LITTLE ROCK — 100 YEARS AGO Aug. 23, 1909
As the date set by the Railroad Commission for the opening of the new Union station of the Iron Mountain comes closer and closer, the contractors and railroad men increase the speed of the work on the depot and its approaches in order to have them in shape to throw open to the traveling public by the specified date. Now the firm of Westinghouse Church, Kerr & Co. have put a shift of workmen on Sunday. A gang of workmen were at work yesterday placing the concrete for a row of piers for the overhead midway.
50 YEARS AGO Aug. 23, 1959
The Stephens brothers of Arkansas have shunted the railroad business to one of their financial sidings. Stephens Inc. has disposed of the major portion of its common stock in the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the Democrat learned yesterday. The move upset speculation in Wall Street and elsewhere as to any plans the brothers might have in their drive to bring management control of the railroad to Arkansas as they did in the case of the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co.
25 YEARS AGO Aug. 23, 1984
Little Rock School Districtadministrators and representatives of the Classroom Teachers Association reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on the 1984-85 teachers' contract. Details of the settlement were not disclosed during a press conference held late Wednesday to announce the agreement which now must be ratified by both the Little Rock School Board and the CTA membership. However, a source told the Arkansas Democrat that the proposed contract would provide a 5.25 percent salary increase to the beginning teacher's salary plus the extra money or step teachers get for completing a year of teaching.
10 YEARS AGO Aug. 23, 1999
Medicaid patients are poor and are not a bargaining unit, so the state should not get the same cost breaks as a health maintenance organization on its prescription drug bill, a pharmacist lobby argues. Even if Medicaid customers aren't an elite clientele, sheer numbers have to count for something, replies the state's Medicaid administrator. Medicaid, a state-administered health-care assistance program financed from state and federal money, spent $169 million on prescriptions last fiscal year and is expected to spend $200 million this fiscal year, Administrator Ray Hanley said.
Arkansas, Pages 20 on 08/23/2009