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100 YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1913 HOT SPRINGS - Cooper Brothers, liverymen, have a unique lease from the government and will prepare in its next building to continue to carry it out. This is a bath house for horses, supplied with the same hot water that all bath houses receive. It has been planned to give this bath house a thorough trial on broken down and stiff racers, and Simon Cooper is of the opinion that the hot water will be of as great benefit to horses as to men.

50 YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1963

In an effort to settle the nepotism controversy stirred at a recent North Little Rock City Council meeting, Mayor Laman said Friday he would like to see a new ordinance introduced concerning the matter. The mayor said he had requested Glenn G. Zimmerman, executive secretary of the Arkansas Municipal League, to prepare one, and added that Alderman Don Garrison has agreed to sponsor it. Should the council pass a new ordinance, the relatives of elected officials who are now on the city’s payroll would not be affected. It would apply to future hirings.

25 YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1988

Choking back tears - North Little Rock Mayor Terry Hartwick said goodbye Tuesday night to friends and supporters at a farewell party at the Riverfront Hilton. Hartwick cleaned out his office earlier Tuesday, cleaning everything but a box of tissue from his desk. “The flag stays,” he said, pointing to the framed emblem of the city. “But it’s still a part of me.” At the farewell party Hartwick was given a piece of his heritage by an alderman who was often at odds with the mayor. Alderman Martin Gipson presented Hartwick with his own flag.10 YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 2003

Members of a religious group known as the Assemblies of Yahweh are suing the Arkansas prison system to challenge an inmate grooming policy they say infringes on the religious liberties of the incarcerated. The lawsuit, filed last week in Pulaski County Circuit Court, claims that the Arkansas Department of Correction’s failure to provide kosher meals to inmates also is a violation of the U.S. Constitution. Little Rock attorneys David Bowden and Steven Smith filed the lawsuit on behalf of church members and other plaintiffs. Bowden couldn’t be reached for comment.