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— 100 YEARS AGO Feb. 13, 1913

Were gambling entirely abolished in Pulaski county, the prosecuting attorney’s office would suffer a loss conservatively estimated at $15,000 a year. This result of the fee system was discovered yesterday as a result of a statement made by J.W. (“Slim”) Bruner, proprietor of an Argenta gambling house, that he had paid the prosecuting attorney’s office $155 a month for protection, only to have his place raided by Sheriff Hutton and his deputies and his gambling paraphernalia seized last Saturday. Bruner’s statement was hotly denied by Prosecuting Attorney Robert L. Rogers, who said neither he nor any of his deputies had promised protection to Bruner, or any other gambler.

50 YEARS AGO Feb. 13, 1963

Rep. Hardy Croxton of Benton County received an ovation today after he declared that Gov. Faubus’ stand against using state police to investigate gambling law violations is “dead wrong.” Croxton said the state police have always been used to enforce state laws on a statewide basis. The Benton County lawmaker urged passage of Rep. N.B. (Nap) Murphy’s bill, HB116, to create a special division of the state police to investigate and present evidence of gambling law violations anywhere in Arkansas.

25 YEARS AGO Feb. 13, 1988

The initiated act and a ballot title for a new code of ethics for public officials and lobbyists will be ready for certification next week, Gov. Bill Clinton said Friday. Clinton, talking to reporters after a speech to the Arkansas Educational Television Commission, said he and other organizers “are going over it with a fine-tooth comb.” 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 13, 2003

A bill that would make it illegal to drive a vehicle while using a cellular phone was among the measures introduced Wednesday in the 84th General Assembly. House Bill 1493 by Rep. Kevin Penix, RFort Smith, and Sen. Ruth Whitaker, R-Cedarville, would provide that a first offense be punishable with a warning citation. Second and subsequent offenses would be punishable by a fine of up to $50.

Arkansas, Pages 14 on 02/13/2013

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