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100 YEARS AGO

July 17, 1913

Business women of Little Rock who are members of the Board of Trade met yesterday afternoon, formed an organization, elected officers and decided to become a factor in the business life of the city. Civic matters, business conditions and local projects were endorsed. Amid much enthusiasm the members pledged themselves to patronize home merchants, advocated the food and milk inspection ordinances, also the screening ordinance. They endorsed a movement for a pure food exhibition in Little Rock, with addresses by experts.

50 YEARS AGO

July 17, 1963

HOT SPRINGS — Theaters, restaurants and lunch counters in downtown Hot Springs desegregated this week and the few Negroes who patronized them attracted little attention. The desegregation came after 12 weeks of negotiations between the Hot Springs branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and civic leaders. Most downtown cafes, cafeterias, restaurants and lunch counters were admitting Negroes. They also were admitted to white sections of theaters. No incidents were reported. Hot Springs is the third Arkansas city to desegregate public facilities after negotiations. Little Rock was first and Pine Bluff was second.

25 YEARS AGO

July 17, 1988

ATLANTA — To give one of the most important speeches of his political career, Gov. Bill Clinton will depart from his standard operating procedure. Instead of a handful of notes to which he rarely refers, Clinton will be working Wednesday night from a prepared text. Clinton has been selected by his old friend Michael Dukakis to place the Massachusetts governor’s name in nomination for the presidency this week at the Democratic National Convention. Reporters unaccustomed to the Arkansas governor’s largely extemporaneous style should be advised that he is certain to depart from the prepared text.

10 YEARS AGO

July 17, 2003

Consultants on Wednesday recommended that Arkansas spend as much as $300 million more a year on teacher salaries. That brings to $719 million the annual increase proposed for schools to help the state satisfy a state Supreme Court ruling. Concluding three days of meetings, the legislative Joint Committee on Educational Adequacy accepted the $719 million recommendation in general, but committee members cautioned the plan likely would be phased in over an undetermined number of years.