100 years ago
Sept. 21, 1914
• Dr. Frank B. Young, secretary of the State Board of Health, predicts that within 18 months the state convict farm in Lincoln county may be entirely free of malaria infection. Dr. Young returned to Little Rock yesterday after spending several days at the state farm in company with Drs. Taylor and Molloy, who are making a malaria survey of the state for the United States Public Health Service.
50 years ago
Sept. 21, 1964
• A Rogers businessman was told by the Arkansas Supreme Court today he must pay the city $8,674 for the installation of a 4,337-foot sewer line in a subdivision owned by the man, C. Max Russell. The supreme court decision affirmed a Benton Circuit Court jury which found Russell indebted in the amount of the judgment to the city of Rogers. He had refused to pay for the sewer line installation, saying he was induced by misrepresentation to enter into contract with the city.
25 years ago
Sept. 21, 1989
• The American Red Cross Arkansas Regional Blood Services shipped 75 units of A-positive blood to southeast regions of the United States on Wednesday, said Patti Jones, a Red Cross spokesman. These areas are experiencing decreased blood collections because of heavy rain, Jones said, and in some areas, blood drives are being canceled because of the potential of Hurricane Hugo striking those areas.
10 years ago
Sept. 21, 2004
• Attorneys involved in a lawsuit over a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage filed their second round of written legal arguments with the Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday, disputing the context and definition of the term "marital status." The Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit last month contending that Proposed Amendment 3, the Arkansas Marriage Amendment, is vague and nonsensical and should be removed from the Nov. 2 ballot. Supporters of the amendment say it is clearly written and that the ACLU is merely trying to deny voters a chance to vote on the ban. The proposed amendment would define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. It also provides: "Legal status for unmarried person which is identical or substantially similar to marital status shall not be valid or recognized in Arkansas."
Metro on 09/21/2014