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100 YEARS AGO Jan. 21, 1916
TEXARKANA — In the case of Will Mayfield, on trial in the District Court at Boston, charged with the murder of his mother, and which was given to the jury Wednesday night, no verdict has been reached. At noon today the jurors reported to the court that they were hopelessly divided; standing ten for the death penalty and two for life imprisonment. Judge O’Neal sent them back for further deliberation and at the same time ordered court adjourned until next Monday. 50 YEARS AGO Jan. 21, 1966
“Land speculators” and “the blue suede shoe boys” are appearing from time to time in urban renewal areas in Little Rock, although probably not to the same extent that they operate in other cities, Dowell Navlor Jr., director of the Little Rock Housing Authority, said today. Land speculators, he said, try to acquire property in an area already designated for urban renewal or in areas where studies for possible future projects have been announced. 25 YEARS AGO Jan. 21, 1991 CONWAY — When Faulkner County’s first shelter for the homeless opens this year in Conway, it will provide more than the usual refuge. Bethlehem House will typically house families who’ve become homeless through loss of jobs or a lack of sufficient income, said the Rev. Ron Larson, pastor of the Advent Lutheran Church in Conway. Larson hopes the shelter will open March 1 with six bedrooms, one reserved for single women and five for families. Organizers have obtained a $25,000 grant for renovating a house on Faulkner Avenue, he said. 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 21, 2006
DANVILLE — Two Yell County residents were charged Friday with robbing a Havana bank and burning a stolen car believed used in the robbery. Cynthia Crawford, 35, and Donnie Ried, 49, both of Plainview, went before a circuit court judge on charges of aggravated robbery, theft and arson in the armed robbery Thursday morning of the Chambers Bank in Havana. Yell County Prosecuting Attorney Tom Tatum said Ried, who retained Fayetteville attorney Wendy Howerton, entered an innocent plea before Circuit Judge Terry Sullivan. Crawford, who was appointed a public defender, is scheduled to return to court Tuesday for her arraignment, he said. The two were ordered held in the Yell County jail in lieu of $250,000 bail each.