100 years ago
HOXIE -- Henceforth there shall be no public dancing in Hoxie, according to an edict in the form of an ordinance passed Tuesday night by the Hoxie City Council. The penalty for violating this law is a fine of $25. James Pappandonis, local cobbler, recently was fined $10 in a court here for renting his building to a party of young people to stage a dance. An ordinance was passed several weeks ago prohibiting shows, and another makes it a misdemeanor for a person to engage in a game of lawn tennis on the Sabbath. It is the announced intention of the Hoxie city dads to "clean up the town."
50 years ago
Dec. 23, 1971
PINE BLUFF -- Local 966 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFL-CIO) will seek a wage increase for Mobile Waste Control employees after the first of the year, Dave Walker, a union spokesman, said Tuesday night. Mobile Waste has the contract for Pine Bluff garbage pickup service. Walker said the union would probably request wages of at least $1.90 an hour. The average wage of workers now is $1.65 an hour, Walker said.
25 years ago
Dec. 23, 1996
• Little Rock will spend more than $500,000 in 1997 for outside programs that work with children to help them avoid delinquent behavior. ... The 12 programs receiving city money range from a public boarding school to scout troops, but they all spend the bulk of their funds on providing supervised care for children when working parents aren't home. ... Taxpayers approved the...
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