21 WFMJ  archives / Jan. 18, 1985 | The Youngstown Diocese Catholic Committee on Scouting named David Adams, left, Scouter of the Year, and Tony Valley Jr. was awarded the Bronze Pelican Medal at its annual awards banquet 41 years ago. Presenting the awards were Mahoning Domestic Relations Judge John Leskovyansky and the Rev. David Merzweiler of St. Charles Church.

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2001: An agreement under which the city of Girard would have taken ownership of the 27-acre Ohio Leather Works property on U.S. Route 422 falls apart over the proposed timetable for redevelopment. 

A new lighting system is being installed in Stambaugh Auditorium with a $600,000 grant from the Ohio Arts and Sports  Facilities Commission. 

With hours left as president, Bill Clinton reached a deal with the special counsel's office that allowed him to avoid a post-presidency indictment for making misleading statements about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. As a condition of the agreement, prosecutor Robert Ray insisted that Clinton admit he had given false testimony under oath while he was still president. 

 

1986: Dr. Richard A. Memo, a urologist and the new president of the Mahoning County Medical Society, says rising insurance rates and other high costs of starting a medical practice may spell the end of solo practitioners as more young doctors join group practices. 

The aluminum facade has been removed from the former Strouss building on Courthouse Square in Warren, and the original brick has been restored on what is now the Atrium Building. 

Top college recruiters are looking at a number of Youngstown district high school prospects, not the least of them lineman Jeff Kuczek from Boardman, back Mark Pelini from Cardinal Mooney, and lineman Matt Keller from Austintown Fitch. 

 

1976: A Coast Guard helicopter rescues 10 ice fishermen from an ice floe in Lake Erie that started drifting away from shore near Port Clinton. 

School desegregation, claims of police brutality, and discriminatory practices in hirings and promotions are topics of discussion during a forum in Youngstown marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

U.S. Sen. John Tower of Texas wears a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey with Terry Bradshaw's number on it during an appearance before reporters with Sen. Hugh Scott, R-Pa. The appearance settled a Super Bowl bet between the senators. 

 

1951: Retail milk prices of major Youngstown distributors go up a penny, to l19 cents a quart, 20 cents for home delivery. 

Trumbull County Prosecutor John H. Anderson requests that telephone and race wire services to Warren's bookie joint be terminated. Anderson says the operation is run by the Farah gang.