100 YEARS AGO July 19, 1913 TEXARKANA - The Texarkana Board of Trade has inaugurated a movement to have erected a large steel arch to span the line dividing Arkansas and Texas, to be placed on State Line avenue at the intersection of Broad street and in the heart of the business section of the city. The arch will rest on a foundation of marble and will bear electric light letters reading “Arkansas” on the east and “Texas” on the west.
50 YEARS AGO July 19, 1963
Tomorrow afternoon’s solar eclipse can spell permanent eye damage for those unsuspecting or careless Arkansans who stare directly at the darkening sun. None of the usual “safe methods” for direct viewing offer adequate protection against incurable retinal burns, according to official medical and astronomical opinion. Joint warnings on the hazards of eclipse watching have been issued by the Arkansas Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Paul Harris, executive secretary of the Pulaski County Medical Society, and other interested medical and governmental organizations. They all stressed that there is no safe way to look directly at the eclipse without risking permanent burns of the eye from invisible infra-red rays of the sun.25 YEARS AGO July 19, 1988
Leaders of the It’s Your Choice Committee, which is backing the Sunday sales of mixed drinks by local hotels and restaurants, made it clear last week that they plan to avoid a moral fight with opponents. In a news conference Friday, two committee co-chairmen announced plans to try to get the proposal on the Nov. 8 ballots in Little Rock and North Little Rock. The group is proposing that sales be allowed from noon until 10 p.m. on Sundays. The committee co-chairmen argued that Sunday sales would boost convention business and that citizens should have a right to decide whether they want to buy a mixed drink at a hotel or restaurant on Sunday.
10 YEARS AGO July 19, 2003
Arkansas’ endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers and pondberry shrubs are in the money these days with more than half-a-million dollars in grants from the federal government. U.S. Fish and Wildlife gave two grants to state officials, who will use the money to buy land that includes natural habitat for the birds and bushes. The grants were part of a $70 million package the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded to 29 states.
Arkansas, Pages 12 on 07/19/2013