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100 YEARS AGO

Oct. 18, 1914

PRAIRIE GROVE — The store of Lon Holt and the Fair at Lincoln were broken into by robbers last night and a quantity of goods taken from each. At the Fair the robbers chose shoes, clothing and overcoats. At the Holt store flour, meat and coffee was the choice. The officers think they have a clew to the identity of the robbers.

50 YEARS AGO

Oct. 18, 1964

PETIT JEAN MOUNTAIN — Vintage model automobiles, shiny bright from tender care, chugged over the roadways atop Petit Jean Mountain Saturday toward the Museum of Automobiles. But some of them got chased off state Highway 154 by Arkansas state troopers. The old cars were scheduled to hold a hill climb on the highway, but only three had made the 1.4-mile route before the troopers came in and, according to a Museum public relations spokesman, told the car enthusiasts that they were using a public highway and obstructing traffic. The police told the automobile owners that they could continue if they observed all posted speed limits, the spokesman said.

25 YEARS AGO

Oct. 18, 1989

Riverfront Park in North Little Rock was selected Tuesday by the Parks and Recreation Commission as the site for a city-sponsored monthly flea market. The City Council adopted a resolution Oct. 9 to sponsor the flea market. “This is an experiment for all of us. We’ll go with Riverfront Park and see what happens,” said Parks and Recreation Director T. Richard Smith. Alderman Leonard Spinelli, who sponsored the resolution, wants the flea market to be held on the second weekend of each month.

10 YEARS AGO

Oct. 18, 2004

Sixty years have passed since Heifer International first shipped off cows to needy families overseas, and the Arkansas- based charity shows little sign of slowing down as it celebrates that anniversary this week. A $13.9 million environmentally friendly headquarters is sprouting up near the Clinton presidential library in Little Rock. Plans are in the works for a 15-acre global village to be built on the same site. And the international nonprofit was recently announced as the winner of the $ 1 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. “It’s all a little overwhelming,” Jo Luck, Heifer’s president, said in a recent interview. “We didn’t expect all of this to come to fruition at the same time.”