Vindicator file photo / May 28, 1980 | U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who was challenging President Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination for president, drew a large crowd to the Idora Park Ballroom 40 years ago.  As Kennedy, far left in a gray suit, spoke, the stage behind him was filled with dozens of Mahoning Valley politicians and political workers. 
 
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1995: Youngstown city schools achievement test scores dip again this year, remaining well below the national average. Reading results were 43.7 percent, with 50 being the national average.

Three members of the Massucci family of Poland receive college degrees during spring ceremonies: Judith Massucci, a master's degree in education from Youngstown State University; her son, John,  a bachelor of science degree in engineering from Akron University, and  daughter, Lisa, a bachelor's degree in speech pathology from Kent State University. 

State Rep. Robert Hagan, D-Youngstown, says the General Assembly should rewrite tax abatement laws to tighten rules for monitoring the business practices of companies that receive abatements.
 
1980: Sue Yung, The Vindicator's 1980  grand champion speller, out spells all but 40 of the 112  contestants in the Scripps Howard  National Spelling Bee in Washington, falling in the sixth round on "cenotaph," a type of tomb.

Cadet Capt. Andrea Lee Hollen of Altoona, Pa., the great-granddaughter of Youngstown iron puddler, is the top woman scholastically in the 182 nd graduating class at West Point, ranked eighth in the class of 870. She is the 58 th West Pointer to be awarded a Rhodes scholarship and will study for two years in England. 

City Council is told that Youngstown could be paying almost $2 million in Workers Compensation premiums if city employees continue to file disability claims in excess of what the state considers normal. The premium in 1984 was $1.3 million.
 
1970: A 23-acre Children’s Park is dedicated next to Harrison School. The park was a long-time dream of the school's first principal, Helen Buzard Head, and was built with funds donated in her name when she died in 1966.

A 23-year-old Youngstown State University senior from Pittsburgh being held in Youngstown City Jail on drug charges hangs himself.

Among the stars slated to appear at the Kenley Players in Warren: Joel Grey, Ann Blyth, Andy Devine, Paul Lynde and Peter Marshall. Tickets are $1.75 and $3.25.
 
1945: An Associated Press photograph shows Cpl. Ralph Brown of Youngstown, who lost both legs and an arm at Metz, visiting the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. He is a patient at Walter Reed Hospital.

Dr. Kenneth I. Brown, president of Dennison University, will speak at the commencement of Youngstown College. Forty women and 10 men will receive degrees. 

A front-page editorial condemns a wildcat strike by 2,000 workers at the Brier Hill plant of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. as not only a violation the union's contract, but a blow to the nation's war effort.