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100 YEARS AGO Sept. 26, 1916
The enforcement of the prohibition laws and an investigation of the signatures on the petition for the local option act were the principal points touched upon by Judge R. J. Lea in his instructions to the Grand Jury at the opening of First Division Circuit Court yesterday morning. Judge Lea said it is no violation of the law to give a person a drink. The provision in the prohibition act prohibiting the “giving away” of intoxicants, he said, means the “giving away” as a subterfuge, with the view of making a profit.
50 YEARS AGO Sept. 26, 1966
Secretary of State Kelly Bryant said Sunday that he would announce at 2 p.m. today whether he could certify Dr. John P. Hoffman of Hot Springs as an independent candidate for the state Senator. Hoffman and his attorney, John H. Haley of Little Rock, met with Bryant and members of his staff for two hours Sunday afternoon to discuss their disagreement over the validity of the signatures on Hoffman’s petitions.
25 YEARS AGO Sept. 26, 1991
Local business owners blocked North Little Rock’s second attempt Wednesday to build a fire station near Maumelle. The North Little Rock Board of Adjustment, which was approached last month on the matter, voted to delay making a decision until its next meeting Oct. 30. The board is considering a city request for setback waivers on the property, which is at the intersection of Crystal Hill Road and Maumelle Boulevard, just off Interstate 430. Board members Vernon Cruse and Carl Jackson asked Robert Voyles, community planning director, to determine building setback guidelines for the property before the October meeting.
10 YEARS AGO Sept. 26, 2006
Forty-nine years after crowds greeted them with jeers and taunts upon integrating Central High School, the Little Rock Nine were honored Monday with the dedication of 10 marble benches on the school’s front lawn. Three of the Nine — Thelma Mothershed Wair, Minnijean Brown Trickey and Elizabeth Eckford — attended the event. “It’s as much of a reminder to the people here as it is to us,” Minnijean Brown Trickey said after the ceremony. “It reminds, affirms and includes. It includes all of these young people in that event and brings us to them in such a way.”