21 WFMJ archives / November 22, 1986 | Tom Jones, a Boardman Township Park employee, got into the Christmas spirit 39 years ago, stringing lights on the roof of the park gazebo, with the steeple of St. James Church in the background.

November 21

2000: Shoppers at the Eastwood Mall interviewed by Vindicator politics writer David Skolnick say they're getting sick and tired of the ongoing battle over the Florida vote count that will decide the presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore. 

The Boardman Board of Education names Don P. Dailey as superintendent, succeeding Larry P. Sexton, who is retiring. 

A study of gun violence by the St. Elizabeth Health Center from 1994 through 1998 shows 314 suicides in Trumbull and Mahoning counties, with 160 by firearms.  Men were seven times more likely to commit suicide than women. There were 339 homicides during the same period, 297 by firearms. 

 

1985: Stanley Crom pleads guilty to murder and aggravated robbery and is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the robbery and murder of Delores Forgac, former head coach of the South High girls track and basketball teams. 

Over the objections of many residents, Canfield City Council approves the rezoning of eight lots on Talsman Drive from multi-family to Office Design. 

After meeting with Victor Posner, chairman of the board, United Steelworkers Union officials say they won a delay in layoffs and cutbacks at Sharon Steel Corp. 

   

1975: Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, undaunted by an incident in Miami when a young man approaches him holding a toy gun, goes on to campaign in New Hampshire, where he fields questions and then signs autographs for 30 minutes. 

Richard E. Mills, owner of City Centre One and president of Fullerton Transfer and Storage Co., files a $2 million suit against the Teamsters who have been picketing his Midlothian Boulevard company for six months. 

Bishop James W. Malone names the Rev. Longinus Jan Zima interim director of the Youngstown State University Newman Center. 

 

1950: Two bandits escape with about $5,000 of Schwebel Baking Co. money after subduing and injuring two company executives, David and Irving Schwebel, in front of the bakery. 

A large number of downtown stores will be open for five evenings of Christmas shopping between Dec. 18 and 22. 

Snow blankets the ground in the Youngstown area for the first time this season as the mercury drops to 27 degrees.