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100 YEARS AGO Nov. 16, 1917
RUSSELLVILLE — The Pope Circuit Court, which established a new high record last week for the number of small fines assessed on pleas of guilty in misdemeanor cases, has been considering graver offenses this week and four penitentiary sentences have been pronounced for a total of 21 years imprisonment. A.B. Burns, a farmer 50 years old, charged with a crime against his 12-year old daughter last summer, was allowed to plead guilty and received a sentence of 12 years.
50 YEARS AGO
Nov. 16, 1967
A Negro lawyer filed a motion Wednesday in federal District Court asking Judge Oren Harris to require the boards of the Arkansas boys training schools to file a desegregation plan within 30 days to comply with a ruling by the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis. John W. Walker filed the motion on behalf of Mrs. Nona Mae George of Gould, whose lawsuit against the two schools resulted in a ruling May 23 that state laws requiring separate reformatories for Negros and whites are unconstitutional.
25 YEARS AGO
Nov. 16, 1992
Jack P. Evans, 61, the mayor of Sherwood for almost 10 years, died Sunday after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. “He was the best,” Freida Evans, his widow, said Sunday. “He leaves a good legacy. He accomplished more than a lot in our generation. Sherwood was his love. He wanted to see Sherwood accomplish a lot.” Jack and Freida Evans were married 39 years and had known each other since high school. Those who worked with the often outspoken mayor also said he loved his adopted city. 10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 16, 2007
A Little Rock couple who bought a now-recalled Aqua Dots toy for their three young children are suing the American distributor of the toy who is refusing to refund their money and offering a “replacement” instead. “Consumers do not want, nor should they be forced to accept, another toy from the same company that has been irresponsibly marketing and selling poison to their children,” charges the lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Little Rock. The lawsuit seeks class-action status, in the hopes of representing as many as 4.2 million consumers across the country who bought the Chinese-made toy that was recalled on Nov. 7 for safety reasons and now can’t get their money back.