21 WFMJ  archives / Jan. 17, 1996 | Thirty years ago, the Kent State University African Music Ensemble performed at Kilcawley Center at Youngstown State University as part of Diversity Week at YSU.

January 17

 

2001: Youngstown State University head football Coach Jim Tressel meets with Ohio State officials for a third time as OSU  looks for a new coach. 

A trial begins in the courtroom of Mahoning Common Pleas Judge Scott Krichbaum of a 24-year-old Youngstown man accused of killing LaShawnda Aziz, who was pregnant, and her 4-year-old son, DeShun Moreland, during a robbery. 

Local police officers defend "courtesy cards" that members of the Ohio Patrolman Benevolent Association give to fellow members, who then pass them along to friends, relatives, or people they view as good citizens. Some police officers say they consider the cards if a motorist shows them during a traffic stop. 

 

1986: The Rev. Charles V. Bergstrom, executive director of the office of government affairs for the Lutheran Council U.S.A.,  says President Reagan and the Moral Majority are breaking the line of separation between church and state, and the IRS is looking the other way. He spoke at the annual meeting of the Mahoning Valley Association of Churches at  Pleasant Grove United Presbyterian Church. 

Lawrence J. Heselov, a local businessman and civic leader, is elected president of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation. 

James M. Conti, president of Ambulatory Health Care Inc., opens the Austintown Ambulatory Emergency Room at 45 N. Niles-Canfield Road. It will be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.  

 

1976: Youngstown racketeer Joseph "Little Joey" Naples has been maintaining a low profile in area gambling circles, the head of Youngstown's vice squad tells a National Gambling Commission hearing in Cleveland. 

The Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers get ready to face off in the Super Bowl. At stake is the Super Bowl trophy and the difference between $7,500 for each player on the losing team and $15,000 for each winner. It's a handsome bonus for players, some of whom make at least $35,000 a season. 

 

1951: Gov. Frank Lausche, the first witness appearing before U.S. Sen Estes Kefauver's crime committee hearing in Cleveland, says that Trumbull County's notorious Jungle Inn has been reincarnated as a gambling joint in Niles.

Air Force enlistment officials announce that they are accepting no more recruits until further notice. Eighteen Youngstown recruits were sent home from Canton.