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100 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 1915
After occupying a visible position in Charles Schneider’s tailor shop, 112 Main street, since the “buy-abale” movement struck Argenta last summer, the bale of short staple cotton which had belonged to several Argenta citizens was sold yesterday afternoon and will be taken to Little Rock today. Mr. Schneider sold the bale to Harvey Brown for $38. The bale carries with it a remembrance of a number of Argenta citizens.
50 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 1965
Arkansas school administrators today jammed the auditorium of the Arkansas Education Association Building to hear Dr. Francis G. Cornell explain provisions of a revised plan for the distribution of state aid to local school districts. The two-part program provides for a minimum supplementary teacher salary allotment of at least $20 per pupil in average daily attendance. Based on an average teacher load of 25 pupils, this would amount to about $500 as a minimum increase per teacher from the proposed $20 million boost in state school aid funds.
25 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 1990
Texarkana bingo players must leave Arkansas if they want to play their game. Local police are no longer looking the other way. After receiving numerous complaints from Texas-side bingo spots — where the game is legal — Texarkana officials cracked down on the Arkansas side. Bingo violates the Arkansas lottery law. So, no more bingo. That’s the message from Texarkana Police Chief John Butler.
10 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 2005
North Little Rock’s Burns Park did not wade across the Arkansas River and take up residence on the south shore. Baptist Medical Center did not pull up stakes from its west Little Rock location and mosey five miles east on Interstate 630. And Robinson Center still occupies its old address at Markham Street and Broadway in Little Rock. The center didn’t march five blocks south and plant itself at Sixth Street and Broadway. But not according to an error-ridden map in the latest edition of SBC Yellow Pages, which already has distributed about 426,000 books. The map appears in a special section, “Central Arkansas: Tourist & Entertainment Guide 2005,” intended to promote tourism and direct travelers to sites in Little Rock and North Little Rock. Despite the errors, 25,000 more entertainment guides with the maps have been printed for chambers of commerce.