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100 YEARS AGO Oct. 31, 1920

■ The Pulaski County Equalization Board, which closed its regular session last Wednesday, and which will be called into special session Thursday morning, has acted to date on 1,000 cases, making individual increases in assessment from $100 to $100,000, George Vaughan, one of the members of the board, said yesterday. In 31 instances reductions have been made to equalize assessments with similar property. More than 700 firms and corporations have been placed on the books by the board with assessments of personalty from $200 to $30,000.

50 YEARS AGO Oct. 31, 1970

■ Dale Bumpers said Friday that lavish and wasteful spending on political campaigns helped undermine the public’s confidence that their tax money was being spent economically. Bumpers, the Democratic nominee for governor, made the remark in a broadcast over the Arkansas Radio Network in which he answered questions telephoned to the studio by listeners.

25 YEARS AGO Oct. 31, 1995

JONESBORO — An errant bullet fired during an Arkansas State Police high-speed pursuit Sunday morning penetrated the window of a Jonesboro convenience store and lodged in a wall above a cashier’s head. The bullet may have been one of 16 fired by Cpl. Charles Harper during a 30-mile chase that began about three miles south of Hoxie on U.S. 63 and ended with a crash in Jonesboro, police said. The bullet passed through a double-paned window of the Coleman Service Center at U.S. 63 and Arkansas 18. It sprayed glass shards into a food warmer, store manager Jeannie Whitlow said. “It was luck no one was hurt,” Whitlow said. “If it was any lower, it would have been bad.”

10 YEARS AGO Oct. 31, 2010

■ In the final days of the campaign, the candidates for governor from both major political parties employed their own style of campaigning as they made their final appeals to voters. Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat, and Republican businessman Jim Keet interact with voters differently. Beebe is quick with a full hug or a personal story and tends to speak at prearranged events. Keet walks in where voters are, including businesses, interacting one-on-one, often prompting them to talk more than he does. Beebe made 13 publicized campaign stops between Monday and Friday last week. The Keet campaign canceled trips at the beginning of the week because Keet was sick, but he was going again Thursday and Friday, visiting five cities.