100 years ago
June 29, 1918
PINE BLUFF -- A white man named Pressley was given a hearing before United States Commissioner A.L. Burnett yesterday on a charge of disloyalty and was remanded to jail to await action of the federal Grand Jury. At the hearing Pressley made several disloyal remarks, which almost precipitated a riot in the courtroom. He was formerly employed at a local spoke mill and was arrested after he is alleged to have expressed the wish "that every American troop ship that started for France would be sunk."
50 years ago
June 29, 1968
• CUMMINS PRISON FARM -- Seventeen inmates at Cummins Prison farm who have refused to work since Tuesday gave up their sitdown at 4 p.m. Friday, Prison Superintendent Victor C. Urban said. Thirteen of the 14 inmates who joined in a sympathy sitdown at Tucker Prison Farm had returned to work earlier Friday. The one remaining striker is being kept in isolation and on a restricted diet. Urban had predicted earlier Friday afternoon that some of the strikers at Cummins would begin returning to work within 24 hours.
25 years ago
June 29, 1993
• GEORGETOWN -- A fire in a towboat's engine Monday morning on the White River forced its crew to abandon ship, temporarily allowing it and two barges to drift out of control. No one was injured, but the vessel is likely to be a total loss, its owner said. It is unknown what caused the fire on the Murray L. II, which was insured for $500,000. The fire occurred between 9 and 10 a.m., about 10 miles above Georgetown, Delia Edens of the Agusta Barge Co. said. Pilot Larry Thayer and two deckhands, Jerry Hicks and Andy Anderson, all of Agusta, were rescued by small craft nearby, Edens said.
10 years ago
June 29, 2008
• A van loaded with seven inmates overturned early Friday, killing two inmates, when the driver fell asleep at the wheel, state police said. The van, owned by U.S. Extradition Service, left U.S. 167 about five miles north of El Dorado about 6:20 a.m. Friday, troopers said. The dead were identified as Shawn Talbot, 29, of Ladysmith, Wis., and Walter Ridley, 47, of Clarendon. The driver was identified as Gregory Reed, 43, of Missouri City, Texas. A second company employee, Damon Morris, 29, of Kerrville, Texas, was in the front passenger seat.
Metro on 06/29/2018