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100 YEARS AGO Oct. 16, 1919 DERMOTT — The People’s drug store, owned and operated by Buford Dukes, negro, was slightly damaged about 1:10 o’clock this morning by the explosion of a charge of dynamite placed in front of the building. The sidewalk in front of the building, located on one of the main business streets of the town, was torn up, and the front of the building wrecked. Windows in adjoining stores were broken. The damage will amount to about $200. Mayor J.A. Bennett has started an investigation.

50 YEARS AGO Oct. 16, 1969

The Little Rock School Board met briefly Wednesday and approved a statement spelling out residence requirements or the assignment of pupils to schools. The Policy is that students “must actually and continually reside with their parents or their legal guardian within the geographic attendance zone applicable to the school of their attendance, except where a provision of the court order permits otherwise. Students shall be deemed to reside where they most frequently spend the night.” The policy adopted Wednesday would require that the student spend more than 50 per cent of his nights at the home of his parent or guardian that is in the attendance zone of the school he attends.

10 YEARS AGO Oct. 16, 2009

Greater access to higher education for immigrants, including allowing certain illegal aliens to pay the cheaper in-state tuition rates, is in the best interest of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the state, the school’s chancellor said during a forum Thursday. Joel Anderson, who spoke on a panel as part of Hispanic Heritage Month, said changing laws so illegal aliens who have graduated from Arkansas high schools and who have spent a number of years in the state can become eligible for in-state tuition is “simply the right thing to do.” … The practice of charging illegal aliens the more expensive nonresident tuition is “cutting off our noses to spite our face,” he said. … Anderson said one way to help make higher education more accessible to immigrants — both legal and illegal — is to help raise private donation money for scholarships, so money isn’t the hurdle.