100 years ago
June 16, 1914
MALVERN -- The curfew law recently has been observed by lads under age. Where efforts of officers to drive "kiddies" home previously have failed, now mysteriously they scurry for shelter as nightly a woman wearing black saunters down the street. The woman made her first appearance several nights ago about about 11 o'clock. Her identity has not been learned, and officers, content to know that she is working good by scattering belated youngsters, are not much worried about her name.
50 years ago
June 16, 1964
• Secretary of State Kelly Bryant has been urging his security officer Bob Barrett to be more diligent about the parking situation at the capitol, keeping employees from parking in specially marked places. Today Barrett gave Bryant a ticket. Bryant has been living in an apartment house adjacent to the capitol and walking to work and not using his parking spot. Two days ago he moved out into the Heights and now must drive to work. He forgot to tell Barrett he had parked his car in the secretary of state's stall.
25 years ago
June 16, 1989
• A new Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission will oversee a litter cleanup and beautification campaign, Gov. Bill Clinton announced Friday. The campaign will be called "Make Arkansas Sparkle." During a news conference at the Excelsior Hotel, Clinton said the effort would help the state's tourism industry, which generates an estimated $2 billion a year. It also would help bring new industries to the state, he said. He said visitors regard Arkansas as beautiful and say the state has some of the nicest parks and scenery they have ever seen. But Clinton said they also sometimes comment, "But you folks sure do trash it up."
10 years ago
June 16, 2004
• A federal judge said Tuesday that the Little Rock School District failed to meet its desegregation obligations, jeopardizing its chance of immediate release from decades of court supervision. U.S. District Judge Bill Wilson Jr. handed down his ruling in keeping with remarks he made Monday, when he said that on the basis of documents filed with the court, the Little Rock School District had "fallen far short of compliance." Because of the order, the 25,000-student district, which has been under court supervision for nearly five decades, is likely to remain in that position for a while longer.
Metro on 06/16/2014