January 5

 

1996: A pediatrician at Tod Children's Hospital asks physicians and parents to be alert for signs of Reye's syndrome in the wake of what is believed to be the first local case in about 15 years. 

 

Delphi Packard Electric systems in Warren is making all the wiring harnesses for General Motors new EV-1 electric vehicles. 

 

St. Joseph Health Center in Warren reaches an agreement to move all of its operations from the city's West Side to the former Warren General Hospital building on the East Side. 

 

Alfred Bright, Youngstown State University art professor, will give a slide presentation on African and black-American art at the Baha'i Center on Market Street. 

 

1981: The mercury plunged to a record -2 at the Youngstown Municipal Airport. The previous record for the day was 1 above in 1968.

 

Mrs. Jessie Halliday of 311 E. Judson Ave., Youngstown, one of Mahoning County's oldest residents at 107, dies at her home after a one week illness. 

Playing in bitter cold, the Cleveland Browns fall in a hard-fought AFC playoff game, 14-12, to the Oakland Raiders.  

 

1971: The Rev. Edward D. Novotny of Youngstown dies of a heart attack in Chile, South America, where he was serving as a missionary for the Society of Precious Blood. 

 

Ten dope addicts confined in Mahoning County Jail on narcotics charges go on a rampage, smashing furniture and fixtures in the fourth floor lock-up while demanding withdrawal medication.

 

James Melnick, 17-year-old Boardman High senior, wins the District 8 competition in the VFW's Voice of America contest in Akron. 

 

1946: The Greater Youngstown Growth Foundation has raised $150,000 toward a $250,000 goal. The money will be used to encourage new industry, better parking facilities, the lake-to-river canal and slum removal.   

 

The mercury climbed to 63 degrees in Youngstown at 2 p.m., breaking a record set in 1917.

 

Two North Side boys who admitted to pulling five false alarms in recent months are committed to Boys Industrial School at Lancaster.