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100 YEARS AGO Feb. 14, 1921
■ Little Rock’s apparent lack of interest in aviation as compared to that shown by other cities, is due to the fact that there has been no consistent effort to create interest, according to Lieut. Robert Blair, who also said last night after a full day in the air, that since opening his field on Pieron road he has become convinced that this city soon will become a “real flying town.” “Many cities the size of Little Rock and many of them smaller not only have flying fields, but have one or two privately owned ships and one or more sales representatives, who are authorized agents for various American manufacturers,” Lieutenant Blair said.
50 YEARS AGO Feb. 14, 1971
■ A consent decree was filed Thursday in Chancery Court enjoining the Stauffer Chemical Company from contaminating the air with emissions from its plant on Arch Street Pike in violation of the Arkansas Air Pollution Control Code. S. Ladd Davies, director of the Arkansas Pollution Control Commission, said the injunction had been stayed through April 15 to allow the installation of suitable control equipment. Davies said that Stauffer had indicated it would take “all reasonable steps” to minimize the emission of contaminants.
25 YEARS AGO Feb. 14, 1996
Water, in the form of the Arkansas River, has always divided Little Rock from North Little Rock. But water — specifically the need to find new sources while keeping consumer prices down — may be bringing the two cities together. Little Rock Mayor Jim Dailey and North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Henry Hays announced Tuesday that they are discussing a possible merger of the two cities’ water utilities. A merger is only one option in a broad strategy to develop a new regional water supply for the metropolitan area, Dailey said. “If we want to use water in ways that represent some urban planning issues and other goals we might have that are bigger than just a customer or who’s in control, then Little Rock and North Little Rock must work together,” he said.
10 YEARS AGO Feb. 14, 2011
An organization that works with the homeless in Little Rock is catching the ire of some downtown residents who oppose the SOAR Network’s plans to open up an office in the Capital Zoning District. Dennis Beavers, who operates the SOAR Network (Sharing Opportunities for Achievement and Renewal) and its affiliate A Family Called Us, wants to use a former appliance store at 200 W. Roosevelt Road as a meeting place for volunteers and for job-training space for homeless clients.