21 WFMJ archives / May  11,  1985 | The Wilson High School majorettes led a parade of Aut Mori Grotto clowns and hundreds of young baseball players toward Gibson Field for the opening of the Inner City Leagues baseball season 40 years ago. 

May 17 

2000: Zoning officials in Boardman and Canfield tell Randy Walter, who is running as an independent against incumbent U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. in November, that he must remove or cover billboards in the townships because they violate a zoning rule prohibiting political advertising more than 30 days prior to an election. Walter says he believes the billboards are protected by the First Amendment.

Columbiana County Probate Judge Ashley Pike and the County Veterans Service Commission are threatening to sue county commissioners over what they say are funding shortfalls in the proposed budget. 

Responding to the TV show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," AARP and Modern Maturity magazine take a poll that shows that most Americans don't believe you have to be rich to be happy, but 65 percent would like to be a millionaire. Eighty-one percent also say being rich makes a person greedy, and 74 percent say having a lot of money makes a person insensitive to the troubles of others. 

 

1985: LTV Corp. announces a major restructuring, which may lead to the sale of its tubular division in Youngstown. 

United Airlines halts all service in and out of Youngstown Municipal Airport after the airline's pilots go on strike.

Youngstown is threatened with lawsuits after the Board of Control awards a contract for police-summoned towing north of the Mahoning River to Hummel Towing and south of the river to Passarelli Bros. 

 

1975:  Dr. Thomas M. Pokabla of Liberty Township is elected president of the Eastern Academy of Podiatry, succeeding Dr. David Dull. 

The Farrell Head Start program, which began the same year as the national program, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. 

 

1950: Stock car racing under NASCAR supervision is gaining popularity, with races at the Canfield Fairgrounds attracting Ohio drivers and racers from Michigan and Pennsylvania. 

U.S. Rep. Carroll D. Kearns, former superintendent of Farrell schools, is the easy Republican primary victor as he seeks his third term in Congress.