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100 years ago

May 16, 1920

• The Third Division Horse Show, although hampered by a little rain in the afternoon, passed off with flying colors and fine sport for all concerned. The program opened at 10:30 yesterday morning and continued, with an hour's interval at noon, until 5:30 o'clock. No accident spoiled the day, and Lieut. M.M. Jones. Eighth Machine Gun Battalion, had the only spill. His horse fell when going over a jump, rolled over and started to bolt, but was caught. Lieutenant Jones was on his feet instantly and was applauded for his action in stopping the horse.

50 years ago

May 16, 1970

FORREST CITY -- Rev. Carl McIntire, the New Jersey radio preacher who is in Arkansas for a series of "Vietnam victory rallies," said here Thursday night that Arkansas would lead the way in similar rallies across the nation. He said that busloads of marchers from out of state would join Arkansas for a "victory rally" June 6 on the state Capitol steps. They'll be coming from Philadelphia, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Detroit, St. Louis and Washington, he said.

25 years ago

May 16, 1995

BENTON -- A wayward black bear that found itself in a Benton residential area last week apparently has moved on, a Saline County wildlife officer said Monday. "He may have gotten scared off or he may have eaten whatever he was eating," officer Jim Mallory said. Whatever the case, he added, "It doesn't look like he's coming back." State Game and Fish Commission officials placed a trap in the neighborhood after residents of the Wellington Point subdivision near Interstate 30 and Arkansas 5 spotted a young bear twice Thursday. "I checked it this morning and he wasn't there," Mallory said of the trap behind an abandoned house on McCurdy Street. Officials had planned to capture the bear and move it to a remote spot in the county.

10 years ago

May 16, 2010

WASHINGTON -- A pair of Arkansas organizations will receive more than $520,000 in federal funding to help preserve a lesser-known chapter in the state's history involving two sites where Japanese Americans were confined during World War II. The National Park Service announced the federal matching grants Friday -- one day after a state historic preservation group named Arkansas' two Japanese-American relocation camps among this year's "most endangered" historic sites. The money will support exhibits related to the Rohwer Relocation Center in Desha County and the Jerome Relocation Center, which sits on the border of Chicot and Drew counties

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