100 YEARS AGO Jan. 22, 1914
The importance of the marketing of cotton to the South and the further importance of some advanced plan to accomplish the desired results, proved the subject of much discussion at a recent meeting in Fort Worth, Tex., attended by the commissioners of agriculture from the Southern states and many other interested parties. J.H. Fry of Atkins was one of the Arkansas representatives at the meeting. He was sent to Fort Worth as a delegate from the Atkins local of the Farmers’ Union, and was in Little Rock last night, en route to his home.
50 YEARS AGO Jan. 22, 1964
Arkansas Baptists are displeased about a proposal to allow the Baptist Hospital at Little Rock to build and lease a mental health unit with the aid of federal money. According to two officials of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, the Baptists want no part of the federal money of such a purpose. Both officials said they would rather not be quoted by name because the survey they made is not an official survey by the convention’s executive board nor was it authorized by the executive secretary. The spokesmen did say that the survey “will reveal in part” that there are several board members that do oppose the taking of federal money even through the formation of a private corporation. Here is their reason: “We are violating the church state principle directly in that we are using a government financed building at a give away price to promote our own Baptist interests.”
25 YEARS AGO Jan. 22, 1989
About 150 Arkansans against proposed state tax increases threw symbolic tea bags into trash containers labeled “Boston Harbor” during a Saturday afternoon rally at the state Capitol. For about 40 minutes the crowd cheered on speakers who lambasted tax increases for education and highways that originated with Gov. Bill Clinton and the state Highway Commission, respectively, and are currently under review by the Legislature.
10 YEARS AGO Jan. 22, 2004
A contractor has left 30 unassembled steel-frame bus shelters sitting at Central Arkansas Transit Authority headquarters in North Little Rock that were supposed to be installed throughout the city by Jan. 1. The shelters are to replace benches at bus stops in North Little Rock while providing patrons protection in bad weather. North Little Rock’s City Council approved the $35,000 purchase of the shelters on March 24.
Arkansas, Pages 12 on 01/22/2014