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100 YEARS AGO June 1, 1917

SEARCY — Bruce Turnoge, a negro, was shot and killed and two negresses were wounded at a dance at the “Blue Goose,” a negro dance hall, at midnight Monday. There was a dispute about the admission ticket of Turnoge with the doorkeeper. Cortez Lyles, a negro, tried to settle the difficulty when Turnoge attempted to stab him. Lyles drew a revolver and fired, killing Turnoge and wounding Mary Cheatham and Annie Young. Lyles telephoned for officers and surrendered. At a preliminary hearing today Lyles was exonerated as to the killing on a ground of self-defense, but was bound over on a charge of carrying a pistol.

50 YEARS AGO June 1, 1967

■ The Little Rock Zoo’s deadly king cobra, which is about 13 feet long, was placed carefully and with respect into its new cage Wednesday. It took about 20 minutes to get the cobra out of its carrying case and into the four by four foot cage on the west side of the monkey house. When it was over, the brown cobra, which is about the diameter of a man’s arm, raised its head, puffed it out to about the size of a large man’s hand and stuck out his tongue to about a dozen spectators.

25 YEARS AGO June 1, 1992

■ Screening mammography, while not perfect, is beneficial in detecting breast cancer in women ages 40 to 49 — despite what a highly publicized Canadian study suggests, Arkansas cancer research officials say. Preliminary results from the Canadian study suggest that women in their 40s do not benefit from routine mammograms. A recent review of the Arkansas Cancer Research Center’s experience with conservative breast cancer surgery (as opposed to a mastectomy) showed that more than a third of the patients were younger than 50, said Dr. V. Suzanna Klimberg, a researcher at the center.

10 YEARS AGO June 1, 2007

■ A former police officer was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday for raping a 14-year old girl. Teddy Lee Clarks, 39, of Jacksonville will have to serve at least 28 years before he is eligible for parole. The seven-woman, five-man jury took about 23 minutes to convict him on two counts of rape, then deliberated less than an hour before recommending Pulaski County Circuit Judge John Langston impose 20-year prison terms for each count. He could have been sentenced to life in prison.