LITTLE ROCK — 100 YEARS AGO Nov. 18, 1912
If anyone sees a man six feet tall, and proportioned seemingly, strolling up or down any of the main promenades or alleys, wearing a pair of trousers belonging to a man barely half his size, he is requested to intercept said six-footer and lead him back to the City Hospital. W. Mc-Cauley was just a plain drunk on the streets of Little Rock yesterday. All he wanted to do was to be left alone and to do as he pleased until he fell helplessly on the sidewalk and from his outward appearance, was badly injured and was taken to the hospital. No one knows what McCauley thought when he sobered up. Probably he looked at the other convalescents and thought it was all a dream and if he is not sober now he will think it is all a dream when he finds himself squeezed into trousers three sizes too small in the waist and a foot too short in the legs. McCauley, when he got ready to depart from the hospital, unknown to the nurses, took the first pair of trousers handy and departed through a window.
50 YEARS AGO Nov. 18, 1962
Hot Springs will make a new effort to legalize gambling in the coming sessionof the Arkansas Legislature, but this time with a new emphasis to “legalize it or close it up,” the Democrat learned yesterday. The resort city is widely known for its tolerance of illegal gambling operations in the interest of entertainment for the visitors.
25 YEARS AGO Nov. 18, 1987
Opponents and proponents of a mandatory seat belt ordinance turned out equally Tuesday as the Little Rock Board of Directors began discussing the issue. The board likely will not vote on the issue until its Dec. 1 meeting, but wanted public input beforehand. If the board does adopt a seat belt ordinance, Little Rock might be the first city to do so without a state law backing it, City Attorney Mark Stodola said.
10 YEARS AGO Nov. 18, 2002
Pre-dawn Tuesday marks the last chance for stargazers in North America to catch a dazzling celestial show if predictions for the annual Leonid meteor shower prove correct. Not for another 100 years will meteors from the comet Tempel-Tuttle mesmerize Earth-bound spectators as they have for the past several years, astronomers agree.
Arkansas, Pages 20 on 11/18/2012