100 years ago

July 3, 1914

McCRORY -- Elliott Thompson, son of the Iron Mountain depot agent here, robbed a partridge nest of 15 eggs Saturday, June 20. The father took charge of the eggs and put them in a paper sack, thinking to have the boy return them to the nest, but placed them on a shelf and forgot them until June 27, at which time he opened the sack and to his surprise found 13 birds and two eggs. Two have died, and they now have 11, trying to raise them.

50 years ago

July 3, 1964

• Divided reaction and some uncertainty was found today in Arkansas after passage of the civil rights bill by Congress. Gov. Faubus took a dim view of the measure, declaring that it was another added expense to government and that congressmen who voted for the measure had voted against their own conscience. Winthrop Rockefeller, Republican candidate for governor, repeated his belief that more progress could be achieved through voluntary action but said that the new law must be accepted as a fact. A contrasting opinion came from L. C. Bates, field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who said the state now has an opportunity to improve its image to the world.

25 years ago

July 3, 1989

• Time, apathy and a conservative Supreme Court have dimmed the promise of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Arkansas activists said Sunday on the 25th anniversary of the law's enactment. "I think that most people have forgotten about the 1964 Civil Rights Act," John Walker, a Little Rock civil rights lawyer, said. "There's fear that we don't realize its need or importance." The act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of racial unrest in many parts of the United States, particularly the South. Its aim was to tear down racial barriers in housing, employment and trade. Former Gov. Orval Faubus said from his home in Conway that the act was signed so long ago that he has forgotten much of its contents.

10 years ago

July 3, 2004

• Employers can now use the Internet to find out almost instantaneously whether workers have criminal records in Arkansas. The Arkansas State Police, which had been providing the information on paper, went public with the option of online service last week. Online checks will show whether someone has Arkansas felony and misdemeanor convictions, pending state felony arrests and is listed on the state's sex offender registry.

Metro on 07/03/2014