100 years ago
July 14, 1914
• After a bitter fight, waged behind closed doors, the Republican State Central Committee last night voted to seat the "lily white" delegates from Pulaski county. Chairman John E. Bush of the negro delegation today appealed the contest to the state convention today, and if the convention also turns down the negroes an effort will be made to organize a negro convention to nominate a negro candidate for governor. Pulaski county presented the only contest, so the fight between the blacks and whites started immediately. After Bush had presented the negroes' claims and Wallace Townsend had replied on behalf of the "lily whites," or "Remmel delegation," as they were termed by speakers last night, the committee went into executive session, and all except members were excluded. Both Bush and A. C. Remmel, father of the movement to bar negroes from participation in the party organization, left the room during the debate. Ten minutes was given to each speaker, but when it seemed that every member desired to say something the call for an immediate vote was raised and the white delegation was seated. The contest will come up again today.
50 years ago
July 14, 1964
• The plush Twin City Drive-In Theater, built at a cost of $350,000, will open on Highway 67 North Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., according to Robin Wightman, city manager for the Arkansas Amusement Co. The Twin City will have twin screen towers with different pictures presented on each screen simultaneously.
25 years ago
July 14, 1989
• Robert "Say" McIntosh sued Rep. Tommy Robinson, D-Ark., for $1.25 million Thursday, contending the congressman violated his oath of office by maliciously interfering with McIntosh's right to free speech. Robinson's comments about the Little Rock activist's recent attempts to burn a U.S. flag were designed to incite racial violence and further his political career, damaged McIntosh's character and business and caused him mental anguish, according to the lawsuit filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court.
10 years ago
July 14, 2004
• Demolition will begin Monday on a 43-year-old downtown Little Rock motel that developers welcomed as state-of-the-art but was eventually derided as the "poster child for urban blight." Workers will begin preparing the Little Rock Inn for demolition Monday, two years after a Pulaski County judge closed the five-story motel and declared it a public nuisance.
Metro on 07/14/2014