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100 YEARS AGO
Jan. 9, 1921
ENGLAND — An all-day search today of the ruins of the Royal hotel building, destroyed early yesterday morning by a fire in which seven persons burned to death and six others were more or less seriously injured, failed to reveal the body of another man supposed to have been lost in the flames. Gus O’Neal, a guest of the hotel has not been seen here since the fire, and it was feared he might have perished. Officers tonight still were investigating the origin of the fire, Justice J. T. Lipscomb, who was in charge of the coroner’s investigations, conferred with several local officers and business men tonight.
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 9, 1971
■ The Pulaski County Election Commission Friday discussed plans for the forthcoming March school elections. The Commission also discussed the possibility of storing the voting machines in school buildings, which would be used mainly as polling places, beginning in 1972. Representatives of the three school districts in Pulaski County met with the Commission to prepare for the annual school elections, County School Supervisor Don E. Blackmon, who assists in the school elections, also met with the Commission.
25 YEARS AGO
Jan. 9, 1996
■ Airport security is tightening again. Nearly two months after airports nationwide relaxed security restrictions, the Federal Aviation Administration has turned them up a notch again. Federal officials cite threat assessments based on information gathered by law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Security measures go into effect at 11 a.m. today at Little Rock National Airport, Adams Field, said Don Denton, the facility’s manager of properties and security. The new restrictions are a modified version of those used last fall, with a difference: There won’t be restrictions on parking. And drivers who leave their cars unattended at the curb won’t get towed immediately.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 9, 2011
■ Gov. Mike Beebe isn’t ready to give specifics on his legislative priorities, but with the 2011 legislative session beginning Monday, the governor has made clear that he wants change in three big areas. One is how the prison system operates, another is how higher education is funded, and a third is how to make Medicaid more efficient. He explains the lack of details by saying he’s waiting for more input from those who would be affected. In the event that the Legislature goes along with his proposal to remove another half-percentage point from the state sales tax on groceries, he has already spread that revenue reduction into his proposed general revenue budget of $4.59 billion for the state for fiscal 2012.