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100 YEARS AGO April 3, 1918
FORT SMITH — As an aftermath to the dismissal here yesterday of six Hartford men who were rounded up by residents of that town, beaten and forced to kiss the American flag as a result of their alleged pro German tendencies, warrants were served at Hartford today on 10 persons alleged to have been in the round-up crowd. They are charged with rioting, assault with intent to kill and with carrying pistols. Their hearings are set for tomorrow. A special government agent investigating the cases of the men charged with being pro-Germans reported he could find no evidence to substantiate the charge.
50 YEARS AGO April 3, 1968
Federal Judge Oren Harris said Tuesday that a desegregation plan submitted by the new Arkansas Juvenile Training School Board needed to be more explicit on how the state’s four remaining schools would be desegregated after the establishment of a central Reception and Classification Center. The judge rejected the Board’s proposed desegregation plan and gave it 60 days to file a new one.
25 YEARS AGO April 3, 1993
University of Arkansas at Little Rock at students aired their concerns with department administrators Friday over whether a gay student’s homoerotic artwork has been censored. The student, Steven Leonard, a senior art major from Texarkana, Texas, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Thursday that his series of seven graphite-and-ink drawings, some of which displayed homosexual acts, had been pulled from the department’s senior show. Don Van Horn, art department chairman, maintained Friday that the work hadn’t been censored, but would have been exhibited under conditions “deemed appropriate” be department personnel.
10 YEARS AGO April 3, 2008
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has suspended St. Joseph’s Mercy Health Center’s main laboratory certification for two years over a calibration test error. The hospital has terminated its director of laboratory services. The laboratory is now being operated by Mercy Laboratory Services of Hot Springs under an agreement with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Tim Johnsen, St. Joseph’s president and CEO, said the calibration error occurred on controlled chemical samples, not patient samples. “No patient lab tests were involved,” Johnsen said.