100 YEARS AGO Jan. 29, 1914
HELENA - Spot, a fox terrier belonging to Mrs. Lizzie Tate, 702 Perry, prevented a burglar from entering the home of his mistress last night. A man tried to enter the house through a window. Mrs. Tate awoke and called her dog, thinking the animal had made the noise. The dog made a dash for the intruder and gained a firm hold. The burglar dashed down the street with the dog swinging on and dragged the animal through the yard and for some distance down the street.
50 YEARS AGO Jan. 29, 1964
Poll tax sales in Pulaski County have dropped off sharply since Thursday when the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified to do away with the payment of the tax as a qualification for voting in federal elections. Collector Tom Gulley said that as of today only 17 receipts had been issued since Thursday. Pulaski County has in excess of 83,000 poll tax holders. South Dakota’s legislature Thursday gave the decisive vote in doing away with the poll tax insofar as federal elections are concerned. The Arkansas Legislature is expected now to decide on a voter registration law.
25 YEARS AGO Jan. 29, 1989
Competition among fast food outlets for a share of consumers’ hamburger dollars is sizzling on Camp Robinson Road in North Little Rock. That competition has been intensified by the recent opening of Rally’s Hamburgers at 4523 Camp Robinson Road and by the prospect of yet another burger outlet, Short Stop, which is expected to open at 4501 Camp Robinson Road by the end of the week. Both outlets are drive-through only and feature 99-cent hamburgers. Although the prices of the neighboring Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, McDonald’s and Burger King are set by the restaurants’ headquarters, competitive specials include Wendy’s single hamburger and McDonald’s Big Mac for 99 cents. McDonald’s regular burger costs 65 cents.
10 YEARS AGO Jan. 29, 2004
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is trying to stop a “cybersquatter” who is using the university’s name to direct Web users to an anti-abortion site. Cybersquatting is the registration of a Web site name with the intent to profit from another’s trademark. Internet users who type in www.universityofarkansas.com are taken to an anti-abortion Web site, www.abortiontruth.com. Harold Evans, a Little Rock attorney hired by UA, said www.universityofarkansas.com was registered in April by someone in New York.
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