LITTLE ROCK — 100 YEARS AGO April 2, 1912
The first barefoot boy of the season was seen on the streets yesterday. He paddled through the rain and grinned at the passerby who tried to guy him. His appearance is considered a sure sign of spring and probably of pneumonia.
50 YEARS AGO April 2, 1962
If competition for campaign headquarters is any criterion, this is going to be an active political summer. A reliable source said that the Capitol Hotel, a traditional headquarters location, has been “out of headquarters space since last December.” “The entire second floor has been spoken for ever since Dec. 1, 1961,” the Democrat informant said but declined to identify the candidate.
25 YEARS AGO April 2, 1987 BATESVILLE - The state continued to fight Wednesday with an Independence County rubber manufacturer over who’s going to put out a fire burning since Sunday at an illegal dump near here. Doug Szenher, a spokesman for the Department of Pollution Control and Ecology, said there has been “quite a bit of black smoke” generated by burning tires and other rubber products at the illegal dump site off Arkansas 69 about five miles northwest of Batesville. PC&E officials don’t know how the fire started or who reported it to local officials, Szenher said. It was first reported to PC&E Sunday, he said Wednesday afternoon. The state ordered DiversiTech General Inc. of Batesville, a rubber manufacturer, to put out the fire, Szenher said.
10 YEARS AGO April 2, 2002
Secretary of State Sharon Priest closed the Capitol Hill Apartments building just northeast of the state Capitol early Monday evening because of safety concerns. “It is my opinion and my staff’s opinion that the building is unsafe to occupy at least for residents,” she said. The seven-story state-owned building has about 44 apartments, many of which have been rented, often at cheap rates, by legislators for their use during legislative sessions.
Arkansas, Pages 8 on 04/02/2012