21 WFMJ archives  / March  29, 1959 | Every pew was filled 66 years ago for the first Easter Sunday Mass celebrated in the Youngstown Diocese's new St. Columba Cathedral.

March 30 

2000: Two major downtown Youngstown projects compete among dozens statewide for funding in the state capital improvements bill. The business incubator is seeking $3 million, while the arena project is seeking $5 million.

The Raymond John Wean Foundation pledges $60,000 to keep three Warren parks open this summer, but the city is still seeking $19,000 for three smaller parks. 

The Youngstown Fire Department takes delivery of a $615,000 ladder truck, No. 22,  that Fire Chief John J. O'Neill Jr. says will be in service for 20 years. 

 

1985: After nearly three-quarters of a century in operation, the General Electric Youngstown Lamp Plant on Hughes Street is closed, resulting in a loss of more than 500 jobs.

After Judge Elwyn Jenkins objects to Atty. Gerald Ingram billing the county for $30,577 in fees and expenses for the defense of James Hall, who was charged with the murder of Douglas Skica, Judge Charles Bannon reluctantly trims the payment to $24,784. Ingram's co-counsel, R. Scott Krichbaum, hasn't yet submitted a bill. 

Tommy Tune is starring in Gershwin's "My One and Only" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Tune has played at the Kenley Player in Warren. 

 

1975: Four thousand high school musicians fill Reed Middle School and Hubbard High School for the solo and ensemble competition sponsored by the Ohio State Music Educators Association. 

Forrest Beckett, a Youngstown aviation executive, says a shortage of investment capital, coupled with obstacles thrown up by environmentalists, may prove to be major barriers to the White House's drive to make the United States energy self-sufficient. 

Vernon E. Jordan, executive director of the National Urban League, will be the guest speaker when the Warren Urban League meets on April 18 at the Packard Music Hall. 

 

1950: Six adults have been linked to a gang of youths involved in the theft of automobile accessories and car lootings on the North Side of Youngstown and in Girard over six months. 

Youngstown Battalion Chief Frank M. Lehnerd will succeed second assistant Fire Chief Howard Kay, who is retiring. Capt. Thomas A. Diskin is named battalion chief. 

Two 17-year-old Lowellville twins, Charles and John Gbur, enlist in the Navy to "learn a trade and do a little traveling."