21 WFMJ archives / June 8 | Nine-year-old James Mason of Warren jumped through part of an obstacle course while competing in the Children’s Olympics held at Mollenkopf Stadium at Harding High 28 years ago.

June 9 

1998: Mill Creek Park commissioners are proceeding with plans for a bow hunt of deer that are devouring vegetation, leaving the floor of wooded areas brown and barren.  They say there are about 11 times more deer than are sustainable in parts of the park.  

Warren Mayor Hank Angelo says the city will do all that is possible to preserve the 100-year-old slate sidewalks along Mahoning Avenue's historic "Millionaires' Row."

Ralph Flugan of Lisbon has donated $1,500 to Tamiscaming, Quebec, to train scuba divers, a gesture of appreciation for the efforts the town made in recovering the body of Flugan's son, Tom, from a Canadian lake.

Bliss-Salem Inc., one of the city's largest employers with 240 workers, is laying off 42 employees in response to business conditions. 

1983: General Electric Corp. tells 500 employees that it will close its Hughes Street plant in Youngstown, which has made light bulbs since 1912, by 1985. Only about half of the workers are expected to find jobs in other GE facilities.

McDonald Steel Corp. will start a second mill, the 8-inch bar mill, indicating a rebound in the Mahoning Valley economy. 

Chantail Greggs, the Vindicator's spelling bee champ, is tripped up in the fourth round of the Scripps Howard national bee in Washington on the word "cauterize."

1973: Standard Oil Co., supplier of gasoline to the city of Youngstown, tells the board of control that because of shortages, it cannot guarantee a price beyond 30 days or an unlimited supply. 

Dr. Richard C. Belasan, minister of Pilgrim Collegiate United Church of Christ on Wick Avenue, marks the 25th anniversary of his ordination. 

The barking of their three dogs wakes up Patricia Thompson and her teenage son, Robert, allowing them to escape their burning Boardman home. 

1948: A schedule to inoculate all dogs in Youngstown against rabies is being devised on a ward-by-ward basis in an effort to ride the county of stray and rabid dogs. 

Campbell police arrest three men less than an hour after a robbery at the Easton Jewelry Co. in Farrell, Pa., where they took $4,000 in cash and jewelry.  Police recognized the getaway car from a description broadcast by Farrell police. 

Mayor Charles P. Henderson announces that the Freedom Train, which carries priceless U.S. historical documents, will arrive in Youngstown on Sept. 11.