21 WFMJ archives / June 18,  1996 | Austintown fireman Bob Purnell used a pike pole to close a leaking valve on a tank truck filled with water during a training exercise 29 years ago at the Lyden Hauling Co. on Leharps Road in Austintown. Amoco Oil Co. and Lyden sponsored the event for several local fire departments. 

June 17

2000: Businessman Jeffrey Moffie drops out of a lease-to-buy agreement for two downtown Youngstown buildings, Cambridge Plaza and the Realty Building.

White Hat Management of Akron says it will open a state-funded charter school at the intersection of Franklin Street and Elm Road in Warren, in a building that formerly housed a Pat Catan craft store.

The U.S. Civil Rights Commission finds that New York City police widely used improper racial profiling to stop and question blacks and Hispanics, which can escalate into violence, such as the shooting of Amadou Dialo.

1985: Gov. Richard F. Celeste meets with Mahoning and Trumbull county elected officials at the Youngstown Municipal Airport to discuss rising local costs of welfare and the status of the state's local government fund.

Ohio Bell completes its $4.3 million electronic switching system for extensions 726 and 758 in Boardman, replacing equipment that has been in use since 1953.

C. Edward Salt, a longtime reporter and editor of The Vindicator who received bullet wounds to both legs while covering the Little Steel Strike of 1937, dies at 83. After leaving newspaper work, he edited The Bulletin, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.'s in-house publication.

1975: The Court of Jurisdiction for the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District approves a 42 percent increase in the cost of wholesale water charged to member cities Youngstown and Niles.

Seven Catholic bishops, including Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, will meet with President Gerald Ford to discuss their concerns with world hunger, resettlement of Vietnamese refugees, and federal regulations on abortion.

1950: The Youngstown Council of Churches appeals for goodwill and understanding in the use by all of Youngstown's swimming pools this summer.

Warren's Board of Control awards a contract of $263,000 to the DeLuca Construction Co. for the Hoyt Run storm sewer.

Samples of Lake Erie water from nine of the 13 beaches in Lake County reveal bacteria counts as high as they were in 1949. The most polluted beach at Willowick had a count of 33,000; anything over 100 is considered unsafe for swimming.