21 WFMJ archives  / January  25, 1944 | U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan, D-Youngstown, took a delegation of Washinton dignitaries on a tour of Republic Steel Corp.'s new electrolytic tinning line in Niles 81 years ago. From left, Congressman-at-large George Bender of Cleveland, Congressman Albert Carter of California, Kirwan, Congressman Maurice Sullivan of Nevada, Congressman Louis Rabaut of Michigan, and Gen. Thomas M. Robbins, assistant chief of the army engineers. Kirwan hosted the group for two days, with the highlight being the dedication of the Mosquito Creek Reservoir dam.

January 13

2000: Youngstown records its first homicide of the new year when seven bullets strike a car driven by Charles Card, 22, on the Himrod Avenue Expressway. A passenger in the car who was uninjured told police a white Neon pulled alongside Card and opened fire on him.

The U.S. Census Bureau projects that the nation's population will increase from 275 million to 571 million over the next hundred years, with the median age rising above 40 and with a larger proportion of minorities.

Opponents of a hazardous waste incinerator in East Liverpool have not forgotten Vice President Al Gore's seven-year-old unfulfilled pledge to block the incinerator, and they pledge to use it as Gore seeks the Democratic nomination for president. 

 

1985: State Rep. Michael Verich of Warren, who is working on a master's degree in public administration at Harvard University, and U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. meet on campus while Traficant was there for a seminar for freshmen members of Congress. Verich says Traficant joked about Verich challenging him for his 17th District seat, and there are some indications Traficant has reason to believe that. 

Alfred Dietzel, director of the Ohio Department of Development, says the state is ready to help the Mahoning Valley, but local leaders must agree on and present a blueprint for the area's economic development.

The Rev. Stephen and the Rev. Meta Cramer, a husband-and-wife ministerial team, are sharing duties at three Columbina County Presbyterian parishes: Leetonia, New Waterford, and Clarkson. 

 

1975: Edward J. DeBartolo's company has built and operated more shopping centers and malls than any other in the country. In 1975, six malls were under construction, including the 2-million-square-foot Randall Park Mall. 

William M. Goldman, assistant city engineer with the Youngstown Division of Public Works, is named deputy district director of Division 4, Ohio Department of Transportation.

Pittsburgh Steelers fans go wild as their team wins Super Bowl IX, beating the Minnesota Vikings 16-6. Franco Harris is named MVP. 

 

1950: Charles G. Nichols, president and general manager of the G.M. McKelvey Co., is elected president of the National Retail Dry Goods Association at its annual meeting in New York. 

A posse of 19 Youngstown and Hubbard policemen is scouring a woods between Youngstown and Hubbard looking for a barefoot fugitive who fled his shack on Asher Road when police arrived to question him about a burglary. Another detective accidentally wounded a Youngstown detective during the chase. 

Donna Ritter of Dunkirk, Ind., formerly of Youngstown, is chosen May Day Queen at Mount Union College.