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100 YEARS AGO

Oct. 13, 1913

On account of delay in the arrival of many of the exhibits for the midway, the formal opening of the Pulaski County Fair was postponed until this afternoon. The gates to the grounds were opened this morning by County Judge Joe Asher, and hundreds of people went out during the morning to see the fair. The address by Gov. Geo. W. Hays, Judge Joe Asher and Mayor Taylor was postponed until 4 o’clock this afternoon. The afternoon program includes the opening of the live stock section, the opening of the carnival amusements on the Midway, music by the band and the trapeze and ladder acts before the grandstand.

50 YEARS AGO

Oct. 13, 1963

Plans for construction of a new shopping center in northwest Little Rock which will be the first in the state with an air-conditioned mall were revealed yesterday. The Heights Real Estate Co. announced that such an ultra-modern facility would be built on the north side of Highway 10. Construction is expected to begin this week.

25 YEARS AGO

Oct. 13, 1988

A Jacksonville couple was barred from playing bingo Wednesday night at VFW Post 4548 in the Toneyville community because, “We refused to donate,” Charles and Hazel Womble explained. It is against the law and the state constitution to require people to make a mandatory donation for the right to play bingo, according to Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Lloyd King. Post Commander Raz Munholland, who met the couple at the door, said the two were not allowed inside because “of what happened Sunday.” Sherry Rainey, a spokesman for the Pulaski County sheriff’s office, said a disturbance occurred during a bingo game at the post Sunday afternoon, but she had few details on the case when contacted at home.

10 YEARS AGO

Oct. 13, 2003

m Arkansas education leaders should “Arkansize” the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to tailor it to the state’s need to create a constitutional school system, an expert on the federal law said. “There’s no question that one of the things the federal act does is set the education agenda for states,” Scott Palmer told the Arkansas Board of Education on Sunday. “Within that agenda there are some specific non-negotiables, but there also is substantial flexibility,” Palmer said. “It is up to the state board to ‘Arkansize it,’ to make the federal requirements relevant in your state.”