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100 YEARS AGO June 5, 1917
BEEBE — The Farmers’ State bank was closed here today by order of John M. Davis, state bank commissioner, who has instituted an inquiry into the bank’s financial soundness. The cashier, C. W. Renaker, has been missing for more than a week and nothing is known of his whereabouts. It is reported that Renaker speculated in cotton for some time before his disappearance. Nothing has been heard from him since the receipt of a letter by the assistant cashier of the bank, in which he said that he would not be back, and asked that his brother be summoned to manage the bank’s affairs.
50 YEARS AGO June 5, 1967
Dr. Ira E. Sanders, rabbi emeritus of Congregation B’nai Israel, was honored by the state of Israel Sunday night, and the 300 persons who attended a dinner at the Hotel Marion also heard a stirring appeal for financial support of Israel from an Israeli diplomat. Ariel Ashel, deputy director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, presented to Rabbi Sanders the Israel Achievement Award for service to the nation.
25 YEARS AGO June 5, 1992
Ten uniformed off-duty police officers and sheriff’s deputies will be on selected Little Rock School District campuses this afternoon as classes end for the 1991-92 academic year. In addition, school employees will ride or follow some buses while on-duty Little Rock police officers patrol selected campus neighborhoods and bus stops this afternoon. Bill Barnhouse, the district’s director of safety and security, said the added security is part of the district’s annual effort to ward off possible trouble on the final day of school.
10 YEARS AGO June 5, 2007
An Arkansas Department of Education investigation found that the state failed to provide an adequate special-education program for a mentally ill teenager at the Alexander Juvenile Correctional Facility. Some child advocates say the flaws found with the 14-year-old’s education are not isolated to him but are systemwide and claim previous investigations show similar problems with other children from two years ago still exist. “He’s one of many” examples of the youths who aren’t receiving the kind of education services they are entitled to receive, said Scott Tanner, a state employee who works as an advocate on behalf of children in state custody.