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100 YEARS AGO Jan. 30, 1921
MARKED TREE — J. C. Carl-Lee, aged 24, of Arkansas county, alleged to have been one of the two bandits who robbed the Bank of St. Charles of more than $700 on March 4 last, was arrested here last night. He is held for Woodruff county officers, who are expected to arrive here tomorrow. Carl-Lee was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Parks and Special Deputy Allison Vance. The robbery of the St. Charles bank was one of the boldest ever staged in this section. Shortly before noon two men walked into town and went directly to the bank.
50 YEARS AGO Jan. 30, 1971
■ Federal Judge J. Smith Henley signed an order Friday directing the Dollarway School Board to dismantle its system of segregated classes within elementary schools by February 8. Judge Henley said that the classes must be reorganized so that none can be identified as white or predominantly white or black or predominantly black. He directed the Board to file a statement by February 11 showing what it did to comply with the order. The Dollarway School Board reorganized its three elementary schools last October 5 in response to an order by Judge Henley to operate its schools on a unitary, non-racial bias.
25 YEARS AGO Jan. 30, 1996
CONWAY — In two years, workers have transformed the student center at the University of Central Arkansas from a 1950s building to a 1990s facility designed to accommodate a growing student population. The university is putting the finishing touches on the new center, which opened earlier this month. “It’s really nice,” said Paula Harris, a student eating lunch in the center’s new food court with some friends. Harris said she particularly enjoys the open areas in the center, which lets students socialize. Typical of the open areas is large glass atrium at the entrance, which replaces the former drab brick exterior, although the atrium entrance is still closed because work on an iron staircase is continuing.
10 YEARS AGO Jan. 30, 2011
CONWAY — Just days after the Faulkner County Senior Citizens Program said it would have to shut down its free medical transportation service, enough donations have poured in to fund the program for the remainder of the year. One donor, whose identity will be announced Tuesday, gave $20,000 of the needed $45,000, said Debra Robinson, the program’s executive director. “We just want to assure our seniors in the community that our transportation has been saved. We are back in business. We got enough money to take care of the whole year,” Robinson said Saturday.