100 years ago
June 13, 1915
FORT SMITH -- Two hundred and forty men are on a strike at the Pennslyvania Anthracite Coal Company's mine and the King mine at Jamestown, Johnson county, according to Peter Hanraty of McAlester, Okla., president of the United Mine Workers of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. He arrived from that city today after organizing the strikers into the ranks of union labor.
50 years ago
June 13, 1965
• The collecting and disposing of refuse may be a serious national problem but it has only reached the headache stage in Arkansas. Glenn T. Kellogg, chief engineer with the state Health Department, said Friday that improperly controlled garbage dumps and illegal dumping were constant problems. Growing cities and towns have trouble finding garbage dump sites, Kellogg said, because property owners would rather sell or lease their land to home builders. And when communities expand they take in once remote dumping sites.
25 years ago
June 13, 1990
• Students in the Pulaski County School District will be allowed to miss only 10 days a semester before they risk losing course credit and their parents risk prosecution under state truancy laws. School Board members voted Tuesday to change the current policy by reducing the number of days students can miss without repercussions from 15 days a semester to 10. The change was recommended by a committee of parents, teachers and administrators.
10 years ago
June 13, 2005
• The postponement of a plan to build a minor-league baseball stadium in North Little Rock has Little Rock leaders warming up to pitch their own ballpark ideas, city officials said. North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Hays announced two weeks ago that a proposed ballpark on his city's downtown riverfront would cost nearly $28 million, a higher-than-expected price that would delay construction at least a year. The ballpark was to be completed in time for a move by the Class AA, minor-league Arkansas Travelers from Little Rock by the start of the 2007 baseball season. Construction would take about 18 months. The delay allows Little Rock officials to dust off some stadium ideas, Little Rock Mayor Jim Dailey said late last week. The possibilities include a new stadium or updating 73-year-old Ray Winder Field enough to keep the Travelers there.
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