 

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2000: Lordstown police have impounded a black pick-up truck owned by a Canfield man that is believed to be the vehicle that struck and killed Tina Keeley, 33, and her 10-year-old daughter, Christa, as they rode their bicycles near their Lyntz Road home. 

Russia's Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of a nation rich in resources, unrivaled in size, but struggling to find its way as an open, modern, and democratic state. 

The cavernous manufacturing and office complex on Hendricks Road in Austintown, once occupied by Danieli Wean, is being converted to use by four companies: RADCO Inc., Upon This Rock Construction, Dominion Steel Erectors, and  New Dominion Construction. 

 

1985: Incumbent Patrick Ungaro wins the Democratic nomination for mayor of Youngstown with 20,358 votes to Councilman Herman Starks' 10,494.

The Western Reserve Transit Authority wins renewal of a 2-mill levy in Youngstown, but loses in Warren. 

Ten area students are among the 2,450 nationwide to receive National Merit Scholarships. They are Robert Spiker, Timothy Herron, Scott Shinault, John Mancini, Linda Broadbelt, James O'Leary, Gregory Mantell, James Rhodes, Angela Cmehil, and Scott Hanna. 

 

1975: Highway Tabernacle Church, Assemblies of God, says it will open a full-time school in the former Bancroft School, occupying 12 classrooms. 

The city of Youngstown files a lawsuit against Ohio Edison Co. seeking a refund for 50,000  customers for a claimed billing at a higher rate. 

The Boardman High School Bugle and the Ursuline High Irish Times won most awards at the Tri-County Journalism awards dinner. 

 

1950: The Seventh District Court of Appeals orders the Mahoning County Board of Education to reverse its firing of Superintendent Edward A. Saltsman or appear in court to explain the firing. 

Common Pleas Judge John W. Ford, speaking at a banquet commemorating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the National Slovak Society and Youngstown Chapter 8, hails the contributions of Slovaks to America.