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100 YEARS AGO

Nov. 30, 1914

BALD KNOB — The Hotel Brownell, Bald Knob’s largest hostelry, burned early tonight [Nov. 29]. The loss to the building and fixtures is estimated at $10,000, fully insured. The roof of the new Clark and Heard building, adjacent the hotel, was burned. The loss is about $500, with no insurance. The hotel was run by F. W. Walker. Mrs. E. V. Brownell of Memphis owns the property.

50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 30, 1964

The Arkansas Municipal League, armed with a pledge of support from Gov. Faubus, will make the big pitch in the 1965 legislature for a state-oriented solution to financing problems of the cities. As Mayor Clyde Andrews of Marianna, the league president, told the Arkansas Legislative Council last week, the cities have nowhere else to turn. In three straight general elections, voters have rejected efforts to allow cities to increase the property tax for expanded services.

25 YEARS AGO

Nov. 30, 1989

University of Arkansas at Little Rock officials have proposed raising the school’s minimum grade point average so school policy will be compatible with new computer software. The proposed change in the academic probation and suspension policy would raise the minimum requirement to 2.0, a C average on the 4.0 scale. Now, there is a sliding scale based on the number of hours, and students are allowed to remain in school with grade point averages ranging from 1.5 to 1.9. Many of the 1,406 undergraduate students who had cumulative grade point averages of lower than 2.0 for the spring semester could be affected by the proposed change.

10 YEARS AGO

Nov. 30, 2004

More than 1,000 people an hour toured the Clinton Presidential Center over Thanksgiving weekend as the Little Rock museum waived its admission fee. A steady crowd of 21,525 people toured the library’s exhibits Friday, Saturday and Sunday, taking advantage of the free admission offered those days, the library foundation’s president said Monday. “We thought we’d have a good crowd, maybe 10,000 people,” said Skip Rutherford, head of the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation. “We didn’t expect anything like this.” The center’s busiest day came Friday when 9,226 people entered the library. Another 8,331 people visited Saturday and 3,968 Sunday.