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100 YEARS AGO Feb. 11, 1914

Criticizing Attorney General William L. Moose’s opinion holding the Going law unconstitutional, Gustave Jones, an attorney at Newport, yesterday addressed a letter to Judge Moose. The writer suggests that the attorney general’s line of reasoning would also make the “Jim Crow” and other similar acts unconstitutional. Attorney General Moose said last night over the telephone that he had not yet received the letter. He said, after the communication was read to him, that he believed all the things suggested by the Newport attorney might be true and yet his opinion on the Going law would hold good.

50 YEARS AGO Feb. 11, 1964

PINE BLUFF - The Rev. Edward W. Harris, pastor of the First Methodist Church here, has announced that his church would accept members without regard to race. Harris said many members of his church did not agree with his decision. He said he was following the official policy of Methodism. First Methodist Church will apparently be the first Protestant church in Pine Bluff to admit Negroes, although Catholic churches admit them.

25 YEARS AGO Feb. 11, 1989

Using a cemetery entrance as a backdrop,Planned Parenthood of Greater Arkansas members spoke out Friday against a bill that would require parental notification before a minor has an abortion. The bill is now before Bill Clinton. “The notification requirements in this bill are the same as posting a big ‘Do Not Enter’ sign on the door of modern medical facilities,” said Joan Campbell, vice president of the board of directors of Planned Parenthood. The rally and news conference, attended by 16 members and supporters of Planned Parenthood, was in front of the Broadway gates of Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock.

10 YEARS AGO Feb. 11, 2004

FAYETTEVILLE - After months of debate, two petition drives and a court battle, Fayetteville voters on Tuesday narrowly approved a workplace smoking ban in a special election. The measure bans smoking in all workplaces except freestanding bars and tobacco shops, but restaurants were the main target of the ban. Proponents of the ban, celebrating at the UARK Bowl on Dickson Street, “raised the roof ” at the news Tuesday night, said Barbara Price Davis, an organizer of Smoke-Free Fayetteville. The ban will take effect when the election results are certified, Fayetteville City Attorney Kit Williams said.

Arkansas, Pages 8 on 02/11/2014

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