100 YEARS AGO July 24, 1913
Arkansas voters, by their ballots, yesterday elected Judge George W. Hays of Camden, Democrat, as their next governor. He will serve out the remainder of the term of Gov. Joe T. Robinson, who resigned March 8 to go to the United States Senate. Republican and Bull Moose hopes for overthrowing Democratic control in the state were crushed under an avalanche of Democratic votes.
50 YEARS AGO July 24, 1963
A maximum speed limit of 60 miles per hour was set today by the State Highway Commission on the Freeway (Interstate Route 30) through Little Rock and North Little Rock. The minimum was set at 40 miles per hour. These limits apply between the north and south terminal interchanges of the Freeway and are in compliance with a 1959 act of the General Assembly delegating the determination of speed limits on controlled-access highways to the commission.
25 YEARS AGO July 24, 1988
How long was Gov. Bill Clinton’s speech to the Democratic National Convention? It was sooooo long … he has been invited to “beautiful downtown Burbank” in California to finish it. Thursday, one week after being the subject of host Johnny Carson’s opening joke, Clinton will be a guest on The Tonight Show, gubernatorial press secretary Mike Gauldin said Saturday. Last Thursday, the day after Clinton flubbed a prime time speech in Atlanta’s Omni Convention Center, Carson began his monologue with the line “Well, in closing …” Those words uttered by Clinton at the end of the 30-plus minute address Wednesday night had drawn the most positive response from the convention crowd. The speech was criticized as uninspiring by network commentators. Some convention goers were shown catching naps as Clinton spoke. Others were seen giving the “cut” sign.
10 YEARS AGO July 24, 2003
FORREST CITY - Gov. Mike Huckabee said Wednesday that a “richer” high school curriculum is critical to make sure that more Arkansans finish college, but he’d let the state Board of Education decide how many courses to require. Requiring more courses is one component of his school reform plan, but he has not given a list of courses he’d require. He’s promoting his plan this summer with periodic trips around the state.
Arkansas, Pages 14 on 07/24/2013