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100 YEARS AGO

July 29, 1920

ARKADELPHIA — Dr. J.M. Workman, president of Henderson Brown College, has been active this summer in working out improvements for the college and preparing to welcome a larger student body this fall than has ever assembled for instruction. He has just returned from Nashville.

50 YEARS AGO

July 29, 1970

■ The Arkansans for the Constitution of 1970, a group supporting the proposed new state constitution, Tuesday named Al Lindsey, 24, of Little Rock, to work in the campaign with emphasis on young adults. Lindsey will work with college and high school students, the Young Democrats and Young Republicans, Jaycees, church youth groups and others in support of the new constitution.

25 YEARS AGO

July 29, 1995

■ The Arkansas Highway Police seized more than 350 pounds of marijuana Tuesday in two separate incidents, according to a news release issued Friday. An Oklahoma woman was arrested after officers discovered more than 300 pounds of marijuana in her truck, which was stopped for a traffic violation near West Memphis on Interstate 40. In a separate incident, three men — two from Michigan and one from Texas — were arrested when officers discovered more than 50 pounds of marijuana in their car, which also was stopped near West Memphis on I-40. All four were charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and were booked at the Crittenden County jail.

10 YEARS AGO

July 29, 2010

■ The state Board of Election Commissioners won’t withhold reimbursement for election expenses from any of the 36 counties that filed election reports late. The board made the decision Wednesday in a room packed with more than 50 people, mostly county election officials, in the 501 Building at 501 Woodlane Drive in Little Rock. Officials representing some of the 36 counties gave the board a wide variety of excuses. They ranged from county election commissioners going on vacation to the difficulty of gathering information for the reports. Some officials apologized and said they wouldn’t make the same mistake again. Two months ago, the board adopted a policy to start withholding reimbursement for late filings from state-funded elections. Board officials said the aim is to get the reports in compliance with state law, not to withhold funds. The policy gives the board the discretion to grant full reimbursement for counties filing late reports up to 45 days after an election.