100 years ago
Sept. 3, 1920
• No clew has been discovered which may lead to the arrest of the kidnaper who took the two-year-old son of Mrs. B.F. Bidwell, 204 East Fifteenth street, about midnight Wednesday from his bed to a yard about eight blocks away. A reward of $100 is offered by the School Improvement League for arrest of the person or persons who took the child. Supporters of Mann and Machin have offered $200 reward for apprehension of the kidnaper.
50 years ago
Sept. 3, 1970
• A strike by employees of the Little Rock Waterworks, which began February 18 when 75 to 90 employees walked off the job, apparently ended Tuesday. Mrs. Jeane Lambie, president of State Council 38 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said in a letter received by Waterworks officials Wednesday that "the strike against your operations is terminated." "On behalf of all employees who went out on strike, we hereby apply for reinstatement to their old job, or, if their old job is unavailable, for employment on any job," the letter said. "This is a continuing application for employment."
25 years ago
Sept. 3, 1995
• The state Office of Child Support Enforcement says that if you've tried to call its new hot line and didn't get an answer, keep calling, and someone or something eventually will answer. A new computerized calling system for parents who want information on their cases was installed last month. Ed Baskin, office administrator, said the department didn't realize how flooded the four-line system would become at the end of last month. "We started the voice activated system at the end of last month, so we couldn't really tell how many calls we'd get," Baskin said.
10 years ago
Sept. 3, 2010
• The U.S. Department of Education awarded a group of 25 states -- including Arkansas -- plus Washington, D.C., a $170 million grant to develop common standardized tests to be implemented by the 2014-15 school year, Secretary Arne Duncan announced Thursday. The new tests, designed for grades three through 11, will replace end-of-year paper tests with computerized tests spaced throughout the year to allow teachers to modify instruction for struggling students. "This new generation of state assessments will be an absolute game-changer in public education," Duncan said on a conference call Thursday.