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100 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1917
Efforts will be made to have the annual balloon race of the National Balloon Association staged from Little Rock next October as a special attraction of the Pulaski county fair, it was decided at the weekly luncheon of the Board of Commerce at Hotel Marion yesterday. Although no vote was taken, it was agreed that the race would be a big thing for Little Rock and that $ 3,000, necessary to land the meet, could be raised.
50 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1967
About 122 tons of marble around the edge of the roof line of the Capitol are regarded as hazardous, Secretary of State Kelly Bryant said Monday. Bryant said this was the consensus of architects, roofers, stone masons and others who recently have examined the upper levels of the Capitol exterior. Bryant said that an estimate of the cost of repairs will be compiled today and submitted to the Joint Budget Committee. Bryant said that he expected the bill to be fairly large. “I was told that 244,000 pounds of marble will have to be repaired one way or another and steps taken to cure the trouble” Bryant said. “Water damage seems to be the major cause of trouble.”
25 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1992
Two Sylvan Hills Junior High School students were recently charged as juveniles with conspiring to kill their English teacher, a detective with the Pulaski County sheriff’s office said Thursday. The boys, both 14, were charged with conspiracy to commit first- degree murder. They were released to their parents following a detention hearing. The names of suspects charged as juveniles are not released and court proceedings involving them are closed to the media.
10 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 2007
CABOT — Jury selection began Tuesday in the corruption trial of former Lonoke Police Chief Jay Campbell, his wife and a bail bondsman accused in a wide- ranging case alleging illegal drugs, illicit sex and abuse of a jail inmate- labor program. The morning began with roll call, after which the jury pool was split into three groups of roughly 30 each. Two groups were sent home to return again later, while a third group was directed to the Cabot City Council chambers, across the hall from Cabot District Court. The trial is being held there, instead of at the courthouse in Lonoke, to avoid tying up the circuit courtroom for the length of the trial, which both sides expect will last at least a month.