February 27, 1976: Three hundred production employees at the Austintown coil Division of General

February 27, 1976: Three hundred production employees at the Austintown coil Division of General Electric go on strike, joining 600 others who walked out earlier at the GE lamp division in Youngstown.
Mahoning County taxpayers are appearing in a steady stream at the office of County auditor Stephen R. Olenick to protest higher valuations that resulted from the recent reappraisal.
The Postal Service is considering cutting mail delivery to as few as three days a week in an effort to cut costs. Eliminating only Saturday delivery would save $350 million a year, but the Postal Service is facing a year-end deficit of $1.5 billion.
February 27, 1961: Heavy automobile traffic using Mil Creek Park's drives as a shortcut between Youngstown's South and West sides is spoiling the public's enjoyment of the park as a scenic and recreational area, says the park's governing board.
Three teen-agers, members of a robbers' gang operating in Northeastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, admit 11 burglaries in Mahoning County since the first of the year. Seven other youths face charges in a number of other burglaries.
The Youngstown Area Heart Association collects $41,494 on Heart Sunday, an increase of $2,000 over 1960, despite adverse economic times.
February 27, 1951:The steel industry in the Mahoning Valley must have the lake-to-river conveyor belt line or some other form of cheap transportation because the railroads are not doing a good job, says W.E. Fowler, general traffic manager for the Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.
Nevada becomes the 36th state to ratify the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which will limit future presidents of the United States to two terms in office.
Club 18, the bookie joint that was long a thorn in the side of Austintown residents, has been shut down by Mahoning County Prosecutor William A. Ambrose, who says it's going to stay closed.
February 27, 1926: Constables of Justice Riss' court arrest a confectioner known as Young Nick at his S. Champion St. shop, alleging that bets on horse racing have been taken at his establishment.
The purchase of 40 feet of W. Federal St. property from C.W. and Markham Miller by J. Fernley Bonnell establishes a price of approximately $6,000 per front foot in the block between the Hippodrome Arcade and Chestnut St. Bonnell paid $250,000 for the parcel.
Paving tests on the first two of 15 Youngstown city streets to be tested shows wide variation in the thickness of the pavement, ranging from 4 3/8 inches in one spot to 8 inches in another. City specifications call for 7 inches, with a variation of a half inch.


February 28, 1976
Robert and Diane McMasters of Lake Milton win a contest to name an overdue reminder mascot for the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County. Their suggestion: & quot;The Lone Remindeer. & quot;
Louise Dellone, who teaches English and Russian, at Boardman High School has a collection of thimbles that numbers 1,320 and includes everything from a golden thimble to one made of walrus hide.
The Pentagon releases an artist's conception of the first Trident-missile firing submarine which will be built by General Dynamics in Groton, Conn., and will be christened the Ohio.
February 28, 1961
Mahoning County Commissioners refuse to pay the $6,720 bill for 28 deputy sheriff uniforms that have already been ordered by Sheriff Ray T. Davis. Commissioner John Palermo notes that township police hold shows and benefits to raise money for equipment.
A suggestion that Youngstown turn over $350,000 to the relief office rather than spend it in a community works program is not meeting with much favor among city officials.
Sandee Mikell, 18, of Warren is elected Miss Sportsman for the six-day All-Sports and Boat Show opening at Idora Park. She is a model and salesgirl at the Strouss-Hirshberg Co. in Warren.
February 28, 1951: Mahoning County Prosecutor William A. Ambrose squares off for a showdown with Morris Engel, operator of Club 18, a gambling joint in Austintown, after it remains open in defiance of Ambrose order that it be shutdown.
The Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Council, which built a playground for their children in the Scienceville district , are now planning a civil defense program for the neighborhood.
The U.S. Senate Kefauver crime committee charges that Arthur B. McBride, taxicab operator and owner of the Cleveland Browns, is making a & quot;gift & quot; of $4,000 a week to the Capone-controlled Chicago mob.
February 28, 1926: Youngstown police officers wound Steve Griffin, 26, in a gun battle after Griffin fired several shots at his landlady for locking him out. He is expected to recover. The shooting comes three days after a Youngstown patrolman fatally wounded James Meadows, 30, who threatened police with a handgun.
Youngstown policemen and hangers-on about police headquarters look on a scene which made even the most hardened man sick when tow boys, each 14, were brought in so stupefied with liquor that they were unable to retain their feet. They were arrest in a stolen car.
The presidents of the universities of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma are trying to decide what to do with their latest acquisition, the Kansas City Star. The newspaper is part of a $30 million inheritance left to the universities by Mrs. Laura Kirkwood of Baltimore.