100 YEARS AGO April 26, 1913
Within the next 15 or 30 days petitions, containing the signatures of more than 10,000 railway mail clerks asking that negro clerks be segregated from white clerks, will be carried to Washington by C.E. Castleberry of 112 West Second street and presented to Postmaster General A.S. Burleson. Already more than 4,000 signatures have been obtained by Robert Prather, the Little Rock mail clerk who proposed the idea, and it is expected that 4,000 more signatures will be received within the next two weeks.
50 YEARS AGO April 26, 1963
Arkansas Municipal League executive director Glenn Zimmerman declined the challenge of Gov. Faubus in the battle over who blocked a $5 city license fee in the last legislature. Zimmerman wrote in the league magazine that the governor asked a senator not to introduce a bill which would let the cities get more revenues from the vehicle licenses. Yesterday Faubus said this was “completely erroneous.” He challenged Zimmerman to name the senator. Faubus said: “Let them name the senator and we will see whether he was a friend of the administration or not.” Zimmerman declined to carry the dispute any further.
25 YEARS AGO April 26, 1988
While zoo officials were still seeking money for transportation, Trudy and Ollie, the two gorillas hailing most recently from Buffalo, N.Y., arrived unannounced Saturday at the Little Rock Zoo. Their arrival came at least a week earlier than the date zoo officials had previously announced. David Westbrook, the zoo director, confirmed the development Monday only after being asked by a reporter if the animals had arrived. Westbrook had publicized plans last week for a fund-raising effort to finance the gorillas insurance and transportation costs.
10 YEARS AGO April 26, 2003
CEDARVILLE - Librarians at the Cedarville School District were instructed on Friday to return copies of the Harry Potter series to the shelves at the library, ending a federal lawsuit that aimed to give students access to the books. A secretary at the rural school district said Friday that superintendent David Smith instructed librarians to take the books out of a back office and return them to the library shelf. The Cedarville School Board voted Thursday night not to appeal a federal court order to keep the books that some members consider “evil” from students.
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