Other days
100 YEARS AGO Aug. 25, 1919
■ Miss Pearl Dillard, a Little Rock girl, made quite a hit because of her nerve while on a visit last week with friends in Oakland City, Ind. At a picnic in which an aeroplane circus was a feature, one of the airmen became generous and offered several of the spectators a ride. There was some hesitation on the part of the onlookers, and it seemed no one would accept, until Miss Dillard stepped out from the crowd and expressed a desire to go up. Her escort, an Oakland boy, was so frightened on her account that he “took to the woods” nearby, and did not return until the big JN-4 made its descent and its big engine stopped running. “It’s like riding in a big fast automobile, minus the bumps, and I was not a bit frightened,” said Miss Dillard.
50 YEARS AGO Aug. 25, 1969
■ Any efforts by the Nixon administration to cut the amount of tax relief contained in the House-passed tax reform bill will be unsuccessful, Representative Wilbur D. Mills of Kensett predicted in an interview. … The bill drafted by the House Ways and Means Committee, of which Mills is chairman, is now pending in the Senate Finance Committee. … The House approved it two weeks ago.
25 YEARS AGO Aug. 25, 1994
HOT SPRINGS — Hot Springs National Park will celebrate the 78th anniversary of the National Park Service today in the Fordyce Bathhouse Visitor Center lobby. As part of the celebration, volunteers will give morning tours of the Fordyce Bathhouse. … Park rangers also will give thermal features tours. … The bill that created the National Park Service in 1916 called for the agency to conserve the scenery, wildlife, and natural and historic objects in national parks, Hot Springs National Park Superintendent Roger Giddings said.
10 YEARS AGO Aug. 25, 2009
FORT SMITH — Other aspects of America’s health-care system should be fixed before lawmakers try to put a new and expensive system in place, panelists told residents attending a town hall meeting Monday on health care. … Audience members voiced their concerns and posed questions to the panel about H.R. 3200, also called the Affordable Health Care Choices Act. Few had good things to say about it, although the crowd was well-behaved, applauding at remarks they agreed with. The act has been passed by three House committees and is largely a product of Democrats in that chamber. … Former State Rep. Jim Medley, R-Fort Smith, director of the Area Agency on Aging, said there are not enough doctors and nurses to fulfill existing needs. … Medley, the only person Monday who said he read at least most of the 6-inchthick health-care bill, said Congress should fix Social Security and Medicare before delving into a health-care overhaul. “This proposal completely misses the point in physician availability and is one step closer to socialized medicine,” he said.