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100 YEARS AGO

Nov. 17, 1920

FAYETTEVILLE — Residents of Fayetteville today assured Representative J. R. Alexander of Pulaski county that they would be glad to bear the expense of having the members-elect of the legislature visit Fayetteville on their visit next month during which they will visit leading agricultural colleges of the North. The invitation was extended some time ago to Mr. Alexander, who replied that because the itinerary had been arranged, it would not be possible for the party to reach here before Saturday night. He said that he did not feel like asking the Fayetteville people to bear this heavy expense.

50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 17, 1970

•Tremors that most residents believed were caused by an earthquake rattled large sections of Northeast Arkansas shortly after 8:15 p.m. Monday. Two distinct shocks were felt at Jonesboro. A Jonesboro man said he was lying on the couch and that it seemed as if a railroad train were going through his living room. The police at Jonesboro City Hall, a large brick, concrete and steel building, said it felt as if “some giant shook the building twice.”

25 YEARS AGO

Nov. 17, 1995

•The federal spending impasse spilled over Thursday to the state Capitol. During an afternoon news conference, Gov. Jim Guy Tucker warned that he might have to curtail services at state agencies that rely heavily on federal funding. Tucker also said a special legislative session might be necessary to move additional state funds into agencies that are hardest hit by the federal government shutdown. One state agency will be closed today and other parts of state government might shut down Monday, the governor said. Tucker said he was “trying to determine exactly what kind of legislation would be necessary to deal with this enormous diversity of problems.”

10 YEARS AGO

Nov. 17, 2010

• Construction companies from Oklahoma and Arkansas joined together to submit the apparent winning bid to build the next phase of improvements to the Interstate 430/Interstate 630 interchange in west Little Rock at a cost of $78.1 million, the Arkansas Highway Commission announced Tuesday. The bid by Manhattan Road & Bridge Co. of Tulsa and Weaver-Bailey Contractors Inc. of El Paso in White County was opened Tuesday at Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department headquarters in Little Rock. It appeared to be the lowest according to a formula that factors the cost and time to complete the project. Four other companies also submitted bids.