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100 YEARS AGO

June 17, 1917

■ Redmon Williams of Black Rock, yesterday was tried by the general court-martial on a charge of mayhem. About one month ago Williams lost two fingers on his left hand, and was charged with cutting them off to avoid further military duty. The fingers were cleanly severed at the second knuckle, and a bloody hatchet was found in a latrine near by. Williams’ rifle had been discharged also, and he said that the fingers had been shot off by accident. No proceedings of the court-martial yesterday were made public, but were forwarded to Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood at Charleston for review.

50 YEARS AGO

June 17, 1967

■ Legislative auditors caught 10 state Revenue Department employes padding expense accounts in the year ended June 30, 1966, the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee heard Friday. Auditor Orvel M. Johnson said that a routine sampling of expense vouchers turned up padded accounts totaling $1,211. In some instances the employes listed their expenses on blank receipts sold in variety stores, he said. Johnson said that four employes subsequently refunded a total of $533. 25 YEARS AGO

June 17, 1992

SEARCY — The government is doing everything to encourage the spread of AIDS because of a powerful, organized homosexual lobby, Gene Antonio, author of “The AIDS Coverup,” said Tuesday. Antonio, a psychologist, spoke about acquired immune deficiency syndrome to about 350 high school juniors and seniors at Harding University. AIDS is a contagious disease that destroys the body’s immune system. It is incurable and usually fatal. “It is not a civil issue, but homosexuals are using it,” Antonio said. “High-ranking government people are involved, and it stinks.”

10 YEARS AGO

June 17, 2007

■ Jacksonville police charged a man in the slaying of his girlfriend Saturday, after his mother turned him in, police said. Shiela Nickols called police Saturday morning after her son, Marlin Tyrone Marbley, 24, stopped by her home in Jacksonville and told her he had beaten his girlfriend, police said. “He told his mother he didn’t know how bad she was hurt but that it didn’t look good,” Jacksonville police Lt. Martin Cass said. “He told her he didn’t know what to do next.” Police got to the Plantation Village trailer park on Arkansas 161 around 9 a.m.