August 18, 1975: There is a tense peace in Sebring after two days of violence results in nearly 50

August 18, 1975: There is a tense peace in Sebring after two days of violence results in nearly 50 arrests. A second night of tavern disturbances follows a decision by village officials to rescind an order that had closed all bars in Sebring for the weekend.
Patrick Mango joins the Salem Police Department as a member of Lt. Ray Esterly's rotating team. He succeeds patrolman Ray Johnson, who resigned in May.
Although the calendar declares that it is still summer, the Youngstown area's purple martins have left their homes and begun their migration to South America.
August 18, 1960: The Kelley & amp; Meyer Co. of Youngstown and Gennaro Pavers of Hillsville, Pa., will share Youngstown's $140,000 street resurfacing project, ending a controversy that began when Gennaro was given the contract even though the other company's bid was lower.
North Side Hospital's recently opened emergency facilities are tested in a Civil Defense mock disaster drill.
A 12-year-old Brownlee Woods boy, James David Karabin, becomes one of the nation's youngest Eagle Scouts in a court of honor at the General Fireproofing Co. picnic grounds. Also receiving his Eagle award is Robert Miller.
August 18, 1950: Approximately 125 inactive Marine Corps reservists in Youngstown are expected to be called to active duty in a move to bring the Corps up to its authorized strength.
A serious tie-up in Youngstown district steel production and passenger transportation looms as 2,000 employees of the P & amp;LE railroad announce plans for a five-day strike.
Joe DiCarlo and Joseph J. & quot;Fats & quot; Aiello are named in a report by the Kefauver Commission and Youngstown racketeers who spend their winters in Miami in the company of questionable acquaintances.
August 18, 1925: The Youngstown Board of Education approves pay increases for 229 teachers now at the maximum and 14 principals at the top of the scale. Top teacher salaries will increase by $50 to $1,800 a year; principals by $100 to $2,600.
Responding to a letter from a 12-year-old child, Youngstown vice squad officers raid a store at 82 Albert St. The letter said, & quot;my papa goes to that place and drinks ginger and gets drunk and comes home and beats my mamma and us and sends us to bed without supper. Please see to it. & quot;
The Lillian Desmonde Players open their run at Idora Park Theater with & quot;Lightnin' & quot; before a packed house.August 19, 1975: A pay raise bill signed by President Ford assures federal judges of retirement at full pay with guaranteed cost-of- living increases.
Youngstown city officials go to Chicago in hopes of winning a $2.4 million economic development grant that would help finance Federal Plaza East.
Concern about drastic cuts in natural gas allotments has Salem School Superintendent Robert Pond considering the conversion of the boiler at Salem High School back to fuel oil.
August 19, 1960: The Soviet Union sentences American spy-plane pilot Gary Powers to a 10-year term, but specifies that only three will be spent in prison.
Despite more than $5 million in antismoke equipment, the open hearth shop of one of the most modern steel works in the nation continues to spew out smoke in Morrisville, Pa. U.S. Steel's Fairless Works produces about as much smoke as some of Youngstown's oldest open hearth shops.
Republic Steel Corp.'s Turscon Steel Division announces that it is dropping out of the business of producing and selling architectural steel windows, a long-time custom-made product for the company.
August 19, 1950: Mobilization of the armed forces prompts the Associated Services for the Armed Forces, successor to the USO, to add $4,213 to its original request of funds from the Youngstown Community Chest. The organization is seeking $12,266.
A series of spectacular electrical storms, accompanied by a & quot;million dollar rain & quot; weeps through the Youngstown district, perking up parched pastures, gardens, fields and lawns.
Atty. Theodore R. Cubbison is named by Mayor Charles Henderson to the newly created post of assistant to Youngstown's police prosecutor, Henry J. Fugett.
August 19, 1925: Police say a still found in operation in a vacant house at 46 E. Henry St. is the filthiest ever found in the city. The pipes were corroded and rags used as filters with black with dirt.
Seven juveniles are arrested by Youngstown police in one evening. Four are accused of annoying women, one was brought in by his father as an incorrigible, one was accused of burglary and the seventh was acting as a chauffeur for a bootlegger.
Harvey S. Firestone, president of Firestone Tire & amp; Rubber Co. of Akron, announces an agreement with the Liberian government for the leasing of a million acres of rubber plantation land in the African republic.August 20, 1975: Commercial artist Gene Cunins, operator of Kettlespring Kilns in Alliance, is enjoying a booming business producing commemorative plates for area Bicentennial celebrations. He produced 60 dozen platters for the city of Warren.
Burglars bypass an alarm system and cut open a safe to taken a coin collection valued at more than $50,000 from the Glenwood Ave. office of Dr. Alexander Calder.
James A. Duerk, director of the Ohio Department of Economic and Community Development, warns a group of 100 Youngstown area industrialists that industry in the state could face sharp production curtailments because of a shortage of natural gas.
August 20, 1960: The Rev. John A. Grabowski, pastor of St. Stanislaus Church since 1939, who was well known for his work with displaced persons, dies of a heart attack in St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Youngstown's Fresh Air Camp closes another annual session after providing 695 Youngstown boys and girls with memories of a wonderful summer.
The 147th annual Meeting of Friends opens in Damascus with delegates from 90 Friends Churches from seven states and Canada.
August 20, 1950: Alliance, founded from three Quaker settlements, Williamsport , Freedom and Liberty, is celebrating its centennial. Many of the city's menfolk are commemorating the date by growing whiskers and wearing old-time hats.
After 6-weeks of near round-the-clock toil, members of the Canfield Players have turned a century-old barn at Routes 62 and 46 into the district's first summer playhouse. It will seat an audience of 150.
The Youngstown Chamber of Commerce opens a drive to get a third air service carrier in the Youngstown Airport, one that would provide and Ohio-Florida route.
August 20, 1925: Ideal weather, excellent musical and athletic programs and increased interest in the movement are attributed with making the 30th annual reunion of the Welsh Pioneer Association of the Western Reserve a success. Between 15,000 and 20,000 persons attended the affair at Idora Park.
The Rev. John R. Kenny, pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, returns from summer travel abroad, which included two audiences with Pope Pius XI and visits with his relatives in Ireland.
O.L. Reid, Superintendent of Youngstown public schools, says enrollment is expected to be 30,000 when city children return to class Sept. 8.