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100 YEARS AGO

Nov. 11, 1913

A day to be devoted to the children of Arkansas will be proclaimed this morning. Yesterday Gov. George W. Hays reached a decision upon numerous requests that have been made and determined that the state’s first children’s day will be Wednesday, December 10. Copies of the proclamation will be published in the newspapers of the state and posted in every county. The governor last night suggested that a meeting to arrange for a plan of celebration be held at the reception room in the capitol next Saturday morning.

50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 11, 1963

It started out to be business as usual today for meter maids of the Little Rock Police Department on downtown parking meters. However, officials apparently met later and decided that since Veteran’s Day is a national and state holiday, parking on the meters would be free. The city does not recognize Veteran’s Day as a legal holiday. All city offices were open and functioning as usual today. Several hundred tickets issued before the free parking order was decided upon were voided at police headquarters.

25 YEARS AGO

Nov. 11, 1988

The brewing controversy over crowded jails boiled over Thursday when Pulaski County Circuit Judge Floyd J. Lofton held a sheriff ’s office official in contempt for refusing to accept nine prisoners. Maj. Nick Zoeller was arrested by Lofton’s court bailiff, Clark Throne, and held in a court office for about an hour after a brief but tense hearing on the matter. Lofton’s action prompted county attorneys to ask U.S. District Judge George Howard Jr. for relief from a federal consent decree under which the sheriff ’s office has been operating since 1985. The decree limits the county jail population to 200 prisoners, which is what the jail had Thursday morning.

10 YEARS AGO

Nov. 11, 2003

Four regional Arkansas airports began passenger checks Monday, completing efforts to federalize security of all commercial airline service in the state. Before the new screening began, the airports in El Dorado, Hot Springs, Harrison and Jonesboro lacked the personnel and equipment to search passengers and luggage, meaning commercial flights from these cities didn’t follow the security protocols mandated after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. For Arkansas, the new procedures closed a glaring weakness in aviation security, according to regulators, industry officials and politicians.