21 WFMJ  archives / March 3, 1975 | March was "Minuteman Month" for the National Guard 51 years ago. and to mark it, these men assembled on Youngstown's Federal Plaza, from left, Joseph Alessi and Raymond Moore, both of the American Revolution Colonial Brigade; Capt. Walter Duzzny, public information officer of the Ohio National Guard's 437th Military Police Battalion; Sgt Ken Hoffman, 838th MP Company, and Sgt. Michael Kobitza, also of the 838th.

March 2

2001: Having one of General Motors'  bright young stars take over the Lordstown Assembly plant bodes well for the future, says Jim Graham, president of UAW Local 1112. "I'd rather have Maureen Midgley than a 65-year-old guy at the end of his career, says Graham. Midgley, 41, succeeds Herman Maass, 61, who is retiring. 

The Shenango Valley Animal Control Board approves trying lethal injection as a replacement for carbon monoxide, which has been used to euthanize dogs. The shelter's gas chamber will be kept operational for emergencies and special cases.

Sky Bank, which is based in Salineville, will close its New Waterford and Leetonia branches, two of the smallest of its 108 branches, including 11 in Columbiana County.

 

1986:The 10 th annual Health-O-Rama attracts 80 local agencies and thousands of visitors to the Southern Park Mall.

General Motors officials in Detroit and at the Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac complex in Lordstown are confident about the plant's future. 

Mayor Patrick Ungaro says the city is prepared to foreclose on seven downtown buildings for unpaid taxes and will also look at acquiring other parcels with delinquent taxes on routes leading into the city.

 

1976: Nicholas P. Bernard, who succeeded the late Jack Sulligan as chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party, submits his resignation for reasons of health. A battle for the chairmanship is likely in June.

After expressing some concerns, Austintown extends a cordial but cautious welcome to Ohio's plan to build an $8 million village for the mentally retarded on 37 acres of farmland south of County Line Road. 

Youngstown police arrest two men and find guns, ammunition, and $11 in cash in their automobile, which was stopped less than 20 minutes after two robbers slugged Abe Honigman, owner of the Arco United Market on Logan Avenue, when he failed to respond quickly enough to the demand for money. 

 

1951: Loyalty oaths are administered to 21 deputy law enforcement coordinators for civilian defense for Mahoning County by Deputy Sheriff Dan Opritza, the county coordinator. 

Youngstown Police Chief Edward J. Allen says Mercer County's racketeer ring has more people associated with it than the Sharon man shown on the Kefauver Senate investigating committee's charts.

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