21 WFMJ archives  / November  23, 1970 | All 158 acres on Palmyra Road near Canfield appeared frozen, but that didn't stop groundbreaking for the Mahoning County Joint Vocational School 54 years ago. From left, Atty. Paul H. Smith, Dr. W.C. Smith, Ralph Neal, Harold F. Miller, Dr. Robert P. Shreve, and the Rev. Thomas J. McCarthy. 

November 23


1999: The Boardman Board of Education adopts a policy requiring parents to attempt to resolve disputes at the school building level before bringing a complaint to the superintendent or school board.

Eleven Youngstown City School District schools will receive more than a half million dollars in Ohio Reads grants.

The Columbiana prosecutor's office is reviewing evidence of the accidental shotgun shooting death of Matthew Lindsey, 14, in Elkrun Township. 


1984: Bennie Stanley, who was visiting from Boston, and  Youngstown Patrolman Millard Williams carry 90-year-old Sabatino Palotto from his burning home at 65 N. Forest Street on the city's East Side.

Niles Law Director James Misocky says the city will not appeal a federal court award of $5,500 to a convicted murderer who claimed he was beaten during questioning. Michael G. Parker's suit named Niles Chief John Ross and four other department members. Parker was subsequently convicted of murder in the death of Michael Donham. Misocky said the city would pay the award, which he described as "nominal."

The Reagan administration threatened a total ban on steel pipe imported to the U.S. from Europe, so the European Economic Community announced that it would cut such imports by 50 percent for the rest of the year. 


1974: Warren Harding High overwhelms Upper Arlington, 41-8, in the Rubber Bowl in Akron to win the state AAA football championship.

A group of citizens who oppose the passage of a 4.9 mill Boardman School District levy requests a recount. The issue passed by 39 votes, 6,799 to 6,760.

The United Nations General Assembly voted 89-8 with 37 abstentions in favor of Palestinian statehood. 


1949: Groups as divergent as the Communist Party and the League of Women Voters attend a three-hour public hearing by Youngstown City Council on a proposed smoke abatement ordinance similar to one adopted in Pittsburgh. 

Norman Baker, a former Youngstown Woodrow Wilson star, is wrapping up his football career as a quarterback at Allegheny College. He is one of the few players to letter for four years.