21 WFMJ archives / July 18,  1986 | Linda Capalucci of Youngstown and Armand Mastropietro of Poland took a lunch break on Youngstown's Federal Plaza 39 years ago as the fourth annual Cityfest got underway. 

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2000: The site of a 400-unit apartment complex for students at Youngstown State University is up in the air again, with preferred sites now on Wick Oval or behind Bliss Hall. 

George Welker, 31, a Vindicator sports writer who has battled cystic fibrosis his entire life, undergoes a living-lung transplant at the University of Southern California, receiving parts of lungs donated by Steve Wellman of New Middletown and Patrick McGrath of Belford, N.J. 

Akron-Canton Regional Airport set a record of 78,000 passengers flying into or out of the airport in June, while fewer than 5,500 used the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. 

 

1985: Hundreds camp outside the National Record Mart in Liberty Plaza to buy tickets for a concert by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band coming to Cleveland Municipal Stadium Aug. 7.

Christa McAuliffe, a 36-year-old social studies teacher from New Hampshire, was chosen for a shuttle crew that would make her the first teacher in space. 

Trumbull Common Pleas Judge Mitchell Shaker denies a request for an injunction that was sought to stop construction of a senior citizen complex by Sts. Peter and Paul Byzantine Church on Warren's northeast side. 

 

1975: Since the passage of Youngstown's new zoning ordinance in 1969, more than 600 variances have been issued by the Zoning Board of Appeals, many of them with specific conditions that are not being monitored. 

Youngstown's new Federal Plaza is alive with activity each day as office workers take lunch breaks, watch mini-musical productions, or relax in the sun. 

Church Hill United Methodist Church "adopts" a Rhodesian medical student who did his undergraduate work at Mount Union College in Alliance and is beginning his third year at Meharry Medical School in Nashville. 

 

1950: King Leopold, who had been in exile in Switzerland since World War II, is voted back to the Belgian throne by Parliament. 

The hydraulic department at Commercial Shearing and Stamping Co. remains closed as 125 employees strike over incentive pay. 

Youngstown's Marine Reserve Unit, the 10th Engineering Co., is put on alert to be ready for active duty with 10 days' notice. The unit of 150 men is the first local group to be placed on alert since the outbreak of fighting in Korea.