LITTLE ROCK — 100 YEARS AGO Nov. 15, 1912 HOT SPRINGS - Men who fought for “Dixie,” members of the Confederate Veterans, had their inning at the state fair today, but they were generous, so the citizens of Pine Bluff and members of the hardware fraternity shared it with them. The three events were sufficient to attract a great concourse to the grounds. Every attention was shown the veterans, and while they had no official program to observe, visitors knew that today was set aside in honor of the old settlers.
50 YEARS AGO Nov. 15, 1962
In a surprise, brief visit before the Arkansas Legislative Council today, Gov. Faubus recommended that the Confederate Home be abolished and the five residents be moved into a nursing home. The governor has been planning to go before the council with an outline of anticipated revenues for the coming biennium, and his appearance today was rushed up because the Confederate Home budget was to come before the council shortly. The home, on the grounds of the Arkansas School for the Blind, will be turned over to that agency, as hasbeen planned for years.
25 YEARS AGO Nov. 15, 1987
The Arkansas Education Association last week asked a federal judge to drop its class-action lawsuit against the state over the basic skills teacher test. It was a quiet end to an issue that had been everything but quiet in the past four years. AEA President Ed Bullington said the discrepancy in the pass rates of black and white teachers was not great enough to warrant pursuing the lawsuit.
10 YEARS AGO Nov. 15, 2002
The Conway School District responded to a lawsuit filed by four parents opposing the district’s new drug testing policy by stressing the prevalence of drugs in district schools and the constitutionality of random drug testing among students in extracurricular activities. On Tuesday the district’s attorney, Bill Brazil, filed a motion for summary judgment in Faulkner County Circuit Court. The district is trying to counter claims that its soon-to-begin practice of randomly drug testing secondary students who are in extracurricular activities is illegal and does irreparable harm to the students.
Arkansas, Pages 12 on 11/15/2012