100 YEARS AGO Feb. 26, 1914
Uniform hours for the transaction of business will be observed by all Little Rock banks and trust companies after April 1, a schedule for the hours of remaining open being adopted yesterday at a meeting of the Little Rock Clearing House Association. By the provision of the new schedule the Little Rock banks will open at 9 o’clock each week-day morning and remain open until 3 o’clock in the afternoon, except on Saturday, when they will close at 1 p.m.
50 YEARS AGO Feb. 26, 1964
WASHINGTON - The Federal Trade Commission today accused the Central Arkansas Milk Producers Association (CAMPA) of Little Rock of conspiring to fix prices and selling terms. The commission also accused the association of coercing milk producers and handlers to purchase raw milk from CAMPA and of engaging in anti-competitive price practice. The allegations were contained in a consent order announced by the commission which called on the association to stop such practices. The commission said CAMPA has a membership of some 1,500 dairy farmers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri. In a complaint issued in 1961, the commission charged that since 1954 CAMPA has used threats and intimidations to force certain independent processors to participate in a conspiracy for the purpose of restraining or eliminating competition in the production, sale and distribution of milk in Arkansas and adjoining areas.
25 YEARS AGO Feb. 26, 1989
DALLAS - Little Rock oilman Jerry Jones and University of Miami football coach Jimmy Johnson became teammates again Saturday when Jones bought out Dallas Cowboys majority owner H. R. “Bum” Bright. Jones, 46, announced he had hired Johnson, 45, as the head coach of the Cowboys, replacing Tom Landry, the only coach the Cowboys have had since their 1960 debut.
10 YEARS AGO Feb. 26, 2004
WASHINGTON - Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor told the Bush administration Wednesday to keep Arkansas out of any plans for Medicare “privatization.” They and other Democratic senators also signaled that this will be just the first of many battles over last year’s Medicare modernization bill, which established the program’s first prescription-drug plan. Coming issues, many said, include giving the government the power to negotiate drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry and allowing Americans to shop for cheaper drugs from Canadian sources.
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