Years Ago | December 14th
21 WFMJ archives / December 7, 1982 | Ed Sweitzer presented the Boar's Head at the ninth annual Boar's Head Christmas Dinner sponsored by boosters of the Warren Harding High Vocal Music Department 42 years ago.
December 14
1999: The Austintown Board of Education adopts a longer day for students at Austintown Fitch High School in the fall, with the school day beginning at 7:40 a.m. instead of 7:55 and ending at 2:28 p.m. instead of 2:25.
Plans to build a hiking and biking trail along the right-of-way of the Youngstown and Southern Railroad aren't dead but are hanging by a thread, says Boardman Park Superintendent Daniel Slagle.
Due to budget cutbacks, the giant tree that has been the centerpiece of Christmas decorations in the rotunda of the Mahoning County Courthouse will not be erected this year. A small artificial tree has been set up as a joke or protest.
1984: In separate votes on the same day, electrical workers at the Packard Electric Division of General Motors and auto workers at the General Motors fabricating plant in Lordstown approve new local contracts by significant margins.
Summer theater producer Frank Kenley is planning a second season of his Theater of the Stars at the Packard Music Hall in Warren.
Margaret Koval, a 1968 Austintown Fitch High School graduate, once served as a legal secretary for Atty. Eugene Fox has received her juris doctor degree from the University of Akron and is now practicing law with her former boss.
1974: Bishop Francis Kearns dedicates the First United Methodist Church of Niles.
A bandit shoots and seriously wounds Anthony Resek, 48, owner of a 76 service station at 1924 Belmont Avenue, after he refuses to hand over his cash.
1949: Youngstown Police Chief Edward Allen suspends the taxi permits of 30 independent cab drivers because they were found to have criminal records. He accuses Traffic Commissioner Clarence Coppersmith of negligence in issuing the permits.
The Mahoning Valley's stored water supply is at its lowest level in recent years and a genuine crisis could develop in as little as 90 days.
Charles B. Cushwa Jr., vice president of Commercial Shearing & Stamping, is named to head the 1950 Red Cross drive.