100 years ago
Nov. 1, 1915
WYNNE -- A rowboat containing four people sank in the St. Francis river near Wiseferry, seven miles east of Wynne, this morning, and the wife and 10-year-old daughter of P.H. Taylor, justice of the peace and farmer, were drowned. John Short, who was rowing the boat, managed to save himself and a young son of Mr. Taylor, only after Mrs. Short, who was on the river bank, had thrown him a pole. Short had exhausted all his strength in an effort to save the women.
50 years ago
Nov. 1, 1965
• The trucking industry in Arkansas is booming and furnishing more employment than ever before, according to a report by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. "Trucks are more commonplace than billboards on Arkansas highways," the report stated. Truck registration in the state last year hit an all-time high of 253,030.
25 years ago
Nov. 1, 1990
• A 2½-month effort to find the mother of a baby abandoned in the restroom of a North Little Rock convenience store has been fruitless, a police spokesman said Wednesday. "We have exhausted any trail that we could follow," Sgt. Steve Canady, public information officer for the North Little Rock police, said. "The case remains open but we can't go any further without the help of the public." The baby girl, who was 6 days old when she was abandoned, was found Aug. 16 in the women's restroom at the Double Quik convenience store at 3800 Camp Robinson Road in North Little Rock.
10 years ago
Nov. 1, 2005
• River Rail rides in Little Rock and North Little Rock are free today in observance of the electric streetcar line's first birthday, the Central Arkansas Transit Authority officials announced Monday. Hours of streetcar operation today are 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Operation began Nov. 1, 2004, on a 2 1/2 mile route through the cities' downtowns. River Rail crosses the Main Street Bridge over the Arkansas River to connect loops in Little Rock and North Little Rock. River Rail streetcars had carried 183,009 passengers through Sunday, transit officials said Monday. Another 2,600 feet of track is to be installed within a year to extend service to the Clinton Presidential Center and the Heifer International headquarters site east of Interstate 30 in Little Rock.
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