21 WFMJ archives  / January  4, 1989 | Slushy roads slowed incoming rush hour traffic on the Market Street Bridge after three inches of snow fell overnight 36 years ago. There were reports of many fender benders but few injuries. 

January 4


2000: Two Columbiana County men are being held in an Arizona jail after being detained at the border while trying to enter Mexico in a car belonging to Lori Moffett of Lisbon. Her body was found three days earlier at her home on Maplewood Drive.

Tippecanoe Country Club tells the 7th District Court of Appeals that it is a private club not subject to the Ohio Civil Rights Commission. It argues that the commission should not act on a complaint by five women who allege they received fewer membership benefits than men.

Mary K. Boyle, 23, of Austintown, a student at Youngstown State University, and Koula J. Glaros, 22, of Howland, a student at Kent State University, are nominated as delegates to the 2000 Democratic National Convention; Miss Glaros as a delegate for Bill Bradley and Miss Boyle for Al Gore. 


1985: LTV Steel Co. announces that the Poland Avenue pipe plant will remain open, but the Aliquippa, Pa., Works will close, resulting in the loss of 500 jobs.

The Ohio Department of Health is expected to decide within a month whether Hillside Hospital in Howland will be allowed to convert 30 rehabilitation beds to nursing care.

With his 12-year-old daughter Elizabeth at his side, U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. takes the oath of office as administered by House Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, D, Mass.


1975: Ohio's Newly elected senator, John Glenn, takes office, giving him a slight advantage in seniority over incoming senators who have not yet taken the oath. 

Youngstown police and firemen approved a one-year contract with a 6 percent wage increase, bringing the starting salary for a patrolman to $8,800.

Three Youngstown area congregations have new pastors: the Rev. Richard Wallarab of First Federal Interdenominational in North Jackson, the Rev. Louis Lakatos of Poland Center Community Church, and the Rev. Ross E. Johnson of Mill Creek Baptist Church. 


1950: Police Chief Edward Allen orders traffic patrolmen to perform diligent police work aimed at the successful prosecution of drivers involved in fatal accidents. 

Olympic figure skating champion Dick Button wins the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the outstanding amateur athlete of 1949.

Thomas H. Madden Jr. of Niles is elected president of the Trumbull County Bar Association.