21 WFMJ  archives / Jan. 23, 1978 | Traffic was moving through downtown Warren 48 years ago, but the remnants from one of the snowfalls of the blizzard of 1978 clearly remained.

January 23

2001: David Ditzler, who succeeded Michael Morley as chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party, suggests that the party should return to a practice abandoned in 1994 of endorsing candidates in primary elections.   

Hospice of the Valley and Humility of Mary Health Partners Hospice are merging, a move officials say will provide better service in Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties. 

President George W. Bush proposes additional funding for three years for failing schools, after which parents of children in failing schools will be given vouchers to send their children to private schools. 

 

1986: The Greater Youngstown and Trumbull County chapters of the National Organization for Women mark the 13 th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that made abortion legal with a dinner meeting at the Moonraker in Boardman. 

The Lordstown school district announces five monthly planetarium shows at Lordstown High School. 

Canfield City Council votes not to pay its 1986 dues to the Eastgate Development and Transportation Agency, claiming EDATA provides little in return for the $1,660 in dues.

 

1976: A $3 million, 15-story high-rise apartment building to house the elderly will be built on the site of the former Tod Hotel, next to the Realty Building in downtown Youngstown.

Gov. James Rhodes meets in Columbus with 75 Trumbull County residents protesting skyrocketing tax bills following a reappraisal. 

Greater Youngstown is in the midst of a road salt shortage so critical that the city has agreed to buy 3,000 tons from a New Kensington, Pa., supplier at $19 a ton, a 50 percent increase.   

 

1951: The Ohio Bell Telephone Co. is asking for its second rate boost in two years. The company says it needs an increase of 5  to 10 percent to meet increased operating costs. 

A crackdown on all gambling in Niles is ordered by Mayor Edward P. Lenney, a day after three hoodlums conducted their own raid on a joint and smashed seven pinball machines and three slot machines. 

Roy Campenella, Brooklyn's dependable first-string catcher, signs a contract for the 1951 season that will pay him $18,000.