THIS DATE IN ARKANSAS HISTORY 12-May 1952 Congressman Ezekiel C. Gathings gets House approval for a special committee to investigate comic books that might plant the seeds of poor morals. 12-May 1945 Planting the seeds of poor morals. Mae West portrays Catherine the Great before a capacity audience in Robinson Auditorium. 12-May 1989 Federal court jury awards landowners $254,680.05 in damages against Tyson Foods Inc. for violations of federal Clean Water Act by untreated discharge from Green Forest processing plant. 12-May 1912 Ida Callery, Augustus Finke, Dan Hogan, and J.A.C. Meng attend as Delegates at Socialist Party national convention in Indianapolis. 12-May 1924 Birthdate of George Howard, Jr. at Pine Bluff. UA law grad, civil rights lawyer and first black on Arkansas Supreme Court, Arkansas Court of Appeals, and Federal District Judge in Arkansas. A good man. 12-May 1986 Governor Bill Clinton signed workers compensation legislation that increases benefits for injured workers, sets up system for mediation to reduce lengthy legal battles, and provides funding for job safety study. Gutted in 1993 after Chamber of Commerce successful lobbying efforts. 12-May 1985 Attorney General Steve Clark sharply criticized Act 491 of 1985 sponsored by State Representative Tim Hutchinson and signed by Governor Bill Clinton that allows home schooling with no accountability. 12-May 1988 Forrest City School Board apologized to Earle student Teresa Whitfield, who was barred from playing a high school tennis match at the Forrest City Country Club because she was black. 12-May 1920 William Chief Wano (Potawatomi) playing first base for the Arkansas Travelers team that won the 1920 Southern Association Pennant. 12-May 1899 S. H. Campbell of Ouachita oration on Americas Role in the Reconsttruction of China wins state intercollegiate oratorical contest over Charles N. Clark of Hendrix and C.C. Watson of Arkadelphia Methodist. 12-May 1989 Grant Thornton consulting firm estimates at the end of 1988, 27,408 people, or 12 percent of the states manufacturing labor force, belonged to a labor union--down from 12.97% in 1987. 12-May 1994 Federation of Metropolitan Teachers, affiliated with American Federation of Teachers (AFL-CIO), announces it will challenge Little Rock School Districts decision to eliminate 80 teaching positions next year. 12-May 1989 Federal Judge Franklin Waters finds Superintendent David Land fired for exercise of his First Amendment rights and entitled to judgment against Johnie Melton and Marion County Rural School District. 12-May 2003 Irena King, Mena Wal-Mart Associate, fell and fractured her right wrist while walking from bakery to employee lounge. Wal-Mart said she was not working and fought against insurance claim for her medical bills. 12-May 2004 U.S. Senator John Kerry, campaigning for president in Little Rock, praised Arkansas former Democratic U.S. Senators Dale Bumpers and David Pryor, calling them two of the great storytellers in politics. 12-May 2006 Herman Luebker, physical-plant director at Arkansas Tech University, fired by Vice President David Moseley after Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published his letter criticizing unsafe student housing. 12-May 1958 Arkansas Supreme Court held that strikers who tried to get employer to recognize a union as bargaining agent were eligible for unemployment compensation benefits when not rehired. 12-May 1978 Injunction ends strike by 124 AFSCME members unsuccessfully seeking change in disciplinary procedures at Fort Smith. 12-May 1990 The Arkansas chapter of the Sierra Club endorsed Tom Mc Rae for governor and Dr. Hampton Roy for lieutenant governor in the Democratic primary. Both lost. 12-May 1995 Dania Stivers, 22, a volunteer firefighter for the North Pulaski Fire Department is Arkansass first female firefighter killed in line of duty. 12-May 2000 Jonesboro native John Grisham delivers commencement address at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro. 12-May 2001 John Carter, 19, graduates with a doctorate in physics from the University of Arkansas.
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