100 years ago
July 6, 1914
COTTER -- Many hogs have come down out of the woods to the banks of White tier and are getting fat by following the pearl fishers and eating the flesh of the mussels that have been torn from the shells by the hopeful ones engaged in the industry. In some places this is reversed. Mussel shells are bringing a good price this year, and the low stage of the White river has uncovered many gravel bars and the hogs are rooting the mussels out of those.
50 years ago
July 6, 1964
• No self-respecting rainmaker can sit idly by and watch parched days drag on. But, Maj. Homer Berry, who claims to be a self-respecting rainmaker, is doing precisely that. "Oh, how it galls me to know that rainmakers all over the country are laughing at me," the major groaned dejectedly. "What I wouldn't do for $5,000." What? "We need a general rain and that's what I've got in mind for Arkansas," he replied eagerly. Berry says he's been inoperative in recent months because of a dried up financial state.
25 years ago
July 6, 1989
• A black lawmaker predicted race riots are possible unless state leaders allow Robert "Say" McIntosh to burn a U.S. flag, but Secretary of State Bill McCuen continued Wednesday to plot a halt to the plan. And white state officials honed their criticism of the black activist. "If he wants to do something for the benefit of the community, he should burn himself," said Rep. Tommy Robinson, D-Ark. "I wish he'd pour gas on himself and light a match and then we'd get rid of him and he'd be a martyr." About 200 people were at the state Capitol on Independence Day when McIntosh's attempt to burn the flag turned into a brawl split mostly along racial lines. Five people -- four blacks and one white -- were arrested. Whites and blacks agreed the incident stirred latent racism and could spawn violence.
10 years ago
July 6, 2004
BRYANT -- City officials are proceeding slowly with a proposed ordinance that would require developers to set aside money, or land, or a combination thereof for park development in Bryant. The City Council deferred action on the proposal at its June 28 meeting. Instead, it scheduled a public hearing for 6:30 p.m. Aug. 2. Alderman Larry Smart questioned the legality of the proposal, described by Planning Commission secretary Lavena Jones as her "dream."
Metro on 07/06/2014