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100 YEARS AGO

Oct. 31, 1918

CONWAY — W. S. Lair of Camas, Ind., has sent the family of J. W. James here an Irish potato weighing three pounds and thirteen ounces. Mr. Lair formerly was express agent at Conway. He writes that he has grown 11,000 pounds of potatoes this year, each potato weighing two pounds or more.

50 YEARS AGO

Oct. 31, 1968

RUSSELLVILLE — Two spokesmen for conservation interests Wednesday asked the United States Atomic Energy Commission to study the possible effects on fish life of a proposed atomic generator on Lake Dardanelle. The two said there had been no information on the effects that might result from the discharge of heated water from the generating station into the lake. The suggestion came from Dr. Howard Suzuki of Little Rock and Dr. Joe F. Nix of Arkadelphia at an Atomic Energy Commission Safety and Licensing Board hearing here… The hearing was a routine step in Arkansas Power and Light Company’s plans to build the $100 million nuclear facility on the northern shores of Lake Dardanelle… No one voiced opposition to the issuance of a plant permit.

25 YEARS AGO

Oct. 31, 1993

PINE BLUFF — In late 1990, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was broke and its Golden Lion football team had suffered the ultimate defeat — the so-called “death penalty” from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. But three years later, the university is back on the road to financial solid ground, the football program has been revived and thousands of alumni and students have turned out for the school’s homecoming celebration. An estimated 27,000 alumni packed the city last week for the university’s first homecoming celebration since 1990, when former heavyweight boxing champion [Muhammad] Ali rode in the traditional homecoming parade down Main Street. Saturday afternoon, a sellout crowd of 10,000 jammed Pumphrey Stadium to see the Golden Lions best the Dragons of Lane College, 23-16.

10 YEARS AGO

Oct. 31, 2008

Black Community Developers is one step closer to clearing nearly an entire block in Little Rock’s midtown area for a new residential drug and alcohol treatment facility that supporters say will help revitalize the neighborhood. The organization, which helps build low-cost homes and runs an after-school program, has a $5 million plan to expand its drug and alcohol treatment program. Its Hoover Treatment Center at 4000 W. 13th St. has outgrown its building and the program needs to move to a new facility to meet state safety regulations, said Deborah Bell, the organization’s director of programs… The 25,000-square-foot complex, with two two-story dorms, meeting space, an auditorium and office space, would take up most of the 3600 block of West 12th Street, from Maple to Valentine Street.