100 years ago
Aug. 14, 1914
• Marriage licenses, divorce and postage stamps, according to information gathered by a Gazette reporter yesterday, are the only "commodities" on which the prices have not been or will not be raised as a result of the European war. All imported goods have advanced in price from 5 to 25 percent, the maximum being on imported talcum powders and perfumes.
50 years ago
Aug. 14, 1964
MENA -- Mrs. Archie Cude said today that Polk County authorities today vaccinated her three children against smallpox and left them crying on her doorstep. The Cudes have been fighting in the courts against vaccinating the children. Shortly before noon today, the children were picked up at their home by Sheriff Bruce Scoggin and a probation officer on orders of Chancellor Wesley Howard. Judge Howard issued the original order that the children must be vaccinated and placed in school. Cude took the fight all the way to the State Supreme court and lost. Mrs. Cude telephoned the Democrat that the children were picked up shortly before noon and a couple of hours later she telephoned back to say the children were back home, vaccinated, and crying.
25 years ago
Aug. 14, 1989
• Dermott's city attorney said Sunday he will suggest revisions to stiffen a controversial new curfew law, including requiring that parents "provide food, clothing and shelter" for their children. "We're going to do a lot of things" to get parents in control of their children, said Charles Sidney Gibson. In an emergency meeting Aug. 5, the Dermott City Council approved the curfew law in response to a near-riot the night before, when a crowd of between 200 and 300 gathered to watch a fight involving five people. Another provision of the new law says parents who admit they can't control their children may sign a statement to that effect and either pay $100 or perform 20 hours of community service. They also must post a sign at their residences and put bumper stickers on their cars stating that they aren't responsible for their children.
10 years ago
Aug. 14, 2004
• Mexico's consul general in Dallas, Carlos Garcia De Alba, announced plans Friday to build a consulate in Little Rock. This will be Arkansas' first-ever foreign diplomatic office. "During the administration of President [Vicente] Fox, we are going to open just three more consulates. One of these three is going to be here in Little Rock," Garcia De Alba said.
Metro on 08/14/2014