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100 YEARS AGO

Sept. 20, 1918

■ A Liberty loan parade, composed of floats sent here from St. Louis and soldiers from Camp Pike, to be held October 4, is one of the publicity measures planned for the fourth Liberty loan, says W.B. Smith, metropolitan chairman. The floats will represent branches of the service, including the navy, aero service, infantry, artillery, cavalry, quartermaster corps, medical corps, etc. Behind each float will march a detachment of troops… Military bands also will participate. The parade will be at night, the floats illuminated by electric lights. The line probably will form on Markham street, starting from Markham and Main and go south on Main street to Capitol avenue, and west on Capitol avenue to the state capitol.

50 YEARS AGO Sept. 20, 1968

■ Six Arkansas colleges have announced that they will begin two-year programs in registered nursing in co-operation with the state Board of Nursing. Two of the colleges, Phillips Community College at Helena and Little Rock University, already have accepted students. The other colleges are Southern State College at Magnolia, Westark Junior College at Fort Smith, Arkansas State University at Jonesboro and Arkansas A and M College at Monticello. Before last week’s announcement of the new programs, only the University of Arkansas and State College of Arkansas at Conway offered training for registered nurses. Both of these are four-year programs.

25 YEARS AGO Sept. 20, 1993

■ Fearing that it would cause a population boom, several west Pulaski County residents said Sunday they don’t want to be annexed by Little Rock and would work to remove the area from an annexation referendum. A group of about 30 people who held a neighborhood meeting Sunday on County Farm Road made the decision after hearing Jim Lawson, director of Little Rock’s Department of Neighborhoods and Planning, speak in favor of the annexation. Little Rock voters will be deciding Nov. 16 whether to annex a 1,222-acre parcel bordered by Pinnacle Valley Road on the west, the Arkansas River on the north, the Little Maumelle River on the south and the existing city limits on the east. The area contains 122 residents.

10 YEARS AGO Sept. 20, 2008

■ Arkansas faces a growing shortage of dentists as it fails to attract enough young dentists to replace those retiring, according to a new report recommending creation of the state’s first dental school. Arkansas is one of 16 states that don’t have a dental school and ranks 50th in the country for access, above only Mississippi, according to the report. The report recommends lawmakers designate $1 million during the 2009 General Assembly for the establishment of a Center for Dental Education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.