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100 YEARS AGO May 12, 1917

■ As a result of meetings held at the old statehouse yesterday afternoon and last night, 100 Little Rock women have enrolled for the training course in Red Cross nurse work, which will be given by the faculty of the Arkansas Medical School. Dr. A. C. Shipp, who is in charge of the Medical Committee of the local Red Cross Society, and who conducted the meetings, says that the schedules for work and the assignment of lecturers will not be made until the books for the classes have been received.

50 YEARS AGO May 12, 1967

■ For 20 minutes Thursday afternoon Governor Rockefeller sat with a gold-plated telephone to his ear, participating in a special conference call with President Johnson and 49 other governors. Mr. Rockefeller never had a chance to say a word. The occasion marked the installation of the nation’s 100 millionth telephone somewhere in the Bell System and the 2,300 independent telephone companies. Weeks of preparations went into the conference circuit, several hours of it in the governor’s office at the Capitol.

25 YEARS AGO

May 12, 1992

■ Daisy Bates and Elizabeth Huckaby, two women who worked in different ways to help nine black students integrate Central High School in 1957, were honored for their efforts at a reception Monday in the school library. “You literally opened our doors to integrated education,” Joan Dietz, a Central teacher, said of the women. Drawings of Central done by artist Richard DeSpain were presented at the reception.

10 YEARS AGO

May 12, 2007

■ The Division of Children and Family Services continued making steady progress toward filling vacant positions in recent months. Less than two years ago, in July 2005, only 76 percent of the Division’s 980 field positions were filled. As of April, 87 percent of the positions were filled. Personnel Manager George Weber told the Division’s Advisory Committee on Friday of the increasing numbers, highlighting that 90 percent of the 525 caseworker positions are now filled. In July 2005, 74 percent of 542 caseworker positions were filled. The Division has reversed another trend by hiring more people than it is losing, he said.