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100 YEARS AGO Jan. 6, 1917

A considerable property loss and several injuries are disclosed with the reestablishment of wire service to several communities in Yell county, struck by the tornado Thursday afternoon. In several small towns buildings were unroofed or blown down, causing damage to property that will probably run into thousands of dollars and in several instances death or serious injury was narrowly escaped.

50 YEARS AGO Jan. 6, 1967

Governor- elect Winthrop Rockefeller said Thursday that Arkansas had an “outstanding” opportunity to develop a program that would include both mental health and mental retardation. Rockefeller said, however, that he thought more study should be given to proposals that all mental health and mental retardation programs be combined under one agency. Rockefeller’s statement was read at a meeting of the Citizens Implementation Committee on Mental Health and Mental Retardation Programs by Al Pollard of Little Rock, president of the Arkansas Association for Mental Health.

25 YEARS AGO Jan. 6, 1992

After a $ 60,000 renovation, the downtown YMCA will join the four other metropolitan Y’s in child care starting today, said J. V. McKinney, president and chief executive officer. The south locker room area of the downtown branch, at Broadway and Sixth Street, has been renovated for use as the child- care center. The courtyard was converted to a small play area, complete with playground equipment. The new center will be convenient for parents who work downtown. Almost half of the 46 available openings have already been filled, mostly by children whose parents work near the Y, McKinney said.

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 6, 2007

When Jacksonville emergency dispatchers answer a 911 call coming from a cell phone, their computers can only tell them the general area from which the call originated and the phone’s service provider. But starting later this year, those calls will prompt a map to appear, showing the caller’s exact location. Jacksonville’s City Council, in its first meeting of the year, approved spending $ 220,000 to upgrade the city’s emergency answering center, putting it at the same level as other 911 agencies in the county. Jacksonville last upgraded its 911 answering system in 1998, before the increase in popularity of cell phones.