21 WFMJ archives / September 24,  1990 | Harold Moore, left, and Bob Fenton received national recognition 35 years ago for their efforts in cleaning up the Lake Milton area.

September 25

2000: Mahoning County health officials are finding it difficult to plan flu-shot clinics because of a nationwide shipping delay of vaccine caused by production issues. 

Eight Vindicator writers win awards from the Associated Press of Ohio, with most of the awards tied to the conviction of former Mahoning County Sheriff Phil Chance and the indictment of the Attorney General. Edward Flask.

Rabbi Frank Muller, spiritual adviser to 450 families at Rodef Shalom, says his congregation has a long history of progressive activism, including the Civil Rights era of Martin Luther King Jr., and even going back to Rabbi I.E. Philo, who was active in the early labor movement in the Mahoning Valley.

 

1985: Gasoline prices are dropping in the Youngstown area, with regular selling as low as 95 cents a gallon and lead-free at $1.07.

Amateur radio buffs in the Youngstown area are helping people here get information about or contact relatives and loved ones in Mexico, where the death toll from an earthquake has reached 4,200.

Jetstream International Airlines is expected to bring scheduled commuter air service to the Youngstown Municipal Airport under its Piedmont Airlines wing.

 

1975: Mrs. Mildred Mosely, 60, wife of George B. Mosely, president of General Fireproofing Co., is shot and wounded by a stranger when she opens the door of her Jaguar Drive home. 

Officials of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. of Akron hold their first press conference in 14 years at the Tractor Tire Testing  Center near Columbiana, entertaining editors of farm magazines, newspapers, and broadcasters. 

Howard C. Bodine Jr. and W. Grey McKenrick, members of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Youngstown, are nominated in Boston to receive the 33rd Degree of Freemasonry. 

 

1950: The Red Brick Church, which has been a landmark west of Unity for 89 years and known officially as the Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church, will observe its 150th anniversary. 

Julius Landgraf, 49, of Center Street, dies in South Side Hospital of sulfur dioxide poisoning after accidentally inhaling poisonous fumes while tinkering with an old refrigerator. 

A fire sweeps through the Griswold Co. warehouse on Franklin Street in Warren, causing a loss of $250,000 to the building and the merchandise stored there.