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100 YEARS AGO

Aug. 24, 1914

FAYETTEVILLE — A course in newspaper writing, which will form the beginning of a full-fledged Department of Journalism, is to be introduced into the university curriculum this year. This step was taken in response to many requests by students that they be given such a course. The work will be elective and open to sophomores and upper classmen. The aim of the course will be to give instruction in newspaper writing and editing. The class will be organized into a miniature newspaper office.

50 YEARS AGO

Aug. 24, 1964

Arkansas politics is so mixed up between Goldwater and Johnson that Gov. Faubus may go into the general election Nov. 3 without ever indicating his presidential choice. Winthrop Rockefeller, Republican opponent of the governor in the general election, said recently that Faubus should tell the people his choice for president. This brought this retort from Faubus today: “I am not dancing to Mr. Rockefeller’s music. I have already basically said that the people should be allowed to make their choice for president and also their choice for governor. A man has a right to state his viewpoint about other candidates if he wishes and he also has the right to withhold his viewpoint if he wishes.”

25 YEARS AGO

Aug. 24, 1989

PINNACLE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK — In what was billed for more than a week as a major environmental announcement, Gov. Bill Clinton on Wednesday called on Arkansans to plant 10 million more trees each year. “It’s a way for ordinary people to help take control of their destiny,” Clinton said. In addition to replenishing the state’s forests, “Plant the Future: Arkansas’ Restoration Program,” also will help offset global warming, the governor said. No state money will be used for the project, which will include the planting of trees along roads and in communities, urban areas, parks and school grounds.

10 YEARS AGO

Aug. 24, 2004

BENTON — The fireworks issue continues to sizzle in Benton despite the City Council voting Monday to ban the sale and use of pyrotechnics in the city. Becky Moore, a Benton resident who spoke moments before the City Council approved the ban by a 7-3 vote, told aldermen that she plans to gather 1,300 signatures to place the issue to a vote of the people. She also called the City Council’s vote “a waste of taxpayer money.”