100 years ago
Oct. 1, 1916
• When Sergeant W. S. Groves entered the "run-around" at the city jail about 11:30 o'clock yesterday morning, J. J. Fogarty, a prisoner, suddenly seized him and threw him violently against the wall. Before Sergeant Groves could recover Fogarty had gained a good lead, and although the sergeant and several constables and patrolmen gave a hot chase, they could not recapture the prisoner.
50 years ago
Oct. 1, 1966
• The reversal of an apparent victory for a proposed $3 million construction bond issue leaves the North Little Rock School District with an ever increasing pupil enrollment and no way to house the overflow. School officials expressed concern for the accreditation of the District's two senior high schools and voiced the possibility that some schools might have to resort to half-day sessions because of overcrowding. Superintendent F. B. Wright termed the defeat of the 5-mill tax proposal disappointing.
25 years ago
Oct. 1, 1991
• Those who have seen a film in an IMAX movie theater have no doubts about its ability to bring people flocking to downtown Little Rock. "It fools your eye," Allison Sanchez, director of the Arkansas Museum of Science and History, said. "It fills your whole field of vision, and gives you the illusion of being there." Providing $4,050,000 to pay for construction of an IMAX theater is Question 11 under the half-cent sales tax for capital improvements voters will consider Oct. 8.
10 years ago
Oct. 1, 2006
• Before its dedication Saturday, the 4,226-foot-long arc of concrete spanning the Arkansas River gleamed new and bright in the sunrise. Beside a dais on Cook's Landing where he would shortly -- and officially -- announce the realization of a dream, Pulaski County Judge Buddy Villines watched a gathering crowd. A black sport coat shielded him from the cool morning breeze. More than 500 chairs had been set out, facing the dais, the river and the Pulaski County Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge, better known as "Big Dam Bridge." But as the ceremony neared its start, more than a third of the chairs remained empty. So volunteers quickly folded the unoccupied seats and carried them away, two and three at a time.
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