21 WFMJ archives  / January  19, 1985 | A lone firefighter sifted through the remains of Lake Milton Baptist Temple 40 years ago after an overnight fire swept through the structure on state Route 534  that served a congregation of nearly 1,000.

January 18


2000: Dr. David C. Sweet, a professor and dean of the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State and one of the finalists for president of Youngstown State University, says the university community's diversity in age, race, and ethnicity gives it an important role in the area's redevelopment.

Dr. William Binning, chairman of the political science department at Youngstown State University, says the loss of the corporate headquarters of Commercial Shearing, through its purchase by Parker Hannifin, makes it more difficult to find community leaders for civic causes. The loss of corporate leaders over the last three decades has forced political leaders and religious leaders to carry the burden of community improvement.

Michael DiLullo, a 1985 graduate of Hubbard High School, is the father of quintuplets—three boys and two girls—born in Dayton. One of the grandparents is Fred DiLullo, the retired principal of Reed Middle School in Hubbard.  


1985: As promised, Democratic House Speaker Vernal Riffe removed Poland state Rep. Joseph Vukovich as chairman of the House Civil and Commercial Law Committee. Vukovich had angered Riffe by voting against a pay raise bill for state and local officials.

U.S. Rep. Tom Ridge, R-Erie, Pa., returns from a 10-day trip to Japan and says a tentative agreement has been reached that will limit steel experts for five years.

Zambelli International Fireworks Manufacturing Co. of New Castle will set up 2,500 made-in-New Castle fireworks on the White House lawn and the Ellipse for President Ronald Reagan's second inauguration.  


1975: Warren school officials, piqued by criticism that city schools are top-heavy with administrators, release figures showing that of 21 school districts in Trumbull County, only Liberty spends a smaller proportion of its budget on administration.

Pennsylvania State Rep. Thomas J. Fee of New Castle is named chairman of the Legislature's new Committee on Youth and Aging.

Youngstown district Chrysler, Plymouth,, and Dodge dealers say Chrysler's rebates of $200 to $400 per car are attracting customers to their showrooms. 


1950: Dwindling coal supplies threaten many Youngstown district homeowners as temperatures drop and residents shiver through one of the coldest spells of the season.

Seven inmates of the Ohio Penitentiary are enjoying twice daily meals of steak and all the trimmings after donating 448 square inches of skin to save the life of burn victim Jimmy Wallace, 11, of Upper Sandusky.

Dr. William T. Breesmen of Youngstown gets the top score among 171 candidates taking the test to practice medicine in Ohio. Two other Youngstown men, Dr. R.F. Holmes and Dr. J.F. Turowski, also pass the test.