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100 YEARS AGO

Dec. 22, 1920

Under the plan of the Legislative Committee of the Citizens’ Advisory Board, appointed by Mayor Brickhouse recently to consider the city’s financial situation, a bill will be presented to the legislature regulating license on automobiles in the city, whereby an additional $30,000 of revenue will be raised annually. A copy of this proposed bill was submitted to the board at its meeting yesterday afternoon at the city hall but action was postponed until the next meeting of the board, which will be Tuesday.

50 YEARS AGO

Dec. 22, 1970

The number of reported homicides and non-negligent manslaughter cases at Little Rock for the first nine months of 1970 almost doubled the previous year’s total, according to the FBI’s uniform crime report. The city had 31 slayings and non-negligent manslaughter cases this year compared with 16 in 1969, the report said. This was well above the figure for the nation, which reported a nine per cent increase in killings. Little Rock reported an increase in all crimes except larceny cases of $50 and more, which decreased by 23 cases this year compared with 1969.

25 YEARS AGO

Dec. 22, 1995

Christmas wishes at Pinnacle Mountain State Park were filled after a playground slide that was stolen last week was recovered and donations poured in to replace two swings that were also taken, park ranger Russ Riegel said Thursday. “We will have the slide reinstalled by Christmas,” Riegel said. “So bring. your children out to Pinnacle after you open your presents.” State park employees had worked about 12 years to secure more than $30,000 to improve the park’s playground area. So, Riegel said, they were saddened Dec. 14 when thieves took the playground equipment they had installed in the spring.

10 YEARS AGO

Dec. 22, 2010

The director of the Department of Correction said Tuesday that legislators need to change Arkansas law to allow more nonviolent or low-level violent offenders to be put on probation. The state has nearly 2,000 more inmates than it can house and Gov. Mike Beebe has signaled he plans to address during the 2011 legislative session the growing number of people in state prison, county jails or on probation. The Pew Center on the States’ Public Safety Performance Project, based in Washington, D.C., is conducting a study of Arkansas’ prison system. Results are due to be released in early January.