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— 100 YEARS AGO Dec. 30, 1912 CAMDEN - General Lute B. Stone, former tax assessor, present candidate for postmaster, and a well known possum hunter, is proudly displaying today a white possum which he caught last night. The possum is pure white, without a single spot of any kind upon it. Its ears and tail are coal black, giving it a peculiar appearance. It is a young possum, and General Stone contemplates trying to make a pet of it.

50 YEARS AGO Dec. 30, 1962

A Dedication ceremony and open house, beginning at 2 p.m. today, will officially open North Little Rock’s new library in honor of Mayor William F. (Casey) Laman. The Laman Library is located in the heart of the proposed civic center at 28th and Orange, nearthe new police and courts building beneath Park Hill.

25 YEARS AGO Dec. 30, 1987 PRESCOTT - The Nevada County Fire Association will begin charging local residents for fire calls beginning Jan. 11. The association currently doesnot charge for such services, but instead depends on donations for its income. The new fee will be $125 per truck responding to a house, building, grass or woods fire. A minimum of $250 will be charged for vehicle or highway fires that take three hours or less to extinguish. If it takes more than three hours, $125 will be charged for each additional hour.

10 YEARS AGO Dec. 30, 2002

Little Rock lawyer Leon Johnson, a former circuit judge who presided over much of Bill Clinton’s disbarment case, was appointed Sunday as Arkansas’ interim attorney general.Johnson, 41, will serve for 11 days until Attorney General-Elect Mike Beebe takes office on Jan. 14. Attorney General Mark Pryor plans to resign Jan. 3 to take the U.S. Senate seat he won in the Nov. 5 general election. Johnson will be the first black to hold a state constitutional office. In itself, the appointment isn’t significant, Johnson said. But if it leads to another black Arkansan being elected to the post in the future, he’ll consider his appointment a success.

Arkansas, Pages 18 on 12/30/2012

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