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100 YEARS AGO Oct. 3, 1915

At least two cases of diphtheria now exist in Pulaski Heights and there is danger of an epidemic unless greater precautions are taken by the residents, according to Dr. Samuel G. Boyce, city health officer. Dr. Boyce said last night the danger has resulted from quarantining improperly, probably through ignorance.

50 YEARS AGO Oct. 3, 1965

Little Rock business interests are expected to protest the proposed sale of television and radio stations KARK-TV-AM-FM in Washington Monday when the matter comes before the Federal Communications Commission, the Democrat learned Saturday. That Arkansas interests were reportedly ignored in the sale of the facility (channel 4) to an out-of-state concern, is expected to be one of the factors in the protest of the sale.

25 YEARS AGO Oct. 3, 1990

Federal and state officials proposed Tuesday that a federally funded health study in Jacksonville focus on what effects incineration of hazardous wastes has on residents. A 10-member citizens’ advisory panel gave the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the state Department of Health the goahead Tuesday to develop a plan for an exposure study and to immediately develop a census.

10 YEARS AGO Oct. 3, 2005

The Maumelle City Council will decide tonight whether the city’s land use plan should be amended so that a large swath of land once designated for industry can instead be turned into a large-scale residential development. Some local leaders and developers tout the proposed change as a step toward much-needed moderate-income housing in a largely upscale community. But several local residents argue that the proposal puts the booming city’s quest for growth ahead of the priorities of those who already live there. If the City Council approves residential development on the land, a tract of more than 264 acres to the east of Maumelle Boulevard, it will be overturning two earlier rejections of the proposal by the city’s Planning Commission.