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100 YEARS AGO Nov. 5, 1915

WALNUT RIDGE — Five suspects arrested in Little Rock and brought here on a charge of robbing the bank at Richwoods October 16, were tried today in Justice Israel’s court and discharged. The state failed to make a case against them. They were: Corrigan, Laughran, Fred Thompson, Martin Green and Joe Boham. Two had served terms in the Arkansas penitentiary. More than $1,600 was stolen from the bank.

50 YEARS AGO Nov. 5, 1965

A teen-ager platter party planned by three or four girls swelled into an egg-throwing spree involving upward to 100 youths between the ages of 13 and 16 beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday in the 2500 and 2600 blocks of Allis Street. Police, who arrested 22 of the youngsters and turned them over to juvenile authorities, are continuing with their investigation today. Parents of most of the youngsters, phoned by a 16-year-old boy who said that he was “the father of the household” at one of the residences involved and that “he was chaperoning the group,” drove their children to the party in automobiles.

25 YEARS AGO Nov. 5, 1990

Gov. Bill Clinton did not appoint a successor to Attorney General Steve Clark on Sunday, though Clinton said Friday that he hoped to announce a temporary replacement during the weekend. The governor will try to make the appointment quickly, but he may not be able to do it until after Tuesday’s election, spokesman Mike Gauldin said. Clark said he planned to resign today at 2 p.m.

10 YEARS AGO Nov. 5, 2005

Three of the state’s public campuses will undergo big budget changes after the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board agreed Friday that their proposals for bond issues make economic sense. The projects range from a massive new development to technology maintenance: a $15.9 million issue for Arkansas State University-Beebe to open a new campus center in Heber Springs; a $9 million one for several renovations and upgrades at the University of Arkansas at Monticello; and an issue worth up to $5 million for Arkansas Tech University to install a new computer system on its Russellville campus. “The institutions’ bond programs are campus planned and financed,” said Linda Beene, director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. “Tuition is pledged as debt service, generally. And [the plans] are likely related to increased enrollment or need for deferred maintenance on each campus.”