100 YEARS AGO June 22, 1913 BATESVILLE - To show that the prejudice against the work of eradicating the cattle tick is dying out it is stated that at the first dipping engagement here this year, during the first week more than 250 head were dipped. The people voluntarily brought their cattle to the vats. It has been a hard battle in this county, and some men who own cattle have been violently opposed to any efforts on the part of the government to rid them of the deadly tick.
50 YEARS AGO June 22, 1963 BENTON - Rain this week has eased Benton’s acute water shortage, according to officials of the Benton Light and Water Plant. They said curtailment probably will continue through the summer. Cooperation in the water rationing program, put into effect earlier this month when a critical shortage developed, has been good, they pointed out. The big rain came Wednesday and Thursday with a measurement of 1 1/10th inches, Mrs. Ann Willmon, water plant chemist, said. Since the water shortage began here June 10, a total of 2 8/10 inches of rain has fallen.
25 YEARS AGO June 22, 1988 PINE BLUFF - The state Board of Correction onTuesday upheld an earlier decision to stop giving free food to some prison employees. The board had voted last August to abolish the emolument program, which provides 83 employees of the state Department of Correction with free food and a cash allowance, but appointed a special sub-committee to study whether discontinuing the program would mean employees would need salary increases. The program was abolished in accordance with recommendations by Gov. Bill Clinton. Clinton made that recommendation in August 1986 after the Arkansas State Police gave him a report on an investigation of alleged wrongdoing with the program.
10 YEARS AGO June 22, 2003 FAYETTEVILLE - Anti-tobacco activists have made Fayetteville a primary target in their campaign to persuade cities across Arkansas to pass smoking bans. Fayetteville Alderman Don Marr plans to introduce an amendment to the city’s 1991 smoking regulation at the July 1 meeting of the City Council. The current ban applies to a variety of public and private buildings. A draft version of the amendment would extend the smoking ban to restaurants, bars, and other public buildings and workplaces. Only private offices with just one worker would be exempt, Marr said.
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