100 years ago
June 22, 1914
• At the electric show being held nightly at the Arcade building, 612 to 620 Louisiana street, by the Little Rock Railway and Electric Company, much interest is displayed in the nickel-in-the-slot fan. It is something new in Little Rock to be able to buy a breeze by the nickel's worth. Nearly all the electrical supply houses in the city are represented in the exhibits.
50 years ago
June 22, 1964
FORT SMITH -- Mungenia Delores Mungin, 20, a Negro girl from Jacksonville, Fla., is to assume the habit of a Benedictine nun at St. Scholastica convent chapel here Wednesday. Mother Jane Frances, superior of the convent, said she believed it would be the first time that a Negro girl had become a nun in Arkansas.
25 years ago
June 22, 1989
• Arkansas political leaders, activists and legal scholars had mixed feelings about a Supreme Court decision limiting the rights of states to outlaw damaging or destroying the American flag. "This was a regrettable decision," said Sen. David Pryor, D-Ark., in a statement. "There are many legal ways to protest, but I feel burning the American flag goes beyond the realm of reasonable bounds of the legal exercise of free speech." Under Arkansas law, desecrating a flag is a misdemeanor and can be punished by a maximum of a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. James Lee, a spokesman for Attorney General Steve Clark, said Wednesday he is uncertain what effect the ruling will have on the law.
10 years ago
June 22, 2004
CONWAY -- A gay-pride parade planned for Sunday afternoon has prompted a Conway alderman to introduce a resolution distancing the city from the occasion. Alderman Sandy Brewer's proposal says the city neither "encourages nor condones" the parade, which it describes as a "potentially divisive and disruptive activity." A packed house is expected for tonight's City Council vote on the resolution. The resolution would have no legal effect but would dissociate the city from any perceived interest in the parade, Brewer said. "The overwhelming amount of calls that I received before I put this resolution together is what inspired me to do that. ... I'm guilty of being a responsive elected official in doing this." The resolution is an embarrassment for Conway, parade organizer John Schenck of Conway said. "I am slightly amused and embarrassed for the city of Conway," Schenck said. "I thought this was 2004, not 1949."
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