21 WFMJ archives  / January  21, 2000 | Ten bronze busts of people prominent near the turn of the 20th century when Niles native William McKinley was president were removed from outside the McKinley Memorial in Niles and were being cleaned and restored at the McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory in Oberlin 25 years ago.

January 24 

2000: Warren Municipal Court Judge Thomas Gysegem says arraigning prisoners by video conference could release up to two full-time city police officers to spend more time on street patrol.

Dr. Julian Madison, director of African American Studies at Youngstown State University, and Rabbi Frank Miller are the main speakers at Rodef Shalom on Elm Street for a seminar to dispel stereotypes about their cultures.

Most of the properties on Mahoning County's list of $36 million in tax delinquencies are virtually worthless, but the treasurer's office estimates that about $5 million is worth foreclosing on. The office will aggressively pursue foreclosure unless the taxes are paid. 

 

1985: General Motors says it wants its new Saturn vehicle to be competitive with Japanese products, and the first priority in selecting a site for the Saturn plant will be long-term low cost of operation.

Cyril Smolko, 69, a retired Youngstown police detective who served as chief under Mayor Frank Franko, is killed when his car skidded on Route 534 into the path of another vehicle.

Twenty-five Shenango Valley families are evacuated after gasoline spilled from a tank at the National Guard Armory on Frank Street. The nearby Vocational-Technical High School was closed.

 

1975: The body of David Evans, the 13-year-old Boardman boy missing for six days, is found in bushes in a parking lot at Boardman-Poland Road and Market Street.

Mayor Jack C. Hunter expects the extension of Federal Plaza west of Chestnut Street to be completed this year.

Bishop John H. Burt, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of America and former pastor of St. John Episcopal Church in Youngstown, tells the Mahoning Valley Association of Churches that churches must discuss their differences to understand each other. 

 

1950: Edward J. Deibel, believed to be Youngstown's oldest insurance agent, dies at his Alameda Avenue home at the age of 82. During his 55 years as an agent for the New York Life Insurance Company, he broke all records.

Youngstown City Council eliminates the traffic commissioner post and identification bureau chief but adds two new captain positions to the police department.

Mahlon Camp, an employee of the Albert H. Buehrel Co., narrowly escapes death by suffocation when he is dragged into a bin of fast-pouring grain. He was buried up to his neck before co-workers could get a rope around him and pull him to safety.