21 WFMJ archives / July 1986 | Jason Urso, 6, of Ashtabula, traced the name of a relative during a visit to the Moving Wall, a smaller-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Ashtabula campus of Kent State University 39 years ago. 

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2000: Municipal Judge Robert Milich interrupts his holiday weekend to sign paperwork allowing 10 prisoners to be held over the weekend until hearings are held Tuesday, in response to a suit filed by two lawyers claiming that the city's practice of holding people for more than 48 hours without showing probable cause is unconstitutional. 

Marine Cpl. Edward Johnston, who died in a terrorist bombing in Lebanon on Oct. 23, 1983, is honored on Memorial Day at the Peacekeepers Monument at Lake Hamilton in Poland. 

Nearly a year after the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation vacated an Austintown Township building on Westchester Drive to move into the Voinovich Government Center in downtown Youngstown, the township is still looking for tenants. 

1985: Diners at 12 area hospital cafeterias and six restaurants find cards warning of the dangers of using too much salt in the place of salt shakers on the table as part of the American Heart Association's Salt Cut Down Day. 

The Cortland Planning, Zoning, and Building Commission imposes strict new regulations on drilling for gas in the city, over the objections of East Ohio Gas Co. and other potential drillers. 

Dr. Terry Buss, director of Youngstown State University's Center for Urban Studies, says that 600 interviews with Mahoning County residents reveal an attitude of "us vs. them" developing between residents of Youngstown and those of the suburbs, which will hinder revitalization efforts. 

1975: Part of the Youngstown Police Department's recent reorganization plan, designed to allow individual initiative, may be scrapped after conflicts arose over the chain of command. 

Common Pleas Judge Forrest J. Cavalier calls on men, women, and children to lead better Christian lives and support a government of laws, not men, during his Memorial Day address honoring deceased lawyers. 

1950: An ordinance providing for compulsory safety inspections of motor vehicles and setting fines of up to $25 for motorists who fail to comply is introduced by Youngstown's 2nd Ward Councilman John Palermo. 

City Engineer James Ryan estimates that building and landscaping a clubhouse at Henry Stambaugh Golf Course will cost $125,000.

The government of Israel acknowledges the right of the United Nations to control the holy shrines of three religions in Jerusalem, but opposes international rule for all of the city.