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100 YEARS AGO June 14, 1918

FORT SMITH — Paris Green was found on candy given to a crowd of small children here by a stranger today. The man drove up in an automobile to where the children were playing and gave them a box containing soda pop, an apple and about a half pound of marshmallows. Delighted with the gift, the children ran home to their mother, who discovered a greenish powder on the candy. City officials had an analysis made of the goods and established that fact that the powder was poison. No poison was found on the soda pop or apple.

50 YEARS AGO June 14, 1968

EL DORADO — Jesse Evon Holley, 44, of Strong (Union County) was shot fatally with a .22-caliber pistol in front of his home Wednesday. Deputy Coroner Richard Martin ruled the death a homicide. Officers said the shooting followed an argument between Holley and a woman. No charges have been filed, officers said.

25 YEARS AGO June 14, 1993

■ Representatives of American Atheists Inc. asked Sunday that Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, state legislators and President Clinton denounce a section of the Arkansas Constitution. Only a handful of supporters turned out at the state capitol steps to hear Rob Sherman, national spokesman for the group, ask Tucker to issue a proclamation declaring Article 19, Section One of the state constitution inconsistent with the U.S. constitution. The 1874 provision of the state constitution prohibits those not believing in God from holding office and from testifying in court, Sherman said.

10 YEARS AGO June 14, 2008

■ For the past eight years, that extended-school-year calendar had pupils starting classes earlier in August and going later into June than their peers in other schools. The extended-year children and their teachers then had longer breaks during the school year. Some of that break time was used to provide remediation and enrichment to pupils in addition to their regular lessons. But beginning with the 2008-09 school year, Mabelvale, Stephens and Woodruff will revert to a traditional school year. The Little Rock School Board voted in January to discontinue the extended school year, largely in response to parents and teachers who said in a district survey that they were ready to reinstate a conventional calendar.