21 WFMJ archives / July 23,  1992 | Joe McCrae, director of Youngstown Parks and Recreation, gave a lift to Paul Peace, 4, during the track and field day at Youngstown State University 33 years ago. 

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2000: Dozens of nonviolent offenders could be released if the state agrees to Columbiana County Commissioner Dave Cranmer's proposal to close part of the Columbiana County Jail. 

An Air France Concorde carrying German tourists to New York City crashes outside Paris, killing 109 passengers and crew and four people on the ground. It is the first crash involving the supersonic airliner.  

Slippery Rock University proposes building a Community Service-Learning Center on 15 county-owned lots in New Castle, in an area where about 1,000 children would have access to it. 

 

1985: About 20,000 Teamsters Union members who haul cars nationwide, including 700 at Anchor Motor Freight in Lordstown, are on strike. 

Youngstown Mayor Patrick Ungaro and Finance Director Gary Kubic are exploring the possibility of the city entering the cable TV business, competing with Warner Amex Cable. 

Advertisement: Coming to the fabulous Idora Park Ballroom, B.B. King. Admission, $12 in advance, $14 at the door. 

 

1975: Youngstown city schools will receive a $1.8 million increase in state support in 1975-76 under a new school foundation formula passed by the Ohio House. 

Peter Tsipis, an agent of the U.S. Treasury's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,  places first in the regional police combat pistol championships in Canton. He is a Leetonia resident. 

Hills  Department Stores will open an Austintown store in 1976, the seventh of the chain's stores in the area. 

 

1950: Youngstown has no staff for air raids. Five years ago, the city had ample trained forces to respond to an air emergency, but Civilian Defense, as it was known during the war, had all but evaporated. 

The Mahoning County village of Petersburg, 15 miles south of Youngstown, is selected by the Ohio Highway Department to be the starting point for the state's 237-mile turnpike across northern Ohio. 

John Gillespie, Youngstown census supervisor, is attempting to locate at least 77 uncounted city residents. The city's population was listed at 167,643 in 1950, a decrease of 77 from 1940.