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100 years ago

July 5, 1914

• Little Rock patrolmen and firemen yesterday enjoyed an unusually quiet day, notwithstanding the fact that it was the Fourth of July, and the police say that it was the quietest Saturday they have had in years. During the entire day until midnight last night only nine persons were arrested for disturbing the peace, the offenses ranging from boisterous talking and yelling to a fight in which stones were the favorite weapons. Only 11 persons were arrested for being drunk. The usual Saturday night docket, according to the police, shows more than 20 or 25 disturbers of the peace and drunks.

50 years ago

July 5, 1964

• Negro groups in Arkansas apparently are planning an assessment of how much integration is being accomplished and areas in which it is being stymied before any definitive action is taken under the newly signed civil rights bill. "We need to take a close-up inventory of exactly what progress has been made and where and then work on what is not in line with the new legislation," Dr. William H. Townsend told the Democrat Saturday. Dr. Townsend is president of the Council on Community Affairs which includes representatives from Negro professional and social groups. Dr. Townsend said he would call a meeting of the organization early in the week to make this inventory.

25 years ago

July 5, 1989

• A demonstration turned into brawl with racial overtones Tuesday, blocking activist Robert "Say" McIntosh from making good on his promise to burn the U.S. flag on the Fourth of July. At least five people were taken into custody at the scene, and McIntosh's son, Robert McIntosh Jr., was injured in a fight. But McIntosh said he would return Sunday to the state Capitol for another attempt. McIntosh said if police did not provide adequate protection at his next flag burning attempt, he would bring his "own protection" at a future attempt.

10 years ago

July 5, 2004

• For the first time in decades, Little Rock's fire hydrants are getting a new look. The city's 2,100 public fire hydrants, once yellow and green, are being painted shiny silver to more closely resemble those north of the Arkansas River. The color change, which will take three years and cost $49,500, will tidy up a last bit of unfinished business from the merger of the Little Rock and North Little Rock water systems that created Central Arkansas Water in 2001.

Metro on 07/05/2014

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