100 years ago in 1924:

Warren was represented in the international air races in Dayton. Aviator Basil L. Rowe of New York, flew here on several occasions and was accompanied by his mechanic and Herbert Downs, of Warren. They took off from Howland Corners on a morning flight to Dayton. Rowe selected Warren as his starting place in this race because he had many friends here. Under the rules of the 200-mile race, the aviator carried two passengers, each weighing 140 pounds. Rowe intended to carry Floyd Pardee, a former flying partner, but Pardee was 15 pounds overweight. Downs, who flew with Rowe and Pardee three years before and had taken several pictures of the city from the air, was selected to make the trip. Rowe’s machine had been quartered on a farm near Howland Corners, locating there because Hall’s field measured only 199 miles from Dayton. The distance from Howland Corners to Dayton measured 203 miles.

50 years ago in 1974:

A supplier strike idled 2,400 workers. Due to a part shortage brought on by a strike at a supplier’s plant, the General Motors Assembly Division’s van assembly plant at Lordstown was forced to shut down. GMAD-Lordstown Coordinator of Public Relations John Grix said that van employees should not report to work until further notice unless individually notified by their supervisors. There were approximately 1,100 van assembly plant workers on the first shift and 1,300 on the second and third shifts. The strike was expected to force a shutdown for the week. In addition, for the second time, members of Carpenters Union Local 2993 at Arvin Industries failed to ratify the new work pact offered by the company. The strikers rejected a previous offer and a second tentative agreement after the bargaining agents had agreed on the proposal. Arvin had been striking for about a week and 14,000 members of United Auto Workers Union Local 662 at GM’s 14 Delco-Remy plants in Anderson, Indiana, were in the process of being settled in what was potentially the most serious strike because it could have caused a shutdown of all GM facilities within the week.

25 years ago in 1999:

Trumbull commissioners announced they had formally proceeded with a plan to seek over $1.3 million in federal and state funding that would allow for an expansion of a countywide transportation system. Trumbull Commissioner Joseph Angelo Jr. said the county has filed an application in an attempt to secure Federal Transit Administration funds that could make the expanded system a reality. Angelo and Terry Thomas, who headed the private busing company on contract with the county, said chances were slim to none that the funds would not be awarded. However, Angelo cautioned, if that happened, the plan for expanded bus service would fold. Thomas’ organization, Community Busing, hired a Washington, D.C., firm to write a 20-year proposal outlining how the community planned to use the funds. The plan involved the county funding the operation, through a loan to the business to be reimbursed by federal grant money. The plan also included the uniting of outside transit systems, Warren Reserve Transit Authority and Warren city’s Community Action Transportation System-CATS.

10 years agoin 2014:

Eastern Gateway Community College was awarded about $3.5 million in federal grants to open a machining training facility in the Mahoning Valley.

The grant, announced by Vice President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., was part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training and competitive program, co-administered through the Department of Labor and the Department of Education. The program focused on evening the playing field for workers who lost their positions after their jobs were outsourced. The college directly received about $2.5 million dollars to fulfill its grant proposal for the Valley-based machining facility, where students were to learn pertinent skills to enter the manufacturing industry after graduation. The five-year plan for the grant included the renovation of an existing building and the use of the money to purchase equipment and pay the salaries of two full-time instructors and four part-time employees for the facility to be opened by the following fall, partnering with Mahoning Valley Machining Coalition, organizers said. The MVMC was to guide the development of the facility in assisting in the filling of a primary need in the area, advanced machining, by in part offering internships during schooling and jobs upon graduation.

Compiled from the archives of the Tribune Chronicle by Emily Earnhart.