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100 years ago

June 20, 1915

CABOT -- It is believed the yeggmen who blew the safe in the postoffice here this morning secured nothing, although there was $2,000 in money and stamps in it. Sheriff Pat Swaim of Lonoke with bloodhounds is pursuing the robbers. The safe was blown at 2:15 o'clock this morning. Tom Young, night watchman, heard the explosion and as he came running toward the postoffice he was told to halt by a man standing at the front door of the postoffice.

50 years ago

June 20, 1965

• The American Automobile Association has given a special citation to Little Rock in recognition of the city's efforts to save pedestrian lives. The Arkansas Automobile Club, the statewide affiliate of the Association, announced the award. Fort Smith received one in another population category. Seven other Arkansas cities -- Batesville, Camden, Fayetteville, Hope, Springdale, Stuttgart and Jacksonville -- also were recognized for improving pedestrian safety.

25 years ago

June 20, 1990

BRYANT -- State Department of Education officials have approved the Bryant School District's second site for a new 500-student elementary school. Brooks Jackson Architects of Little Rock recently submitted site plans and architectural designs to the state education agency, which had previously rejected a location on the Pulaski-Saline county line. The agency objected to the original site because it appeared that it could increase "white flight" from the school districts in Pulaski County.

10 years ago

June 20, 2005

• In forging a career based on his interests in law and government, North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Hays decided to try a job almost 16 years ago based largely on the subject he knows best: his hometown. Today when Hays goes to work at City Hall, he will have served as the city's mayor longer than any other mayor in North Little Rock's history. Hays' length in office surpasses that of William F. "Casey" Laman, mayor from 1958 through 1972 and again from July 1979 through 1980. Voters elected Hays to his first four-year term in 1988. Hays, 58, whose family is rooted in North Little Rock's rich railroad history, gained a record fifth, four-year term in office in November with almost 84 percent of the vote.

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