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100 YEARS AGO

Jan. 12, 1921

■ Thomas C. McRae will become the 26th governor of Arkansas at 2 p.m. today when he takes the oath of office at a joint session of the legislature in the House chamber. In deference to Mr. McRae’s wishes the inauguration ceremonies will be extremely simple. At 10 o’clock this morning the two houses of the legislature will meet in joint session to listen to Governor Brough’s farewell message. At its conclusion both houses will adjourn until 2 p.m. From 1 to 1:30 p.m. a reception will be held at the Hotel Marion to give Little Rock residents and visitors to the city an opportunity to meet the governor-elect and Mrs. McRae.

50 YEARS AGO

Jan. 12, 1971

■ One last effort was made Monday to win Legislative Council endorsement of a proposed formula for the distribution of public school funds, but the Council voted to stay with its earlier decision to make no recommendation. A hasty meeting of the Council was called for 11:30 a.m., before the legislature convened at noon. The Council is an interim body of the legislature and by law cannot meet when the legislature is in session.

25 YEARS AGO

Jan. 12, 1996

■ The Little Rock School Board will try a new approach to modifying its school desegregation plan. At President Linda Pondexter’s recommendation, the board voted unanimously Thursday night to establish a citizens’ committee to review the complex school desegregation plan, identify provisions that can be implemented and suggest changes for improvement. The committee’s purpose must be to benefit the students, “to make all children the winners,” Pondexter told the board. Until recently, the district tried to modify its desegregation plan in meetings among attorneys and other key representatives of parties in the district’s 13-year-old school desegregation lawsuit.

10 YEARS AGO

Jan. 12, 2011

■ Eureka Springs and Carroll County have decided to work together to find money to repair a tunnel that is collapsing underneath a parking lot on Main Street. Eureka Springs Mayor Morris Pate said grants may be available to help pay for the repair because the tunnel passes under two historic buildings: the Eureka Springs courthouse, built in 1908, and The Auditorium, built in 1929. The buildings are on either side of the parking lot. The Auditorium, in particular, could be threatened by a sinkhole that appears to be slowly developing next to the building, where two parking spaces have started to sag, although it’s barely perceptible from above ground.