21 WFMJ archives / Feb. 3, 1952 | Republic Steel's  Bessemer converter, one of the biggest in the Mahoning Valley  74 years ago, exuded heat on a cold winter day. 

February 9

2001: More than 200 angry people filled the Sharon High auditorium, with many of them demanding that the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission do more about rising natural gas costs. 

A Mahoning County deputy sheriff is placed on leave after threatening to "go Postal" at the child support enforcement agency following a letter claiming he was $1,500 in arrears.

Judge R. Scott Krichbaum sentences a 17-year-old Youngstown youth to 23 years in prison for a robbery at the South Side Civics club during which a woman was shot and wounded as she tried to flee.

 

1986: Liberty Township Trustees send letters to five safety forces employees warning them that they reside outside Liberty and will have 30 days to move into the township.   

After 13 years and $5.4 billion, the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.'s  Perry nuclear power plant is nearing completion.  The original cost estimate was $1.2 billion. 

 

1976: Former Youngstown State University football coach Rey Dempsey returns to town as a speaker at the Curbstone Coaches luncheon. Dempsey is the head coach of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 

U.S. Sen. Robert Taft Jr., opening his re-election campaign with a stop at Youngstown Municipal Airport, says he will continue to support programs that help people, but will fight programs that only fatten those who govern. 

Steubenville Police Chief George Mavromatis pledges a "continued crackdown on vice and gambling" during a meeting with the entire police force. Some supervisors have been transferred to the vice squad.

 

1951: President Truman names appellate Judge Charles McNamee as a federal judge of the northern district of Ohio,  which is seen as a victory for U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan. 

Joe DeCarlo, one-time horse bookie and racket boss in Youngstown, is reported to be a lieutenant to Pete Licavoli, reputed boss of the Detroit Purple Gang. 

Youngstown Mayor Charles P. Henderson says a proposed $5 million parking facility over the Erie Railroad downtown will require changes to better protect the Youngstown taxpayer.