100 YEARS AGO May 7, 1913
Declaring that the loss of a naturalization certificate did not deprive a man of his citizenship, and that his recourse lay within the powers of the state in which he took out the naturalization papers, Judge Jacob Trieber of the United States District Court yesterday rendered an interesting opinion regarding citizenship. Ferdinand George Buck had filed an application in the local United States District Court for naturalization papers, that he might make a homestead entry into Arkansas. Investigation developed the fact that the courthouse in which he had been naturalized had burned and that no record of his having obtained the papers could be gained.
50 YEARS AGO May 7, 1963
“We’re not here asking for more money, Mr. Douthit, we’re begging,” pleaded Jim Harris, spokesman for the Little Rock Municipal Police Association, as he outlined a formal request for higher salaries for every man on the police force. He added that many policemen were having to go to banks and other lenders each month to borrow enough money to survive. Harris and his six-man special committee seeking higher wages met in city hall with City Manager Ancil Douthit, Assistant City Manager Jack Merriweather and Chief R. E. Glasscock today.
25 YEARS AGO May 7, 1988
Seventy-five to 100 frustrated Lakewood Junior High School ninth-graders took to the school courtyard Friday afternoon to protest a North Little Rock school reorganization plan. The students refused to go into class following the noon bell that signaled the end of the lunch period. The number dwindled to four by 1:30 p.m. after school district administrators started calling parents to pick up their children.Other students were persuaded to return to class when administrators started talking about the penalties for truancy. They were protesting a plan to make Northeast High School a school for ninth and 10th-graders and Ole Main a school for juniors and seniors.
10 YEARS AGO May 7, 2003
Preliminary figures indicate the storm that spawned tornadoes in parts of Arkansas on Sunday night was one of the worst to hit the state in at least four years. As many as seven tornadoes cut through the central and northern parts of the state, two of them rating an F3 on the Fujita scale of tornado intensity - the highest being F5. Winds hit 160 mph in some places.
Arkansas, Pages 12 on 05/07/2013