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100 YEARS AGO May 22, 1917

■ A large portion of the losses of horses and mules on Arkansas farms could be avoided by a little intelligent attention paid to what the farmer considers trifling details in the care of the animal. This is the opinion expressed by Dr. J. E. Gibson, veterinarian for Arkansas of the United States Department of Agriculture, in an article written for the Arkansas Profitable Farming Bureau of the Little Rock Board of Commerce. In his article, Dr. Gibson tells some methods of avoiding diseases that prove fatal to horses and mules and which cause a big loss to Arkansas farmers each year.

50 YEARS AGO May 22, 1967

■ The Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine opposes the Quie amendment to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, it was announced Sunday. In an editorial prepared for this week’s issue of the magazine Rev. Erwin L. McDonald, the editor, said the adoption of the amendment, sponsored by Representative Albert H. Quie (Rep., Wis.), would “escalate boondoggling at the expense of those least able to afford it — disadvantaged children.”

25 YEARS AGO May 22, 1992

■ The necessity for a civilian Pulaski County sheriff’s office job that paid $27,525 in 1991 — including $5,002 in overtime — was questioned Thursday by a Quorum Court member and the county personnel director. In addition, the amount of overtime paid to that employee and another employee — a corrections officer who earned $6,975 in overtime in 1991 for a total salary of $30,259 — led to allegations of mismanagement against Sheriff Carroll Gravett and Maj. Nick Zoeller, who oversees the office budget.

10 YEARS AGO May 22, 2007

■ Union employees went back to work last week at National Wire Fabric in Star City, nearly 22 months after they began a strike that a state labor official believes became the longest in state history. Eleven of the 56 members of the United Steelworkers Union who began picketing the plant July 23, 2005, went back to work May 14 after Local 1671 reached a settlement with the company, Barry Strange, a representative of the Pittsburgh-based union, said Monday. National Wire Fabric makes filtration systems for the paper and pulp industry. “Given the circumstances, we’re as happy as we can possibly be,” Strange said.