100 YEARS AGO Sept. 28, 1913
On a plea of guilty to a charge of petit larceny, J.W. Rogers, a painter, was fined $10 and given a one-minute jail sentence by Judge Lea. The grand jury recommended clemency and the punishment was made the lowest provided by law.
50 YEARS AGO Sept. 28, 1963
City Manager Ancil M. Douthit today announced that reserved parking space on the small lot at the Walker Tennis Center for city officials during the Razorback football games has been terminated. Douthit acted, he said, “in response to criticism which I do not believe represents a majority view … and which I do not feel was justified,” He added: “Nevertheless, rather than have the matter reflect in any way on the present city administration,I am turning jurisdiction of the lot during football games over to the Stadium Commission which regulates parking in the stadium area.” Apparently, anyone possessing a stadium pass will be allowed to park there on a first come-first served basis from now on.
25 YEARS AGO Sept. 28, 1988
Beginning Monday, Pulaski County will have a juvenile jail for the first time since 1982, if only for the next three months. The Quorum Court approved a measure Tuesday night, giving the sheriff’s office $40,000 to hire a private contractor through Dec. 31 to operate the 16-cell jail on Roosevelt Road. Although a private contractor, most likely American Contract Services of Little Rock will be hired to run the juvenile jail, the sheriff’s office ultimately will be accountable for its operation, Justice John Pagan of Little Rock said.
10 YEARS AGO Sept. 28, 2003
Arkansas education leaders say the state’s public schools are teaching U.S. history and producing good American citizens, regardless of the failing grade that a national nonprofit organization gave the state’s social studies standards last week. The 50-state study of the academic standards - which was published by the Washington, D.C.-based Thomas B. Fordham Institute - concluded that the Arkansas standards do not specify the people and events that made up the development of the United States and, as a result, are “historically empty.” “The Arkansas standards are the academic equivalent of a diet of only snack foods: light, airy and full of empty calories,” said the study, which was written primarily by Sheldon M. Stern, a retired historian at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library.
Arkansas, Pages 14 on 09/28/2013