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100 YEARS AGO July 29, 1916

LAKE VILLAGE — The epidemic of anthrax in Chicot county, which apparently subsided last week, has broken out anew, and many head of cattle have died from the disease this week. The disease, however, is confined to a small area, about 10 miles square. Stock in other sections of the county have been inoculated. H.H. Mitchell, deputy state veterinarian, today supervised the burning of many infected carcasses.

50 YEARS AGO July 29, 1966

NEWPORT — Jackson County election officials are going to school. School began with an experimental session the night before the first Democratic primary. Another will be held before the runoff August 9. Officials voiced approval of the training session, set up by the County Democratic Central Committee to brief them on the new registration law and changes in election procedure.

25 YEARS AGO July 29, 1991

A fire that caused about $50,000 in damage Sunday to a five-apartment building at 1803 S. Louisiana St. is suspected arson, fire officials said. Only two of the five apartments were occupied, and no one who lived there was injured. However, a firefighter, Capt. Hershal Stanley, 51, suffered heat exhaustion and was taken by ambulance to Baptist Medical Center. A hospital spokesman said Stanley was treated and released. Chief J.B. Davis said inspectors would further investigate the cause of the suspicious fire today. Davis declined to say what firefighters had found inside that led them to suspect arson.

10 YEARS AGO July 29, 2006

By an almost unanimous vote, more than 300 members of the Classroom Teachers Association on Friday approved a proposed teacher contract with the Little Rock School District that will give teachers pay increases of 3 percent to 5.6 percent for the 2006-07 school year. The teachers’ approval, with only one “no” vote, helped diffuse a volatile negotiating season that some feared could have ended in a teacher walkout. Among the disputed terms were pay raises and the issue of merit pay, which has divided association and district leaders during much of the 2005-06 school year. Negotiating teams with the district and association under the guidance of a federal mediator reached a tentative agreement Thursday. Under the proposed contract, the percentage of teachers required to pass a merit-pay and other alternative-pay plans at a school has dropped from 75 percent to a simple majority.