100 years ago
June 22, 1920
• J.D. Head, attorney for Mrs. Porter W. Mackley and others, called on Governor Brough yesterday, with a petition opposing a pardon for Jeff Davis Hines, who was sent up from the Miller Circuit Court last fall for a 15-year term, on conviction of killing Porter W. Mackley, a florist of Texarkana, on March 8, 1919. Petitioners for the pardon were heard by the governor Saturday. Friends of Hines say that their petition has a larger number of names on it than the other petition, and they believe the governor will grant the pardon.
50 years ago
June 22, 1970
• Robert C. Compton, an El Dorado lawyer who is a Democratic candidate for governor, said Sunday that "the real basic problem in Arkansas is its low per capita income." Compton, in a television interview, said that the state ranks 49th in per capita income. "The jobs that are available just don't pay as well as jobs should," he said. "State government is one of the major things that can begin to correct that fault" by providing, for example, tax incentives to employers to increase their payroll, he said. "That increase in payroll would flow into the workers' pockets then they would have more to spend," Compton said. The workers, in turn, would pay more income taxes, sales taxes and thereby "create a flow of money, which would greatly increase the state's own revenue collections," he said.
25 years ago
June 22, 1995
WASHINGTON -- High school students from Little Rock and Cabot were honored Wednesday at the White House as presidential scholars. Gitana D. Chunyo of Pulaski Academy and Brent A. Ragar of Cabot High School were among 141 students recognized by President Clinton, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Education Secretary Richard Riley. Each of the graduating seniors received a commemorative medallion during a ceremony on the South Lawn.
10 years ago
June 22, 2010
PINE BLUFF -- The Pine Bluff City Council passed an ordinance Monday that will allow at least seven private clubs to serve alcoholic beverages until 5 a.m., two hours later than under current city law. The council approved the measure in a 5-4 vote, with Mayor Carl Redus Jr. breaking a 4-4 tie of the council, despite concerns from four residents who spoke against the legislation. The new law takes effect 29 days from today. "People are going to do what they want to do, so we're just trying to have an environment for them to do this," Alderman Thelma Walker said in support of the ordinance.