LITTLE ROCK — 100 YEARS AGO Feb. 5, 1913
A beginning of a campaign to utilize vacant lots and back yards as gardens to be cultivated during the spring and summer months by the school children of Little Rock, was made yesterday afternoon, when O. M. Watson, special agent for the United States Department of Agriculture, appeared at the Fort Steele school and talked to the pupils on the subject of gardening. The pupils apparently are interested in the plan and about 40 percent of the school enrollment became members of the Fort Steele Garden Club.
50 YEARS AGO Feb. 5, 1963
Little Rock school principals favor raising the age limit for drivers licenses instead of lowering it, as proposed in a legislative bill. A bill introduced by Sen. Tom Allen of Brinkley would permit unrestricted licenses to 15-year-olds provided they completed a driver education course and passed an examination. Under present law, youths 14 and 15 can get a license to drive only when a licensed adult is in the car with them. Some people have taken the position that driver education is desirable, but that reducing the age for licenses is not.
25 YEARS AGO Feb. 5, 1988
The Little Rock School District will try to fund two more police officers next school year for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, Dr. George D. Cannon, district superintendent, said Thursday. This would be the first time the district has helped fund the program since it began two semesters ago. Police Chief Jess F. “Doc” Hale said DARE is aimed at reducing the “demand side” of the drug abuse problem.
10 YEARS AGO Feb. 5, 2003
City leaders grudgingly approved funding Tuesday to keep Sunday bus service for another five months in Little Rock but warned that they want to see changes from the region’s mass transit agency. The Little Rock Board of Directors voted 8-3 to pay an extra $60,000 to the Central Arkansas Transit Authority to continue Sunday bus routes through June 30, when city and transit financial concerns will again be evaluated.
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