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100 YEARS AGO Dec. 21, 1917

FORT SMITH — Indications are tonight that the strike of operators of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company that has been in progress here since Sept. 19 will again resolve itself into a deadlock despite the efforts of L. R. Keating of Little Rock, federal mediator, who has been here for more than a week. He was instrumental in ending the general strike that was called in sympathy for the operators. The insistence of the Grievance Committee of the Fort Smith Central Trades and Labor Council that any settlement made with the operators must be ratified or rejected by the Sebastian County Labor Federation instead of by the strikers, is the point that is said will result in the strike not being settled.

50 YEARS AGO

Dec. 21, 1967 BATESVILLE — One of two prisoners who escaped from the Independence County Jail Tuesday night was captured early Wednesday at a Batesville cafe. Johnny L. Collier, 18, of Texarkana, was arrested by Independence County and city officers. Drexell Barnett, 18, of Charlotte (Independence County) remained at large. The two escaped after Collier persuaded jailer Reed Kelly to let him out of his cell to use the telephone. Kelly said Collier struck him when he opened the door and the two prisoners fled on foot.

25 YEARS AGO

Dec. 21, 1992 When the operators of Arkansas Nuclear One at Russellville recently invited the public to an open house to discuss a proposed new method of storing spent fuel rods, only company officials and two journalists showed up. Reasons for the small audience varied widely between the Nuclear One plant manager and the leader of a defunct group that once demonstrated against the nuclear plant.

10 YEARS AGO

Dec. 21, 2007

A plan to revitalize Eureka Springs calls for a designated arts and culture district with improvements paid for using tax increment financing. The $10,000 study, conducted in 2004 by the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business, was commissioned by Community Development Partnership of Western Carroll County, restaurateur James DeVito said. DeVito reintroduced the plan at a Eureka Springs City Council meeting in late November. The plan was overshadowed when three aldermen left the meeting while discussing an ordinance detailing the removal of elected officials from office.