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100 YEARS AGO Nov. 25, 1920

STUTTGART — A trunk containing jewelry valued at $20,000, stolen from the railroad station here about midnight last night, was found early today several blocks from the station. The lock had been broken off and approximately $1,500 worth of watches, chains and other articles stolen. The trunk belonged to Joe Rosenbaum, traveling salesman for the jewelry firm of A. and J. Plant of Cincinnati, O. Another trunk belonging to Mr. Rosenbaum, said to contain diamonds, and which was with the jewelry trunk, was not molested.

50 YEARS AGO Nov. 25, 1970

■ The North Little Rock Chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police decided Tuesday night to send a plane to cities around the state to seek support for their drive opposing clemency for James Dean Walker of Reno, Nev. Walker is serving a life term in prison for the slaying of Jerrell P. Vaughan, a North Little Rock policeman, in April 1963. The plane will leave at 6 a.m. today for cities such as West Memphis, Blytheville, Jonesboro, Harrison, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, El Dorado, Texarkana and Lake Village.

25 YEARS AGO Nov. 25, 1995

■ Pigeons provide the only life inside the crumbling Lee Elementary School these days. The last human tenants left the leaky roofs and leaning walls two years ago. Now the city of Little Rock, with a little help from its friends, plans to transform the old school into a neighborhood center where citizens, a local university and city officials can study urban problems and develop solutions. It will be a sort of big urban think tank. The building also would house the Downtown Police Patrol headquarters, the 12th Street Alert Center and offices for some Little Rock Neighborhood and Planning Department staff.

10 YEARS AGO Nov. 25, 2010

■ The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced plans Wednesday to temporarily ban the sale and use of “synthetic marijuana,” after action by Arkansas and many other state and local governments to restrict the substance. Attorneys for the Arkansas Department of Health see no conflict between the state’s newly enacted policies and the federal ban. A state senator pushing for stronger policies related to the product, commonly known as “K2,” “Spice” and “Blaze,” said he intends to continue with his plans. “There’s nothing good about [K2] in my view,” said state Sen. David Johnson, D-Little Rock. The federal agency plans to enact a one-year emergency ban on the sale and use of the drug while it considers plans to permanently control the substance.