July 12, 1976: Youngstown detectives are searching for two women who may have information about the

July 12, 1976: Youngstown detectives are searching for two women who may have information about the death of Clarence E. Lewis, 54, owner of the Silver Slipper Lounge on McGuffey Road, who was found shot to death in the bedroom of his Utilis St. home.
The film, & quot;Women of the Western Reserve, & quot; which was produced by Dr. Leonore Hoffman, and English professor at Youngstown State, is nearing completion.
Scores of Ohioans, including many from the Youngstown area, throng John Glenn as he arrives at the New York Sheraton for the opening of the Democratic Convention. He will give one of two keynote addresses and is still in the running for the vice presidential spot on Jimmy Carter's ticket.
July 12, 1961: Michael J. McHale, 75, of 27 N. Garland Ave., one-time sports editor of The Youngstown Telegram, dies in St. Elizabeth Hospital after suffering a heart attack at home.
City engineer J. Phillip Richley says he will fight a Bureau of Public Roads recommendation that the arterial highway bridge in Youngstown be built without provision for possible development of a canal.
Advertisement: Grand opening of the beautiful new Golden Crust Baker in the Mahoning Sparkle Supermarket, 1916 Mahoning Ave., across from Calvary Cemetery. Owned and operated by Walter Kuchtyn.
July 12, 1951: President Truman is considering the appointment of Loy Henderson, formerly of Youngstown, asambassador to Iran, probably the hottest and most difficult diplomatic assignment the nation has.
An FBI & quot;wanted & quot; circular is posted in Youngstown and throughout the country for Gus Hall, former Youngstown resident and national secretary of the Communist Party, who is being sought to begin serving a five-year prison term for advocating the violent overthrow of the country.
A large beast resembling a mountain lion is reported seen in a rock pile at the Erskine Quarry about 1 1/2 miles east of Lowellville.
July 12, 1926: A 25-year-old Walnut St. man is held on charges that he criminally assaulted a 12-year-old Summit Ave. girl, then cut her throat. She is not expected to live. The man turned the razor on him self as police arrived, but only produced a scratch on his own throat.
Mrs. Joseph Liskey is shot in the left side of the breast while teaching at Sunday School class at the Hungarian Baptist Church of New Castle. The shot was fired by a six-year-old boy who lives in back of the church and found his father's gun and was playing with it.
Anthony Gentile, 13, of Grandview Ave., Youngstown, dies in St. Elizabeth Hospital of burns received when a firecracker exploded in his hand on the Fourth of July.
July 13, 1976: Jack Barton, 39, of Kirk road, is credited with saving the lives of two teen-age boys whose canoe capsized in a whirlpool just above a culvert in Kirk Road. Teddy Wood, 14, and his brother, Danny, 15, were being sucked into the culvert when Barton grabbed them.
Rep. Barbara Jordan of Texas, one of two keynote speakers at the Democratic convention in New York, brings the convention to its feet. The other keynote was delivered by Ohio Sen. John Glenn .
Youngstown City Council makes good on its promise to strip the budget of the Civil Service Commission because the commission has refused to reveal past civil service exams to city council. Council took $10,000 from the budget, and ordered the lay-off of the commission's three employees.
July 13, 1961: Youngstown has an extra member of the Civil Service Commission after tavern-owner Edward H. Sympson is sworn in to replace prominent Youngstown attorney Paul Fleming, who was & quot;fired & quot; by Mayor Frank R. Franko. Fleming is appealing his removal.
The chairmen of both major political parties urge Congress to retain the Electoral College, but disagree on other proposed changes in the method of electing presidents.
Jerry Mathers, star of TV's & quot;Leave it to Beaver, & quot; says the thing he misses most because of his television show is watching other television shows. He says his mother makes him go to bed at 8:30 p.m. because he has to get up early to go to work.
July 13, 1951: Dr. Charles Scofield, Struthers health commissioner for 29 years, is named county health commissioner to succeed Dr. S.G. Patton, who resigned due to poor health.
Under the lights at Shady Run, Bill Babik hurls a no-hit, no-run game as the Lansingville Sportsmen defeat the East Side Civics, 2-0, in the Class AA League.
First Lt. Michael V. Palatas of Struthers receives the Silver Star for courage under fire in Korea. Palatas received the Bronze Star in 1945 for meritorious achievement in the battle for Iwo Jima.
July 13, 1926: An addition increasing the number of beds at St. Elizabeth Hospital and providing a home for the nurses employed there will be built within the next year, according to Father Maurice F. Griffin.
Loot estimated at nearly $1,000 is taken from the home of R.L. Henderson, 2429 Elm St. Mrs. Henderson surprised the burglar at work but got no description of him before he fled.
Leonard T. Skeggs, former president of the Youngstown Rotary Club is appointed chairman of the classification committee of Rotary International.