21 WFMJ  archives / Jan. 21, 1989 | Nick Zannetatis, 34, of Cortland, grimaces as he carves an eagle from a 300-pound block of ice at the ice sculpture festival outside Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown 37 years ago.

January 21

 

2001: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, the new chairman of the National Republican Governors' Association, says President George W. Bush will be flexible in helping states to solve their problems in their own ways. 

One area in which Republican candidates are making impressive inroads in Mahoning County politics is judicial seats, and some observers suggest this is because candidates for judgeships aren't identified by political party. 

Girard Intermediate School Principal Robert J. Foley is seeking photographs of Girard residents who served in World War I for use in a mural at the school, which is being funded with a $1,000 grant from the Ohio Arts Council.

 

1986: Mayor Patrick J. Ungaro, whose administration has been accused of ignoring minorities, says he favors legislation aimed at eliminating hiring and housing discrimination during a workshop at First Presbyterian Church honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Howland Township Trustees are meeting with Trumbull County commissioners to discuss a $3.9 million project that will provide water to 800 homes in the township that depend on wells. 

On the opening day of the trial of Danny Lee Hill for the murder of 12-year-old Raymond Fife, Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins tells the jury that Hill described the attack on Raymond to Warren police, providing details that had not been released to the public. 

  

1976: Fire damages two rooms on the fifth floor of the Hotel Ohio, filling the corridors with heat and smoke and sending seven lodgers to the hospital. More than 200 tenants, most of them assigned there by the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority, are evacuated. 

Two General American Transportation Corp. workers are killed instantly when they are crushed by a crane while installing electrical conduit at the GATX plant in Masury. Dead are John P. Kritz, 53, of Hubbard, and Ralph Herring, 47, of Youngstown. 

Capt. Micki King, physical education instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy and an Olympic gold medal diver, will speak at the dedication of the new Natatorium and Memorial Field at Westminster College. 

 

1951: As the diesel-electric locomotive takes over Youngstown district rails, about 150 steam locomotives are being cut up for scrap at  Luntz Iron and Steel  Co. in Warren. 

The Youngstown Sheet & Tube  Co. gives $225,000 to the $2 million expansion drive for St. Elizabeth Hospital. 

A 31-year temperature record is broken as the mercury climbs to 68 degrees in Youngstown.