100 years ago
May 19, 1918
MOUNTAIN HOME -- A cat on top of a telephone pole in front of a dentist's office here was the center of attraction for several hours. Late yesterday evening she took to the pole in an effort to get away from a dog. Once up, she was afraid to come down and sat on the cross arms mewing. The pole was very slippery and high, and while the deep sympathy of many onlookers were expressed for her uncomfortable position, no one volunteered to hazard the climb until Vinn Tipton, a little redheaded boy, came along. With barefeet glued to the pole, he hunched his way up with the aid of his knees and brought her down.
50 years ago
May 19, 1968
JONESBORO -- This Northeast Arkansas university city buried 16 of its tornado dead Saturday and tackled week-end problems raised by expected hordes of curious sightseers. Many week-end sightseers were expected to try to see the stricken parts of Jonesboro, where 34 were killed in Wednesday night's tornado., the worst of several that struck Northeast and North Arkansas. Police Chief Jim Hanley urged persons not to come into the area. However, realizing that they would, officers have arranged a route through the areas.
25 years ago
May 19, 1993
CAMDEN -- An investigation into the shooting death of 16-month-old Joshua Coburn of Harmony Grove continued Tuesday, but no charges had been filed. The infant was shot twice in the head Saturday night at his Ouachita County home. His parents, Billy and Marcia Coburn, have accused each other of firing the gun. Sheriff Ben Garner said Tuesday that Billy Coburn would undergo a polygraph test today at the Ouachita County sheriff's office. Garner said investigators had traveled Tuesday to Little Rock to interview Marcia Coburn, who was hospitalized in good condition with a bullet wound in the head.
10 years ago
May 19, 2008
FORT SMITH -- A Kansas man pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to one of two counts charging him with trying to contact a 14-year-old Fort Smith girl through cell phone text messaging to have sex. Timothy Whittenburg, 43, of Ellinwood, Kan., entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Robert Dawson to a felony charge of coercion or enticement of a minor. Whittenburg's plea was part of an agreement with the government under which another charge, traveling in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, would be dismissed.
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