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100 YEARS AGO April 16, 1914

Dr. H.W. Smiley, chief milk and dairy inspector of the Health Department, has notified all dealers in cream and milk of the provisions of the amended ordinance in regard to the sale of milk and cream, which becomes effective on May 1. One of these provisions of the ordinance requires that all milk and cream shall be placed in glass bottles and utensils, which must be cleaned before being returned to their owners.

50 YEARS AGO April 16, 1964

HOT SPRINGS - The Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce will sponsor petitions for a constitutional amendment to legalize gambling here. R.H. Wootton, chamber president, said Wednesday night members voted by a ratio of six to one to back the petitions to put the amendment to a statewide vote in the November election. The amendment would allow gambling in Hot Springs and Garland County only, he said.

25 YEARS AGO April 16, 1989

GRAVETTE - Principal A.P. Vohs doesn’t plan to stop Gravette Elementary School’s 51-year-old tradition of teaching Bible lessons, even though a Rogers lawyer has demanded an end to it. “As far as we know,” Vohs said Tuesday, “this is the only school in the state (still teaching Bible lessons), and it has been going for 51 years. Oh, there may be one in Possum Flat or Skunk Holler, I don’t know.” Vohs said he has received two letters from Rogers lawyer Jim Lingle complaining about the class. Gravette is in Benton County, five miles from Missouri and 10 miles from Oklahoma. Lingle, who said he represented a group of parents concerned about the legality of the lessons, first requested copies of the information taught to the children. On Feb. 20, Lingle drafted another letter to Vohs saying “religious instruction” in the school is unconstitutional. “It’s not religious instruction,” Vohs said. “It’s Bible studies.”

10 YEARS AGO April 16, 2004

Arkansas’ prison system will no longer use metal shackles to restrain pregnant inmates in labor, a practice that has recently drawn criticism from community groups and state legislators. From now on, corrections officials said Thursday, pregnant inmates who meet certain behavioral criteria will not be restrained during labor or when they are transported to the hospital to give birth. Pregnant inmates with lesser disciplinary records will at times have one arm and one leg restrained by flexible nylon “soft restraints” instead of handcuffs or leg irons.

Arkansas, Pages 12 on 04/16/2014

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