21 WFMJ  archives / Jan. 26, 1954 | U.S. Sen. John W. Bricker, R-Ohio, delivered to Vice President Richard Nixon a pile of petitions with about 200,000 signatures supporting passage of the Bricker Amendment to the Constitution. The amendment, which would have limited the president's treaty-making powers, was hotly debated within the Republican Party 72 years ago.

January 29

2001: The rapidity with which conditions deteriorated before LTV Corp. filed for bankruptcy came as a surprise to William Bricker, who took over as CEO in November. 

Construction is well underway on a $15 million plant in World Trade Park in Leetonia for General Extrusions Inc. of Boardman. 

The Lordstown Historical Society is working to move a 144-year-old schoolhouse about a mile from Salt Springs Road to Founders Park and convert it into a museum. 

 

1986: Watching the liftoff of the space shuttle Columbia, which had been seen as "the ultimate field trip" for thousands of students in the Mahoning Valley, turned into a different kind of learning experience as teachers grappled with explaining to students the deaths of seven astronauts, including the first teacher in space. 

The astronauts who died in the explosion of Columbia were: Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Gregory B. Jarvis, Judith Resnik, the second American woman to go into space, and Christa McAuliffe,  the first teacher in space.  

Ohio Senate President Paul Gillmor joins former Gov. James Rhodes and Sen. Paul Pfeiffer in a three-man race for the Republican Party's nomination and a chance to face off against Gov. Richard Celeste. 

 

1976: Eleven players break into the scoring column at Beeghly Center as the Youngstown State University Penguins rout Wilberforce, 108-72, giving coach Dom Rosselli his 495th win.

The 80 city employees who were fired by Mayor Jack C. Hunter for allegedly striking the city for two days will receive help from the Youngstown City Council,  which asked the Law Department to compile a report on the firings. 

Ohev Tzedek Temple on Glenwood Avenue is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special Sabbath service and a mortgage-burning ceremony. 

 

1951: Two small children and their 10-year-old babysitter die when fire envelops the Charles Daubenspeck home in Hartford, Trumbull County. The dead are Linda Sue Baldwin and Charles Daubenspeck Jr., 3,  and his sister, Deborah, 14 months. 

Ohio's chief liquor enforcement officer, A.A. Rutkowski, says Mahoning County Sheriff Paul Langley need not wait a month for the state to act before he carries out his threat to swing an ax or sledgehammer on gambling and liquor joints. He can start any time, Rutkowski says. "That's what he's there for."

A Bronze Star Medal awarded posthumously to Maj. Charles J. Geidner of Youngstown will be presented to his 3-year-old son, Charles, at the American Legion Post 15 hall.  The award recognizes Maj. Geidner's work moving troops and materiel in France and Germany in the spring of 1945.