100 years ago
April 26, 1920
FORT SMITH -- Virgil Jordan, 14, was killed; Arthur Scott, 16, was so badly injured he may die, and Bob Fogg, a ex-army aviator, was less seriously hurt at Sallisaw, Okla., at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when an airplane driven by Fogg fell 40 feet and ploughed its way through a crowd of 2,000 people, according to a special dispatch to the Southwest American. Young Jordan's head was severed from the body by the propeller. Scott suffered internal injuries, being pinned in the wreckage of a touring car the airplane crashed into.
50 years ago
April 26, 1970
• Sam Wilson, 52, of 2605 Center Street, was critically wounded about 7:10 p.m. Saturday when he was shot through the throat at the Barge Lounge at 2727 Arch Street. He was in critical condition early today at Veterans Hospital. The police said that John Stanton, 25, of 4805 Kavanaugh Boulevard, told them that he was working behind the bar when Wilson came up and "demanded something." Wilson then said he would take what he wanted and went behind the bar and "made a gesture as if to take a gun from his pocket," Stanton told police. Stanton said he grabbed his own pistol from the drawer and fired. Officers said he did not want to press charges.
25 years ago
April 26, 1995
• Mayor Jim Dailey said Tuesday that the Oklahoma City bombing is prompting him to check out how Little Rock can prepare itself for handling a similar disaster. Dailey said Little Rock officials are inquiring about how cities can qualify for a program operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which coordinates activities when a catastrophe like an earthquake, explosion, hurricane or tornado flattens an area. Under FEMA's National Urban Search and Rescue Program, cities, counties and states can qualify for special training to cope with disasters, FEMA spokesman Mark Wilson said from Washington.
10 years ago
April 26, 2010
• Declining state appropriations for higher education have prompted a change in the policy used to determine how much tuition should contribute to the overall cost of an education at Arkansas' colleges and universities. "The amount a student has to pay has increased," said Jim Purcell, director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. "I think it's important that we have a formula that's a little closer to reality." The Higher Education Coordinating Board's current policy, instituted in 1981, says that undergraduate tuition and fees at four-year institutions and two-year institutions with no local tax should be about 25 percent to 30 percent of the average cost of an education. A proposed change to the policy would raise recommended student costs to 40 percent to 45 percent of total cost at four-year institutions and 30 percent to 35 percent at two-year colleges that collect local tax revenue.
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