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100 YEARS AGO Nov. 28, 1915 Halted by a dog crossing the path of their automobile, Vernon L. Jackson of Little Rock and his family and guests G. J. Frances and family in a second car, were saved from driving into the route of the Hot Springs tornado Thanksgiving afternoon. Fifty feet ahead the autoists saw the funnel cloud pick up trees and toss telephone poles into the air. They sat in black darkness, while the storm was crushing out lives within a few feet of them and then all joined in the work of rescue.
50 YEARS AGO Nov. 28, 1965 A crew from Little Rock Air Force Base launched a test Titan II missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base early Saturday. The crew went through what officials described as the same procedure they would under actual combat conditions. Reports were that the missile was “on course headed for target” in the Pacific firing range. The Titan II is the most powerful weapon in the nation’s defense arsenal, developing 430,000 pounds of thrust in the first stage at sea level and 100,000 pounds in the second stage at altitude.
25 YEARS AGO Nov. 28, 1990 BENTONVILLE — Heavy security was apparent Tuesday in the Benton County Courthouse for the trial of a man accused of kidnapping and burglary. Marvin Eugene Pearson, who was arrested in Arizona after his ex-wife was kidnapped at gunpoint last Christmas Eve, escaped from the Benton County Jail on Memorial Day weekend this year. He was recaptured about two months later in Tulsa, Okla. Pearson entered the courtroom Tuesday escorted by three uniformed deputies. One of the deputies took up a post outside the courtroom.
10 YEARS AGO Nov. 28, 2005 A line of powerful storms and tornadoes stretching from the Texas and Louisiana borders north to Missouri pummeled Arkansas on Sunday, killing a motorist and injuring others, damaging homes and knocking down trees and power lines. The storms sped northeast across the state at roughly 50 mph, dumping as much as 2 ½ inches of rain in the hardest-hit areas. Forecasters predicted the system would cross the Mississippi River before dawn today. Across Arkansas, officials expressed relief that the state was spared further wreckage and death. However, they cautioned that in rural areas the extent of the damage would remain unknown until daybreak.