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100 YEARS AGO Aug. 13, 1918
TEXARKANA – Thadeus B. Vance, deputy state prosecuting attorney for Miller county, today filed an information against Colin Brashier and a warrant was issued against him charging him with “failing and refusing to dip certain cattle as prescribed by law.” The case is set for hearing in the Texarkana Municipal Court next Friday. This is the first warrant issued charging this nature of violation in Miller county, but it is expected others will follow as it is said there are many owners of cattle in the county who have failed or refused to comply with the dipping law.
50 YEARS AGO Aug. 13, 1968
HOT SPRINGS– The Garland County Democratic Committee charged Monday that 50 persons voted in both the Democratic and Republican primaries July 30. Duffie Searcy, chairman of the Committee, said the list of persons who voted in both primaries had been obtained from public records. He said the names of the persons had been turned over to the authorities. Violation of the state election law prohibiting the casting of ballots in both party primaries is a felony. The law provides for a fine of $1,000 to $5,000 and a prison term of one to five years.
25 YEARS AGO Aug. 13, 1993
A federal judge praised the Little Rock School District on Thursday for taking steps to improve its desegregation efforts and said she probably won’t block its 1993-94 budget. That’s a big switch from the tone U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright used June 17 when she said the district suffered from mismanagement, confrontation and delay – a set of problems she said would justify imposing receivership. District officials showed Wright the first draft of a desegregation plan checklist and reviewed with her their revised $137 million budget that showcased her requested $3 million trim. Although Wright found some problems with both documents, she said the district was finally starting to take the right steps, and she credited interim Superintendent Estelle Matthis, among others, for straightening things out.
10 YEARS AGO Aug. 13, 2008
Waste Management will partner with Audubon Arkansas to begin the process of converting portions of Two Pine Landfill near Jacksonville into a habitat for native plants and wildlife, company officials said Tuesday. The landfill’s massive hill of garbage will be replanted with native grasses and wildflowers. Trails will be built throughout the property, giving visitors an opportunity to view birds and other animals in their newly created habitat. A marshy wetland area eventually will help filter the treated runoff from the landfill before it makes its way into nearby Bayou Meto, said Ken Smith, executive director of Audobon Arkansas.