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100 YEARS AGO June 24, 1917

■ Field representatives of the State Department of Agriculture in their weekly reports received yesterday by Commissioner John H. Page, show a marked improvement in crop conditions in all parts of the state, with the exception of some portions of the Mississippi and St. Francis valleys, where there has been some flooding and where the crops are grassy thanks to the late spring and wet season. In some parts of Southeast Arkansas, where cotton seemed to have gotten a bad start, the farmers planted corn in the middles to make sure of a crop of some kind.

50 YEARS AGO June 24, 1967

■ The South Central Regional Educational Laboratory of Little Rock has received a grant to test the effectiveness of a team of Project Head Start teachers who have received a crash course in psychology. The $44,607 Office of Economic Opportunity grant was announced Friday by Sen. J. William Fulbright. Dr. Gwendel A. Nelson, the laboratory’s executive director, said the money would be used to pay 20 teachers who had taken a special two-week course in psychology earlier this year at the University of Arkansas.

25 YEARS AGO June 24, 1992

RUSSELLVILLE — Pope County authorities arrested a third suspect in the 1989 torture and slaying of a 24-year-old woman. Steven Holloway, 35, of Pope County was charged Monday in the Jan. 23, 1989, kidnapping of Pamela Louise Smith of Atkins (Pope County). Earlier this year, authorities charged Alfred Lee Palmer, 74, of Atkins and Darlene Evans, 25, of Morrilton (Conway County) with capital murder. Holloway was a former boyfriend of Evans, Prosecuting Attorney John Bynum of Russellville said.

10 YEARS AGO June 24, 2007

TEXARKANA — After three years of serving the sick, the needy and the poor, the Greater Texarkana People’s Clinic is closing its doors. The clinic, which saw uninsured and under-insured patients for a small fee, can no longer afford its overhead expenses, which run $40,000 to $50,000 per month, said Dr. C. Jack Smith, president of the board of directors. With an income of about $6,000 per month, making financial ends meet is impossible without intense support from the community.