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100 YEARS AGO June 20, 1918

EARLE — A big black bear weighing 250 pounds was killed near here this morning by Alec Bogart. The meat will be sold for the benefit of the Red Cross. The hunt for the bear grew out of the loss of a fine pig belonging to J. M. Bruth. Mr. Bruth was awakened about 1 o’clock this morning by the squeals of the pig. This morning he discovered bear tracks in the back yard. He summoned a few friends, including Mr. Bogart, and within three hours the bear had been killed. The carcass was brought to town and the meat has been turned over to a butcher.

50 YEARS AGO June 20, 1968

JONESBORO — Dr. George Cone of Osceola said Friday that teeth found in the wreckage of an airplane near Mount Ida were those of Jonesboro businessman Marvin Melton, who disappeared October 13 on a flight from Jonesboro to Dallas. Dr. Cone was Melton’s dentist. The wreckage and remains of a body were discovered Wednesday on the mountainside about 20 miles southwest of Mount Ida. Investigators Thursday positively identified the wreckage as Melton’s plane.

25 YEARS AGO June 20, 1993

Dr. Paul Peterson, a University of Central Arkansas professor, wanted to help prepare his class of aspiring school administrators to deal with gang members. “Sometimes teachers are a little too middle class they don’t know this kind of talk,” said Peterson, who on Monday joined about 50 of his students in a crash course on gangs taught by Pulaski County Coroner Steve Nawojczyk. Celestine Piggee, a teacher at Henderson Junior High School in Little Rock who attended Nawojczyk’s presentation, said teachers often are confronted with the realities of gang life.

10 YEARS AGO June 20, 2008

A keeper at the Little Rock Zoo required surgery Saturday after the zoo’s new black rhinoceros, Naivasha, bit the tip of the keeper’s finger during an afternoon snack of bananas and apples, a spokesman said. Jayne Hoffman had the tip of her middle finger amputated just below the nail late Saturday after the bite, which occurred about 3 p.m., spokesman Susan Altrui said. Hoffman was taken to UAMS Medical Center for treatment. “They removed her finger down to the joint,” Altrui said. “She did not have to be hospitalized.”