LITTLE ROCK — 100 YEARS AGO July 23, 1912
An ordinance making it unlawful for the driver of any motor vehicle to use a cut-out, or other apparatus which will allow the exhaust gases to escape without passing through a suitable silencer, was passed by the City Council at the regular meeting last night. As soon as the muffler cut-out ordinance was passed, Alderman Charles E. Smith made a motion, instructing the city attorney to draft an ordinance regulating the speed of all motor vehicles, stating as his reasons that it was dangerous to pedestrians to have to jump out of the way of automobiles and motorcycles going at a speed of 50 or 60 miles an hour.
50 YEARS AGO July 23, 1962
HARRISON - “Scare” techniques used by extremists who seek to frighten America into unwarranted suspicions of communism in this country were soundly condemned here yesterday by Sen. J. William Fulbright. He addressed a crowd of 350 at the dedication of a new $150,000 Army Reserve Center. There are those, Fulbright declared, who seek to convince us that this country is filled with disloyal teachers, ministers and public officials, all following Communistic beliefs.
25 YEARS AGO July 23, 1987
HOT SPRINGS - The crystal ball does not reveal a prosperous future for fortune-tellers in Garland County. The Garland County sheriff’s office has begun enforcing a 58-yearold state law that requires fortune-tellers to pay a $100 annual fee to the state and a $100 weekly privilege tax to the county. Three women were charged Tuesday with violating Fortune Telling Privilege Tax Act of 1929, which was revised in 1945. Other arrests are expected.
10 YEARS AGO July 23, 2002
Gov. Mike Huckabee said Monday that shortening the state’s 60-day duck hunting season could harm the state’s economy and endanger hunters’ safety. State and federal authorities said last week they probably would have to limit the 60-day season to stabilize the declining duck population. Concerned residents of Stuttgart and surrounding eastern Arkansas are seeking a compromise with a reduced daily bag limit in exchange for another 60-day season.
Arkansas, Pages 8 on 07/23/2012