21 WFMJ archives / May 10,  1953 | Youngstown Police Chief Edward J. Allen and Vice Squad Sgt. Clayton Geise, right, tested the Youngstown Police Department's new lie detector, a Keeler Polygraph, on an unidentified subject 72 years ago. Geise took a six-week course using the $1,145 machine, which measured blood pressure, breathing, and skin condition.

May 12 

2000: The Ohio Elections Commission ruled that a committee backing a proposed increase in Warren's income tax violated state campaign finance law by raising $387 through raffles. The law prohibits the use of gambling money in a campaign. 

A five-year-old Sharon boy, Torrence Shearer, is honored by Mercer County commissioners for his quick action in calling 911 when his mother slipped down the stairs while carrying groceries and was knocked unconscious. 

Joseph and Amy Donatella are refurbishing the Columbiana Cinema, which was built in 1951. They hope its classic marquee and ambiance, coupled with low prices, will lure patrons from newer multiplexes. 

1985: Grove City College's decision to reject any form of federal aid to its students has not affected enrollment, the college says, with 1,700 applications already received for 550 openings in the freshman class. 

Avtek Corp., which wants to build a revolutionary business jet, is looking at the unused Commuter Aircraft Corp. facility in Vienna Township. 

The Butler Institute of American Art, which has nearly 10,000  works in storage, is auctioning 200, primarily duplicates of artists well represented in its collection. 

1975: Two bandits walk into the A&P market at 3730 Market Street, surprise and disarm a security guard, and escape with $2,300 from the store safe. 

Kathy Gorman, 20, a senior at Ohio University, is injured in a 36-foot fall from a cliff while hiking in Hocking State Park. A male companion died. 

Champion Local School District is experiencing its first teachers' strike over the school board's refusal to negotiate how to spend a $174,000 state windfall. 

1950: Charles J. Carney, who won the Democratic nomination in a three-man race for state senator, files a campaign expense report showing he spent $120. 

Mrs. Lulu Anderson, an invalid, is carried to safety by her husband, Parker, when an oil stove explodes, destroying their four-room home at 3629 Edgar Ave. 

Youngstown district business and industry begins slowing down as the rail strike, in its third day, cripples delivery and transportation services.