100 years ago
June 27, 1915
• Between 50 and 75 deaths among horses and cattle have resulted within the last few days from an outbreak of anthrax near Jonesboro, Parkin, Earle and Smithdale, according to Dr. R. M. Gow, state veterinarian, who returned to Little Rock last night from Eastern Arkansas. The disease, which is very infectious, causes death within a few hours after an animal is first affected. The epidemic is thought to be under control.
50 years ago
June 27, 1965
• Four Little Rock musicians have been selected to be part of an orchestral tour of Scandinavia, Russia and eastern and Central Europe this summer. They are Alden Peterson, bass, Jean Adams, cello, Jett Ricks, clarinet, and Claire Young, violin, who will be part of the American Community Symphony Orchestra. The 90 members of the orchestra were selected from applications from members of community orchestras throughout the United States by a national screening committee.
25 years ago
June 27, 1990
• Dr. Eli Douglas, a veteran Texas educator, said Tuesday he would wait for a court ruling on the Pulaski County metropolitan supervisor's position before deciding whether he wants the job. "If the position were changed significantly, I would not be interested," he said. Douglas was in Little Rock to interview for the job, which the county's three school districts and the black parents who have intervened in the desegregation case have asked an appeals court to eliminate.
10 years ago
June 27, 2005
CONWAY -- Conway's second gay-pride parade was a far cry from last year's event, which drew scores of protesters, resulted in three people facing criminal charges and prompted a prayer vigil at a local church. The parade made national headlines after a Greenbrier farmer dumped a truckload of manure near the Victorian-style house of parade organizers John Schenck and Robert Loyd. Police officers, including the chief, were out in force and kept the roughly 200 participants separated from the fewer than 20 protesters. Opponents included a local minister, a handful of others and 13 people who said they were members of the Russellville white supremacist group White Revolution. The protesters didn't hang around long in the afternoon heat, perhaps the reason the festival itself also wrapped up a couple hours early.
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