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100 YEARS AGO

June 28, 1920

■ Robert Purvis, negro, is languishing in the city jail with two ice pick wounds as a result of not knowing that it is useless to argue with a woman. Robert said he went to the home of Effie Bowmen, negro woman, and while engaged in conversation with her she “picked” his pocket for $5.30. He says he “reasoned” with her and tried to get his money back, but she flew into a rage and “picked” him again with the point of a sharp instrument applied to his left breast and back.

50 YEARS AGO

June 28, 1970

FAYETTEVILLE — Two faculty members of the University of Arkansas, including one who helped lead the fight to overturn the controversial Arkansas loyalty oath law, are retiring this month after a combined total of 73 years with the University. They are Dr. Guerdon D. Nichols, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who joined the faculty in 1927, and professor Mattie Cal Maxted, head of the Department of Social Welfare, who came to the U of A in 1940.

25 YEARS AGO

June 28, 1995

■ President Clinton on Tuesday nominated a partner in his former law firm, Little Rock lawyer James M. Moody, to be a federal judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Moody, 55, is a partner in the Wright Lindsey & Jennings firm. The president worked there in the early 1980s during his only private-sector stint since entering public office. “I’m very honored that I would be nominated, and I hope I’ll be confirmed by the Senate,” Moody said from Michigan, where he was vacationing. “I just hope I’m up to the job.” If confirmed by the Senate, Moody would succeed U.S. District Judge Henry Woods, 77, who took senior status in March after 16 years on the bench.

10 YEARS AGO

June 28, 2010

■ People walking in downtown Pine Bluff can soon catch a trolley bus and ride by the convention center or farmers market if the plans meet federal approval, officials said. Pine Bluff transit manager Larry Reynolds said the city is buying three trolley buses from Shreveport that operate like regular buses, though the inside and outside of the vehicles look like old-fashioned trolleys with brass handles and wooden seats. Pine Bluff plans to purchase the rubber-tire trolleys for $5,000 each and will take on Shreveport’s obligation of $102,310 to the Federal Transit Administration, according to Shreveport City Council documents. Shreveport is awaiting approval from the federal agency to transfer ownership of the trolleys to Pine Bluff, which Reynolds said he hopes can happen within two weeks.