LITTLE ROCK — 100 YEARS AGO Oct. 29, 1910
That the holding of fairs throughout Arkansas should be systematized, the system to be composed of three big subdivisions, the county, the district and state fairs, was the belief expressed yesterday by Prof. George A. Cole, president of the Arkansas Farmers’ Union and also president of the Arkansas State Fair Association, who spent the day in Little Rock. Mr. Cole outlined his plans for a big county and district fair scheme and stated that he intended to do everything in his power to get the scheme into actual operation.
50 YEARS AGO Oct. 29, 1960
Gov. Faubus endorsed and defended Amendment 52 - the school closing amendment - in his “one shot” campaign speech last night. He completely ignored his Republican opponent on Nov. 8, Henry Britt, Hot Springs attorney. The governor, who is prone to remind the people of his record of achievements, omitted them last night and even spent very little time on his proposals for the new legislature which includes a $10.5 million increase in state money forschools.
25 YEARS AGO Oct. 29, 1985
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has found “spot concentrations” of hazardous chemical wastes contaminating the abandoned Jacksonville city landfill on Graham Road. Monday, the EPA asked the city to build a fence around the 80-acre site. No significant levels of chemicals were found in soil or water around the landfill, according to Dick Whittington, regional administrator of the EPA at Dallas.
10 AGO Oct. 29, 2000
A piece of Arkansas’ aviation history, on standby since the early 1970s, is scheduled for final departure. The original passenger terminal at Little Rock National Airport, Adams Field, built in the early 1940s on the tail of the Great Depression and the eve of World War II, soon will be razed. Used for storage by the airport and as occasional offices by others since a new terminal opened in 1972, the old building will be replaced by a parking pad for unusually heavy aircraft.
Arkansas, Pages 17 on 10/29/2010