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— 100 YEARS AGO Dec. 23, 1912

Little Rock’s poor and unfortunate will not be forgotten Christmas day. Neither will the inmates of the state and county charitable and penal institutions have cause for sadness on that day. All will have Christmas dinners, and, in most of the institutions, arrangements have been made to provide gifts. Wherever possible there will be Christmas trees, and programs of music and readings appropriate to the season.

50 YEARS AGO Dec. 23, 1962

The St. Francis National Forest in Lee and Phillips counties will be open to deer hunting with guns this Dec. 27-31 period for the first time in many years.This colorful Crowley’s Ridge area extends from Marianna on the north to Helena and West Helena on the south.

25 YEARS AGO Dec. 23, 1987 WEST MEMPHIS - West Memphis residents continued to apply for federal disaster aid Tuesday at a Disaster Assistance Center established after a Dec. 14 tornado destroyed parts of town. A spokesman forthe Federal Emergency Management Agency said 644 people had registered for emergency assistance at FEMA’s West Memphis center by 4 p.m. Tuesday. President Reagan declared Crittenden County a federal disaster area last week after the tornado cut a twomile path of destruction through West Memphis.

10 YEARS AGO Dec. 23, 2002

In the state’s first such case, a physical therapist has been ordered to pay thousands of dollars for pushing his profession’s limits - and a patient’s back - too far.The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners says Michael Teston used a chiropractic treatment on a woman who claimed she was hurt by the technique. But Teston, backed by the state Board of Physical Therapy, said he did nothing wrong and is a target in a “turf war.” Teston, 42, of Maumelle was ordered earlier this month to pay $10,000 for performing “spinal manipulation” on a patient. His case marked the first time a physical therapist has gone before the chiropractic board in a disciplinary hearing, chiropractic board Executive Director Ann Gates said.

Arkansas, Pages 18 on 12/23/2012

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