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100 YEARS AGO Jan. 24, 1919

■ A proposed new amendment to the constitution made its appearance in the House yesterday, introduced by Mr. Rogers of Drew, to afix the boundaries of the state, particularly the western boundary in the vicinity of Fort Smith. The article proposed is a copy of that which was included in the proposed constitution rejected by the people in December. It includes the provision that “all public educational institutions of the state heretofore located or hearafter located within the state by lawful authority shall be and remain as located.” This is the provision which Delegate J.V. Walker had inserted in the proposed constitution to settle permanently the question of the location of the University of Arkansas. 50 YEARS AGO

Jan. 24, 1969 ■ Storms that moved across the state Wednesday night and early Thursday resulted in a fire that destroyed a school building at Batesville and property damage in other areas. The Batesville Fire Department fought the fire at the two-story building, used as a training center for practical nurses, for almost three hours before bringing it under control. A nearby resident said he saw lightning strike the building. Office equipment, food and a maintenance shop were destroyed. A spokesman for the school said the damage would run into thousands of dollars.

25 YEARS AGO Jan. 24, 1994 ■ After five decades, Ship Ahoy, one of Little Rock’s best known neighborhood watering holes, is closing. Its last day will be Wednesday, owner Tom Sparks said. The building at 1108 S. Battery St. is to be torn down sometime this year and the site turned into a parking lot for nearby Children’s Hospital, he said. “Our lease is up February 1,” Sparks said. “They would entertain a monthto-month lease, but we just decided to shut it down and sell all the fixtures and get out of here.

10 YEARS AGO

Jan. 24, 2009

■ Gov. Mike Beebe announced late Friday that he’ll not take his cost-ofliving raise for fiscal 2010. Beebe’s salary would have gone from $84,114 this fiscal year to $87,352 in the next, which starts July 1. “As chief executive officer of the state, Beebe will forgo any raise in pay while Arkansans continue to face the tough economic conditions of the national recession,” the governor’s office’s statement said. The raise was contained in House Bill 1061, the General Appropriation Bill, which by constitutional requirement must be enacted for the next fiscal year before other appropriations for that year. Beebe spokesman Matt DeCample said publicity about Senate approval of the legislation on Thursday led to 15 to 20 calls to the governor’s office complaining about it. The bill grants the state’s constitutional officers, lawmakers and judges a 3.85 percent pay raise.