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100 YEARS AGO

Feb. 5, 1920

■ The spread of influenza in North Little Rock is getting worse, according to Dr. R.C. Foster, city physician. Yesterday, 26 cases were reported to the health officer and 28 the day before. However, Dr. Foster says that if all cases are isolated the disease will not spread and there will be no danger of an outbreak similar to last year.

50 YEARS AGO

Feb. 5, 1970

FAYETTEVILLE — The Federal Aviation Administration is studying a site in the Mount Comfort community northwest of Fayetteville for a Washington County airport. William C. Morton and Walter Watkins, presidents of the Fayetteville and Springdale Chambers of Commerce said Tuesday that the study was the result of co-operative efforts of committees of the two chambers. The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission submitted the request for the study to the FAA.

25 YEARS AGO

Feb. 5, 1995

■ They didn’t lace up skates, but it was hockey, nevertheless. More than 400 athletes competed in floor hockey Saturday as part of the 1995 Arkansas Winter Special Olympics at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. “It’s like being part of a big family,” said Darla Jones of Russellville, whose 13-year-old son, Robert, played. Robert, who has participated in the Special Olympics for six years, is one of 54 Arkansans who plan to compete in the World Special Olympics, his mother said. Special Olympics is considered the world’s largest program of year-round training and competition for children and adults with learning disabilities and mental retardation. An estimated 14,000 people in Arkansas participate.

10 YEARS AGO

Feb. 5, 2010

■ North Little Rock schools are all old and need to be upgraded to meet state standards regardless of where they are located in the city’s black and white neighborhoods, the district’s director of school plant services testified Thursday in federal court. Jerry Massey was one of three witnesses to testify before U.S. District Judge Brian S. Miller on day seven of a federal court hearing on whether the 9,660-student school district conforms to the requirements of its longstanding desegregation plan. The district has petitioned the court to declare it desegregated, or unitary, and release it from years of court monitoring of its school buildings, secondary gifted education program, special education services, student discipline practices, compensatory education programs, staffing practices and student extracurricular activities.