100 years ago May 27, 1914
HEBER SPRINGS -- Negroes who come to Heber Springs on Sunday excursions in the future will be barred from the park and resort privileges. This is the decision of local authorities. It follows the recent swarming of negroes to this city in such numbers that white visitors were outnumbered. It is said that on two recent occasions the number of negroes that arrived on excursions greatly outnumbered the white pleasure seekers, to whom the resort caters.
50 years ago May 27, 1964
Peace officers were signing up to put the legalized gambling issue before the public at the opening of the annual Arkansas Peace Officers Association convention today at the Hotel Marion. Many delegates to the convention signed the 19 petitions which were placed on a table next to the registration desk during the morning registration period. Petitions are being circulated in efforts to get the gambling issue on the November election ballot.
25 years ago May 27, 1989
BRINKLEY -- A device discovered by farm workers that lawmen thought might be a bomb turned out to be several railroad flares tied together, authorities said Friday. When a bomb squad tried to detonate the device, it fizzled, said Monroe County sheriff's deputy Jimmy Burrows. The farm workers reported finding the device near a building on a farm three miles west of Brinkley. The device looked like four sticks of dynamite, bound with electrical wire and batteries, Burrows said.
10 years ago May 27, 2004
A 20-year-old pizza deliveryman who said he used his martial arts training to fend off three robbers will not lose his job, despite violating the pizza company's policy. Chris Patterson clocked in at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Papa John's Pizza, 11321 Markham St. "He is not going to lose his job," said Mike Pierce Sr., owner of all Papa John's franchises in Arkansas and president of Arkansas Pizza Group. "We've got him coming to the office [Wednesday] to see if he needs any counseling." Patterson, who said he holds a black belt in karate, said he doesn't need therapy after fighting off three attackers Sunday during a delivery to a west Little Rock apartment complex. "I think Papa John's made a good decision, but I don't want counseling. Give me a raise," Patterson said. "I barely scrape by." Patterson makes $5.15 an hour plus tips delivering pizzas for Papa John's.
Metro on 05/27/2014