100 YEARS AGO June 18, 1913
BATESVILLE - The lid was clamped on tighter than an old-fashioned fruit jar in Batesville when the City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of cigars, tobacco, cold drinks or anything except a sandwich, cup of coffee or glass of buttermilk on Sunday. There has always been a strict Sunday law here regarding the sale of cold drinks. But on last Sunday a local soda fountain served cold drinks and this caused the council to pass the law to prohibit the sale of cigars or drinks on Sunday.
50 YEARS AGO June 18, 1963
Little Rock School Board President Everett Tucker Jr. indicated that use of Scripture readings would be up to individual teachers in the future, as it is now. “I certainly deplore the decision and its far-reaching implications which I am afraid will further weaken the country’s moral fiber, but I think I understand the fine line the court is attempting to draw between church and state,” Tucker said. “Insofar as its effect on our local school system,” he continued, “I think it will have none.”
25 YEARS AGO June 18, 1988
Arkansas could become the nation’s “dumping ground” for hazardous waste if Ensco Inc. of Little Rock begins burning thousands of pounds of waste per hour, Lt. Gov. Winston Bryant said Friday. Bryant’s involvement got him labeled a “jerk” by a state lawmaker, according to the El Dorado News-Times. Last month, the state Department of Pollution Control and Ecology granted Ensco a permit to burn more waste at a faster rate, which will allow Ensco to expand its incinerator plant at El Dorado. Bryant joined three citizen groups Friday in two news conferences announcing opposition to the department’s action.
10 YEARS AGO June 18, 2003
PINE BLUFF - Seeking relief for his overcrowded jail, the Jefferson County sheriff is asking circuit judges to oversee the early release of inmates and to cap the time a state convict can spend in county lockup. In the latest effort to protect the Jefferson County Detention Center’s budget and to carve out space for its own inmates, Sheriff Boe Fontaine requested that a statute regarding state felons in county custody essentially be amended and that the circuit judges of the 11th Judicial District-West oversee the early release of dozens of prisoners.
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