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100 years ago

July 16, 1914

• For furthering matrimony, the city officials at Heber Springs have adopted probably the most unique method on record. The scheme is to give a washboard with every marriage license sold by the county clerk. According to J.E. Dugger, county clerk of Carroll county, who was visiting in Little Rock yesterday, the plan has proven successful in every way. A number of Pulaski county officials who heard Mr. Dugger tell of the unique scheme seemed to think that if it were attempted in Little Rock, there would be a great decrease in the sale of licenses, which would seem to indicate that they doubt the willingness of Little Rock girls to engage in the only occupation for which a washboard could be used.

50 years ago

July 16, 1964

FAYETTEVILLE -- One of three men who escaped from the Fayetteville city jail July 9, returned Wednesday of his own accord. Authorities said Charles Callico, 23, of Springdale, walked into the police station and surrendered. Callico had been given a short sentence on a traffic violation prior to his escape. Leland Leigh, 22, and Malcolm Guy Steed, 32, both of Tulsa, Okla., escaped with Callico by fashioning a key from a spoon and unlocking their cell door.

25 years ago

July 16, 1989

• A new juvenile court system beginning Aug. 1 will offer Arkansas what may be its last chance to avoid a federal lawsuit over the way it treats youthful offenders. The new juvenile divisions of chancery courts will come on line just weeks after two independent reports cited instances of brutality against children. Both reports blasted the state Division of Children and Family Services for incarcerating children -- some as young as age 8 -- for crimes ranging from joyriding in the family car to rape and murder. One study by the National Center for Youth Law called for immediate action to restructure Arkansas' juvenile detention system or federal court action to force changes.

10 years ago

July 16, 2004

POCAHONTAS -- Weary of "political pressures" and alarmed by a fire that gutted a bingo hall in an adjacent county, Randolph County Sheriff Brent Earley has warned two bingo operators to halt the games or face prosecution. "I felt like we should have done it months ago," Earley said. The sheriff 's ultimatum gives American Veterans Post No. 62 and St. Paul's Catholic Church, both in Pocahontas, until July 31 to cease the bingo games.

Metro on 07/16/2014

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