21 WFMJ  Archives / December 18, 1993 | Santa needed a coffee break from giving carriage rides 30 years ago in Newton Falls, so he and Mrs. Claus pulled into the McDonald's drive-through lane,  where Vindicator photographer Bill Lewis captured the moment. At other times of the year, the driver of the buggy went by  Les Wood of Southington, and his helper was Vonda Page, owner of Covered Bridge Buggies. 

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1998:  A second lawsuit was filed in federal court by Campbell city police officers claiming that civil service tests were fixed by organized crime figures and a city official.

U.S. Rep. James S Traficant Jr., D-Poland, says he's still not sure that a perjury accusation against President Bill Clinton is grounds for impeachment because "an impeachable offense should be one that threatens liberty, not chastity."

Youngstown Christian School asks the Youngstown Park Commission for permission to place two portable classroom buildings on land in Bancroft Park. 

1983: Employees at Greenville Steel Car Co., where no one has worked since the bottom fell out of the railroad car business in 1982, approve concessions of $1.50 an hour in the hope that the company will be able to get more business now that the market is picking up.

Leroy Smith, an unemployed steelworker in Edinburg, Pa., whose unemployment benefits ran out two weeks ago, wins Pennsylvania's $1 million lottery. 

Herbert Thomas, former superintendent of Liberty and Champion schools, is named superintendent of the Trumbull County Board of Education, succeeding George Morar. 

A five-week strike at Leonard Kirtz School and two workshops ends when teachers ratify a three-year contract. 

1973 John W. Powers, former Youngstown Municipal Court judge and Youngstown law director, dies in North Side Hospital. He practiced law for 58 years. 

United Airlines announces it is cutting two flights at Youngstown Municipal Airport, one to Chicago and one from Chicago. There will be a reduction of 97 daily seats from the 572  available from United at the airport.

1948: Search parties fail to find Dr. Hyde H. Storey, a Warren osteopath, missing in the woods north of Bristol in Trumbull County. He failed to return from a hunting trip to his car parked near the Grand River. Another hunter, William Palmer of Warren, is also missing near Bristolville.  

Aides to President Harry Truman wanted him to ask Congress to permit the government to construct and operate steel mills to overcome the desperate shortage of steel.

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