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100 YEARS AGO Feb. 10, 1921
■ A. L. Tribble, aged 50, former county judge and former sheriff of Sevier county, en route to the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases for treatment, disappeared from the Hotel Marion shortly afternoon yesterday, while Dr. A.J. Clingan of DeQueen, who accompanied the former official here, was seeking the co-operation of the police and sheriff in securing a commitment. Early this (Thursday) morning Mr. Tribble was sheriff of Sevier county for eight years and county judge for four years.
50 YEARS AGO Feb. 10, 1971
■ The House of Representatives reconsidered and passed a bill Tuesday that would allow teachers in nonprofit, private schools to be members of the state Teacher Retirement System for public school teachers. The vote on the bill (HB 173) was 57 to 25. It was defeated in the House last week, 41 to 33, with 51 votes required, but notice of reconsideration was given. Several private schools have been formed in the state in recent years to avoid desegregation. Three of them are in the legislative district of Representative J.B. Smith of Marianna, the sponsor of HB 173.
25 YEARS AGO Feb. 10, 1996
■ Little Rock civil rights lawyers John Walker agreed Friday that the three Pulaski County school districts have complied with parts of their desegregation plans, clearing the way for a federal judge to give up monitoring those areas. Walker and attorneys for the three districts submitted a stipulated agreement late Friday afternoon asking U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright to relieve the districts of further court monitoring in nine areas. The areas include some gifted and multicultural education programs. “Everyone needs to feel encouraged that progress is being made in the desegregation plan,” Ann Brown, the federal desegregation monitor, said of the agreements.
10 YEARS AGO Feb. 10, 2011
■ Emotion ran high at the Pulaski County Quorum Court County Services Committee meeting Tuesday night where the group scrapped a proposed pet-licensing ordinance in favor of pursuing a contract with a mobile spay and neuter clinic to help reduce strays in unincorporated areas. In a 5-2 vote, the committee agreed to send a new ordinance to the full Quorum Court that would allocate a $50,000 budget for Comptroller Mike Hutchens, or “the appropriate person,” to use in negotiating a oneyear contract with the mobile clinic. After the one year, the Quorum Court would review how well the program worked.