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100 years ago

April 23, 1915

FORT SMITH -- Jesse London, an attorney, was held to the United States Grand Jury late yesterday and was released on $300 bond on a charge of using canceled postage stamps. The postmaster at Alma testified that he returned a half dozen letters which London mailed with canceled stamps. Postoffice Inspector G. B. Johnson testified he found a handfull of canceled stamps in London's office here.

50 years ago

April 23, 1965

ARKADELPHIA -- A roadgrading machine broke a 101-pair Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. cable near here Friday, interrupting service between Little Rock and Texarkana. A Bell spokesman said the company was handling only emergency long distance calls from Hope and Arkadelphia and only urgent calls from Texarkana. These cities are feeder points for 36 smaller cities and their service was similarly affected and urgent calls were being routed around the break.

25 years ago

April 23, 1990

• Some Harding University students got into the spirit of Earth Day, collecting aluminum cans and planting a tree last week on the campus. Joel Armstrong, a member of the Kappa Sigma Kappa social club, said he thought it would be fun to help raise awareness of environmental issues. Armstrong said students had responded well to the collection effort and his club had bought a 13-foot willow oak tree and planted it Thursday in front of the school's new library. "I thought a willow oak would be durable and strong, so lots of future students can see it and appreciate it," he said.

10 years ago

April 23, 2005

• Cabot officials are exploring ways to fund a $15.5 million sewer treatment center and replace its current plant, which is in violation of state Department of Environmental Quality standards. Options discussed include raising sewer rates or extending a 1 percent city sales tax. Jim Towe, the city's public works director, said the Cabot Wastewater Treatment Center, built in the early 1990s, was designed poorly and has amassed about 580 environmental violations over the years. Mayor Stubby Stumbaugh was more succinct. "It's been worthless since the days of starting it up," he said. Since 1994, the city has paid fines ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 to the Department of Environmental Quality for noncompliance. Violations have ranged from too much total suspended solids in its discharge to allowing untreated wastewater to enter stream water.

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