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100 YEARS AGO

Aug. 9, 1912 WALDO — Sydnie Arnold, the 12-year-old son of Henry Arnold, last night coughed up a cocklebur that he accidentally swallowed exactly seven months, three days ago. While cutting stalks on his father’s farm early in the spring this burr accidentally flew in young Arnold’s mouth so far that he swallowed it. At first it was thought by several physicians that the little fellow would die, but he apparently recovered his normal health. 50 YEARS AGO Aug. 9, 1962 About $2.8 million worth of apartments and commercial structures will be constructed, operated and eventually owned by Philander Smith College near its campus. This will be accomplished through Village Square, Inc., a nonprofit corporation that was chartered Tuesday in Pulaski Circuit Court. The incorporation was by seven men, all members of the college’s board of trustees to take over development of the property which is now held by the Little Rock Housing Authority. The title eventually will go to Philander Smith. 25 YEARS AGO Aug. 9, 1987 Responding to a federal contempt-of-court order levied against it the previous day, the Little Rock School Board voted Saturday to fill 319 of 687 magnet school seats from waiting lists of Little Rock students. According to statistics presented to the board, the assignments apparently will not strip white students from the district’s regular schools as previously thought, but will give the Little Rock district a disproportionate number of magnet seats in the schools, 3,275 of 4,189. 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 9, 2002 Arkansans could have to shoulder an additional $200 million or more annually in energy costs under a proposal pending at a federal agency, Arkansas’ top state senator said Thursday. Sen. Mike Beebe, D-Searcy, said he was “ringing bells about this” because he learned about it only recently and wants Arkansans to begin talking “to come up with the best ideas to combat it.” He was calling news reporters Thursday to provoke discussion of the case, about which there has been little publicity.