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100 YEARS AGO Dec. 5, 1916
PRESCOTT — In Chancery Court today Judge James D. Shaver overruled a demurrer to a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Jay Sullivan against Dr. E. P. Bledsoe, superintendent of the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, and ordered Dr. Bledsoe to bring Mrs. Sullivan, now an inmate of the state hospital, before the court tomorrow morning. Sullivan seeks the release of his wife, who, he declares is sane and is held at the state hospital unlawfully.
50 YEARS AGO Dec. 5, 1966
Two women are waiting in the University of Arkansas Medical Center to receive kidneys from inmates of the Arkansas state prison. The women are Mrs. Doris Ratliff, 39, of Fayetteville, and Mrs. Lillie Bell Lewis, 48, of Earle. Both suffer from a chronic kidney disease and have had both their kidneys removed. Dr. W. J. (Pat) Flanigan, head of a team of medical specialists which will transplant the kidneys from the convicts to the women, said the aunt of a patient who had a successful kidney transplant at the Medical Center wrote to the prison physician telling of the need of kidney donors for Mrs. Ratliff and Mrs. Lewis.
25 YEARS AGO Dec. 5, 1991
Incineration of hazardous wastes in Jacksonville has been halted, and it’s not known whether the state or the contractor must pay for the downtime, a state spokesman said Wednesday. Officials at the state Department of Pollution Control and Ecology halted incineration of 2,4-D waste Monday at the incinerator at the old Vertac Chemical Corp. plant after they discovered that some of the waste was contaminated with dioxin.
10 YEARS AGO Dec. 5, 2006
A handful of North Little Rock electric customers Monday bemoaned a proposed 38 percent residential rate increase, with some suggesting an alternative to charge less to those who use the least amount of power. The city is proposing the increase in electric rates to start Jan. 1 to meet financial demands of a three-year contract that doubles the city-owned utility’s cost to purchase power. The new contract begins April 1. The City Council will consider the rate increase Dec. 11 as part of a proposed $48.6 million general fund budget for 2007. If approved, residential electric bills would go up $34.74 per month — from $90.34 now to $125.08 — based on an industry standard of an average residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity in a month.