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— 100 YEARS AGO Sept. 30, 1912

Judging by the crowds which yesterday afternoon visited the showgrounds at Seventeenth and Main streets, dogs, ponies, monkeys and elephants are gaining in popularity as years come and go. It is estimated that no less than 13,000 persons - old and young, white and black - visited the tents of the Gentry Bros. shows during the afternoon. Although the “big top” had not been erected, the other tents were placed in readiness yesterday morning and the menagerie tent was thronged throughout the afternoon.

50 YEARS AGO Sept. 30, 1962

A private security service which will offer protection to both business and residential customers in west Little Rock is being established and will begin operations soon, officials of the company disclosed. Called “The Night Watch,” the organization will operate with radio-equipped cars. In addition to a patrol, special services such as day-time watching and full-time guard service is being offered. Customers subscribe in the service by the month or year, the officials said. Officers of theorganization emphasized that they are not trying to substitute for the regular city police.

25 YEARS AGO Sept. 30, 1987

Five members of the Little Rock School Board said Tuesday they had no intention of resigning despite votes of “no confidence” issued against the board by at least three district parent teacher associations. The other two board members couldn’t be reached for comment. On Monday, as Little Rock teachers continued their strike, the Parent Teachers Association Board at Pulaski Heights Junior High called for the school board to resign.

10 YEARS AGO Sept. 30, 2002

Some Little Rock pawnbrokers required to share their sales records with police are offering to open the books faster and make them easier to read. An Internet system called Law Enforcement Automated Database Search Online, or LEADS, stores information about pawn transactions and lets investigators search it for a fee. The arrangement reduces paperwork and allows police to search transactions the next day instead of the next week, putting them on the trail of stolen merchandise faster.

Arkansas, Pages 19 on 09/30/2012

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