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— 100 YEARS AGO Nov. 25, 1912

OLA - Ola’s first electric lights were turned on last night. The plant is owned by Micks brothers, and is one of the best equipped lighting systems in the state. Most of the business houses, residences and all cross streets are lighted. The plant has a capacity sufficient to light a city of 20,000 inhabitants.

50 YEARS AGO Nov. 25, 1962

HOT SPRINGS - Gambling interests here have opened what they believe may be the first school in the nation to teach local residents the operation of various games. Purpose of the courses, taught free, is to provide additional help in the clubs and help keep the gambling within a broad new federal antiracketeering law, the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record reported. The new federal laws prohibit the bringing in of professional gamblers from other states to run games.

25 YEARS AGO Nov. 25, 1987

DALLAS - The Urban League of Arkansas Inc. will continue to sponsor the Pulaski County Head Start program at least through August. A settlement to that effect was reached Tuesday during a recess of a hearing conducted by the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The settlement will allow the Urban League to retain the program until the end of the 1987-88 program year.

10 YEARS AGO Nov. 25, 2002

MIDDLEBROOK - A Missouri man cited several times for environmental violations in his state wants to open a charcoal manufacturing plant in northern Randolph County. David Brawley, owner of Ozark Hardwood Charcoal Inc., plans to open a 40-kiln facility in April in the rural hills north of Middlebrook, about three quarters of a mile south of the Missouri state line.Residents hope to keep out what they say will be toxic chemicals, smog and the stench of slow-burning wood. Randolph County Judge Mike Davis, said he once lived near a charcoal manufacturing plant near Ravenden Springs. “If you want to hang your clothes on a clothesline and watch them turn gray from soot, if you want to wake up to the heaviest fog you’ve ever seen and find out that it’s a thick layer of smoke, if you want to wipe ash off your car windshield every morning, then this is for you,” Davis said.

Arkansas, Pages 20 on 11/25/2012

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