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99 years ago in 1922
Niles would be materially affected from an industrial standpoint by action taken by officials of the General Electric Company, in mailing out notices to four-fifths of their employees, or 202 of 250 men, permanently discharging them from the plant.
The Niles plant of the General Electric was erected there more than 11 years prior, and had been one of the most important industries of the city. Most of its employees were imported from other glass manufacturing cities and because of that fact it was probable that many of the families affected would move away from Niles.
50 years ago in 1971
"If you would see his monument look around" was written in St. Paul's Cathedral in London for Sir Christopher Wren, early English architect, and Sunday when Warren's new public library was officially dedicated, Judge Lynn B. Griffith Sr., president of the Warren Library Association, termed it a monument.
He called it a monument to the generations of those dedicated to learning, to the able craftsmen and to the generous benefactors.
The library was open for tours, and about 1,000 persons went through the building.
25 years ago in 1996
The Champion Kiwanis Club raised money for the Champion Middle School library and the Reading is Fundamental program at Champion Central Elementary School by holding a donkey basketball game. The game pitted teachers from the middle school along with baseball and softball coaches from the Champion Athletic Club against elementary school teachers and coaches from the Champion Youth Soccer League.
10 years ago in 2011
The Howland Township Fire Department credited the latest technology with saving two lives within two weeks and moving the country into a new age of ambulance care.
A $16,000 portable electrocardiogram machine used by Howland paramedics was first used 52 minutes after it was placed into service and saved a woman who was having a heart attack from incurring damage to her heart, Howland paramedic Sean Bryant said.
-- Compiled from the archives of the Tribune Chronicle by Allie Vugrincic.