21 WFMJ archives  / March  7, 1955 | Officers of the Girard Elks Lodge were installed 70 years ago at the Hotel Pick-Ohio in Youngstown. Front row, from left, Frank Anderson, Herbert J. Martin, Charles Brittain, John Baglier and George Griffith; second row, William Rounsley, Albert Stringer, E.J. Long and Charles Ague; third row, Al D'Orsi, Dan Hughes, Bob Clifford and William Enyeart. 

March 4 

2000: Mahoning Common Pleas Judge Maureen Cronin orders a 26-year-old Campbell man jailed for a probation violation after he was found to have brought a vial of urine to his drug testing appointment. The judge also ordered an investigation into the man's girlfriend after it was found that the urine sample came from her 7-year-old son.

Lt. Co. David Ford, a retired Air Force officer who was a POW with U.S. Sen John McCain in Vietnam, tells an audience at Youngstown State University that McCain endured torture rather than accept release before his POW compatriots.

Bob Jones University drops its ban against interracial dating by its students after the policy comes to light following a visit to its campus by presidential candidate George W. Bush. 

 

1985: U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. lashes out at President Reagan over lifting quotas on imported cars, saying the president's free-trade stance could prompt Mitsubishi Motors to stop looking for a U.S. site for an auto plant.

Middle Tennesse State, not Youngstown State University, will be going to the NCAA tournament as Ohio Valley Conference champions after a controversial game-ender that saw the Penguins' go-ahead basket disallowed after officials said a YSU player called a timeout with nine seconds remaining.

Canfield Bottling Co. of Chicago is stocking Mahoning Valley Sparkle markets with its wildly popular Chocolate Fudge Sundae soda. 

 

1975: General Motors says it will borrow money for the first time in 21 years to finance heavy investments in new factories and research during a slump in auto sales. It will offer $300 million in 30-year debentures.

Six Youngstown firemen are injured, one seriously, when vapors explode during a two-alarm fire at the Sting Tavern, 1734 Belmont Ave. Fireman William Walsh is in guarded condition in St. Elizabeth Hospital. 

 

1950: Eight Trumbull County schools are closed by icy roads, drifting snow, and dwindling coal supplies. 

Lawyers from Trumbull, Mahoning, and Ashtabula counties were joined by Chief Justice Carl Weygandt of the Ohio Supreme Court at a dinner to mark Lynn B. Griffith's joining the 7th District Court of Appeals.