100 years ago
Oct. 16, 1917
TEXARKANA -- Miss Ruby Love, aged 42 years, was adjudged insane following a hearing in the county court of Miller county (Ark.) yesterday, and was taken to the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases at Little Rock today. Her sad plight is a sequel to the recent tragic death of her brother, F. A. Love, who, about two weeks ago, accidentally shot and fatally wounded himself while chasing some men from his pear orchard where they were taking his fruit at 1 a.m.
50 years ago
Oct. 16, 1967
TEXARKANA -- Three men died after what began apparently as an argument erupted into gunplay Sunday, police said. Miller County Sheriff Leslie Greer said Mrs. Lydia Sullivan, 62, was charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of William Marton, 48, of Lewisville. Greer said Marton shot and killed J. D. Sullivan Sr., 60, and J. D. Sullivan Jr., 35, in the Sullivan home near Mandeville, then was shot himself as he attempted to escape through the front door of the house. Mrs. Sullivan was freed on $1,000 bond.
25 years ago
Oct. 16, 1992
RICHMOND, Va. -- The three major presidential candidates offered a kinder, gentler televised debate Thursday night, avoiding bickering and outlining their positions on major issues but breaking virtually no new ground. "Tonight's program is unlike any other presidential debate in history," moderator Carole Simpson of ABC News told viewers at the beginning of the debate. That turned out to be the case, with President Bush, Gov. Bill Clinton and Ross Perot being congenial and chatty for an occasion that traditionally is marked by formality. There was little of the bitter personal exchanges that characterized Tuesday night's vice presidential debate in Atlanta. That may have benefited Clinton, the front-runner in presidential polls.
10 years ago
Oct. 16, 2007
FAYETTEVILLE -- Joe Dowdy, special operations manager for NASA's Kennedy Space Center, encouraged an audience at the University of Arkansas on Monday to watch the next space shuttle launch "with a sense of childlike wonder." He advised them to travel to Orlando, Fla., to witness a launch in person and to feel the air pulse and see the waters ripple as the shuttle propels toward outer space. Dowdy, a Little Rock native, spoke about the future of the U.S. space program to students, faculty and staff at the Willard J. Walker Hall auditorium on the Fayetteville campus. NASA plans to halt all manned shuttle flights in 2010 and resume them with Ares rockets after four or five years, Dowdy said.
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