100 years ago
March 10, 1925
D.G. Armstrong, superintendent of North Little Rock schools, was unanimously elected president of the Arkansas Polytechnic College at Russellville at a meeting of the Board of Trustee’s yesterday in Russellville. He has accepted and will assume his duties July 1. Mr. Armstrong’s second term as superintendent of the North Little Rock schools will expire June 30. Two weeks ago, he was re-elected for a third term but has resigned to accept the college offer.
50 years ago
March 10, 1975
The relatively innocent-sounding subject of punch-card voting has stirred a classic battle of the lobbyists in the halls of the state Capitol. The Arkansas League of Woman Voters has planted itself squarely in the path of a bill the would allow counties to use a punch-card voting system instead of paper ballots or voting machines. Of the 75 Arkansas counties, 63 use paper ballots and 12 use machines.
25 years ago
March 10, 2000
PINE BLUFF — Officials continued their investigation Thursday into what caused eight employees working on a chemical weapons incinerator complex at the Pine Bluff Arsenal to become ill Wednesday afternoon. The Raytheon Demilitarization Co. employees were installing a waterline in a six-foot-deep trench leading to a container handling facility, which is under construction. Shortly after noon Wednesday, they reported feeling nauseous, tightness in the chest and difficulty breathing, arsenal officials said. Six of the employees were treated by medical personnel at a first-aid station near the site. Two employees were sent to the Health Care Plus medical clinic in Pine Bluff because of “elevated blood pressure,” officials said, but were treated and given approval to return to work. Chemical agents stored at the arsenal did not cause the illnesses, officials said.
10 years ago
March 10, 2015
A broad effort in the Legislature to end the practice of “re-homing” adopted children in Arkansas will have the support of Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a spokesman said Monday. On Monday, a state senator filed legislation similar to bills filed by two other lawmakers that aim to end a practice brought to light last week by the Arkansas Times. The Times’ story detailed how Rep. Justin Harris, R-West Fork, and his wife, Marsha, “re-homed” two adopted daughters, which resulted in the rape of one of the girls by her new caretaker. On Monday, a spokesman for Hutchinson, J.R. Davis, said that the governor met last week with the two state representatives who filed the legislation, and that the governor plans to work with lawmakers and officials from the Department of Human Services and to be involved as the bills go through the legislative process.
