100 YEARS AGO Jan. 6, 1914 HELENA - As an echo to the recent granting of saloon license in this city by County Judge E. P. Molitor on Saturday, Mayor Hugh Martin this morning issued a series of orders to the Police Department that hereafter no policeman shall drink while on duty, nor enter saloons except in discharge of duty. Minors are forbidden to frequent the red light district. Chief of Police F. D. Clancy said his department will see that the orders are enforced as nearly to the letter as possible. All the saloon men in the city have been notified of the rule against women and minors. In nearly all saloons this afternoon appeared placards reading “No Minors Allowed.”

50 YEARS AGO Jan. 6, 1964

The Little Rock School Board has listed for sale the square block of ground and the buildings of East Side Junior High School between E. 14th and E. 15th and between Scott and Cumberland. Russell H. Matson Jr., president of the board, said that the board decided to see if the building and land could be sold and a new technical high school built with the proceeds rather than remodel East Side. It will be listed for sale through March 31.

25 YEARS AGO Jan. 6, 1989BATESVILLE - A jail commissary fund that provided money for items such as steaks and a submachine gun should be audited, several Independence County officials said Thursday. The commissary fund was created when then-Sheriff Larry West took over operation of the Independence County Jail’s commissary from vending companies in April 1987. West’s tenure as sheriff ended Saturday when newly elected Sheriff David Hunter was sworn into office at midnight. According to a summary report prepared by Vickers and Co., a Batesville accounting firm, the commissary fund had $19,699.94 pass through it from April 1987 until Dec. 28 1988. West said Thursday he took over operation of the commissary from local vendors so the “department could get the profits instead of the vending companies.”

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 6, 2004

Arkansas government collected 5.5 percent more general revenue last month than in December 2002, setting a record for the month while falling short of the state’s forecast. The state’s chief fiscal officer said Monday’s report indicates the economy is continuing to improve. “All in all, we’re right on target,” said Richard Weiss, director of the Department of Finance and Administration.

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