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100 YEARS AGO Dec. 7, 1914
Will Neeley, a negro, convicted of the murder of Deputy Sheriff Sorrells near El Dorado, in Union county, will pay the penalty tomorrow morning in the electric chair. All is in readiness for the execution, penitentiary officials said yesterday. No appeal was made in the Neeley case, nor was there any effort to have the sentence commuted by Governor Hays.
50 YEARS AGO Dec. 7, 1964
PARAGOULD — Customers of the municipally owned Paragould Light and Power Co. can expect a pleasant surprise when they get their December electric bills. The bills will be marked “paid” giving customers a month of service free of charge. The company explained that it considers the paid bills a dividend and that they will stimulate the economy.
25 YEARS AGO Dec. 7, 1989
Little Rock firefighters are ready to show off remodeled Station 10 in the Heights, the historic structure built in 1929. “It turned out a lot better than we anticipated,” Capt. Charles Pinkerton said Wednesday. “It was in pretty bad shape.” Located at Kavanaugh Boulevard and Harrison Street, the buff brick station was renovated with proceeds from the $39 million capital improvements bond issue voters approved in 1987.
10 YEARS AGO Dec. 7, 2004
Hoping to establish its own daytime services center for the homeless, Little Rock will not renew a contract with a downtown shelter, city officials say. The city’s proposed 2005 budget lists $100,000 for homeless outreach, but that figure does not include a grant for St. Francis House at 501 Scott St. Instead, $70,000 will go toward establishing a daytime center for the homeless, and $30,000 more has not been earmarked for any particular organization or charity, City Manager Bruce Moore said. This year’s budget included $100,000 for a grant for a daytime shelter. St. Francis House, the only charity to bid for the grant, extended its hours and stayed open seven days a week. Without the grant, the shelter will have to revert to its five day-a-week schedule and cut back on some employees, Executive Director Lloyd Halsey said. “The center is still going to remain open,” Halsey said. City leaders indicated earlier this year that the partnership did not please them. At a community meeting in September, Moore said the arrangement “has not been a viable partnership for the city.”