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100 YEARS AGO Oct. 14, 1917

FORT SMITH — On the verge of being ousted from office as a result of the verdict of a jury that convicted him last night of the charge of having made a pre-election promise, Mr. J. H. Wright was placed on trial before a jury in the Circuit Court this afternoon on a charge of nonfeasance of office. The court adjourned until Monday after a jury had been selected. Mayor Wright will be formally ousted from office Monday, when the judgment of the jury that convicted him Friday night is entered on the official docket of the court by the clerk.

50 YEARS AGO

Oct. 14, 1967 Marvin Melton, a former state senator and farm and business leader from Jonesboro, was missing early today on a flight in his single engine plane to Dallas, Texas. Oscar Melton, who is in business with his brother, said Melton left the Jonesboro airport at 9:30 a.m. Friday for the 2½-hour flight to Dallas. He said the family learned that Melton had not arrived when a man Melton was to have met at Dallas called in the early afternoon. Oscar Melton said he then reported the aircraft missing.

25 YEARS AGO Oct. 14, 1992

Thirty of 44 North Little Rock firefighters scheduled to report to work Tuesday morning called in sick after the City Council rejected a proposal to bring their salaries in line with those of police officers. “I think this caught many of us by surprise,” Mayor Patrick Henry Hays said Tuesday morning. Hays had learned of the situation while driving to work about 7:30 a.m. About 3:30 p.m., Local 35 of the International Association of Fire Fighters announced that all firefighters would report to work today as scheduled.

10 YEARS AGO

Oct. 14, 2007 North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Hays wants a regional solution to the county jail’s bed shortage, but he’s considering reopening the former city jail if a quicker and more economical answer can’t be found. Even though voters overwhelmingly rejected a quarter-cent jail sales tax last year, Hays said circumstances in the city have changed and he’s willing to pitch a jail tax again. A public safety study released in July by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock recommended a sales tax for county jail operations and a 1 percent tax on the city’s baseball park expired last month.