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100 YEARS AGO Sept. 24, 1915

FORT SMITH — Local authorities have spent the past several days searching for Jinks Starling, alleged bank and postoffice robber, who is believed to have made Fort Smith his headquarters since his escape from jail at Springfield, Mo., September 1. A reward of $600 is offered for his capture. In 1913 Starling was arrested in Oklahoma on a charge of having participated in the robbery of the People’s bank at Dardanelle September 1, 1913.

50 YEARS AGO Sept. 24, 1965

Gov. Faubus said today he found out two or three weeks ago that his wife had bought a lot at 1012 Cherry Hill Road, North Little Rock, after she had already purchased the property. The property is in an area where lots are selling for $9,000 to $13,500 and overlooks North Little Rock from the rim of Park Hill. Mrs. Faubus disclosed that she had purchased the property without the governor’s knowledge.

25 YEARS AGO Sept. 24, 1990

CONWAY — To obtain a less expensive, more reliable source of electrical power, Conway’s cityowned utility is considering a $32.3 million hydroelectric generator project at Norfork Dam in Baxter County. The Conway Corp. apparently is still discussing the 2-year-old generator proposal, although General Manager Jim Brewer said in April he was against the deal. A resolution on the Norfork project is included in the agenda for the corporation’s board of directors meeting on Tuesday, but Brewer said the issue will not be discussed until a later meeting.

10 YEARS AGO Sept. 24, 2005

Employees at the Pulaski County-Circuit Clerk’s office will continue to clean up the county’s flawed voter rolls. But they will not be advised on how often they should clean themselves, according to a revised version of a much-discussed dress code policy that was finalized Friday by Clerk Pat O’Brien and his employees. In early August, the clerk’s 15-person dress code committee was quick to vote off detailed provisions of an early draft’s personal hygiene guidelines, which included requirements that employees bathe and change undergarments daily. “Is there anyone who would have a problem with taking out that sentence?” O’Brien asked the group as he read each of the lines on those subjects. Heads around the conference table in his office shook. “I can’t say I’m particularly shocked by that,” O’Brien replied to the silent chorus.