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100 YEARS AGO June 1, 1918
The Ordnance Department is favorably considering the establishing of a wood alcohol plant at Bierne, in Clark county, according to a message received from Washington last night. The plant, including the equipment, will cost $2,000,000. It will be of steel and brick construction and will require eight months to build. It will require a force of 400 men to operate the plant. J. G. Green of Bierne has been working for the last seven years, endeavoring to get a wood alcohol plant located in Arkansas.
50 YEARS AGO June 1, 1968
Senator Robert Harvey of Swifton said Friday that Governor Rockefeller had no right to criticize the legislature because the governor and not the legislature started the trend toward fiscal irresponsibility. Harvey, who handled part of the governor’s fiscal program in the Senate, issued a statement in response to Mr. Rockefeller’s remarks Thursday accusing the legislature of “fiscal irresponsibility” during the special session. The legislature tacked an amendment on the governor’s fund-transfer plan that dipped into the state’s reserves by another $2 million to help the state-supported colleges and universities.
25 YEARS AGO June 1, 1993
HOT SPRINGS — Local law enforcement officials decline to support or oppose the return of casino gambling to Hot Springs. But they agree it probably wouldn’t lead to an increase in crime. “It will attract a lot more people, just like the horse races,” Garland County Prosecutor Paul R. Bosson said. “But gambling, in and of itself, I do not believe causes law enforcement any trouble.”
10 YEARS AGO June 1, 2008
Given orders to slash the budget, state officials plan to open fewer beds for a community correction center in Fayetteville. Fewer dollars than previously planned will be disbursed as grants to libraries. Some vacant positions in some agencies will be left vacant — the Department of Human Services isn’t filling 79 positions, some of them jobs that agency officials and legislators say need to be filled to protect elderly adults from abuse. Those are among steps the state intends to take to implement a $106.8 million general revenue budget tightening that has been mandated for the fiscal year that begins July 1.