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100 YEARS AGO April 18, 1914

Final preparations for the Easter egg hunt to be given this afternoon at Forest park have been made, and the Little Rock Railway and Electric Company is prepared to show the kiddies of Little Rock the time of their lives. The egg hunt was to have been given last Saturday afternoon but the rain prevented. The boys and girls also will be repaid well by “seeing themselves” as heroes and heroines in the “movies” soon, as films will be made of the egg hunt and will be shown in local moving picture theaters as soon as possible.

50 YEARS AGO April 18, 1964 DARDANELLE - Representatives of Dardanelle Negro families who have children high school age met with Dardanelle School District Superintendent A.E. Caldwell at the high school this week to ask consideration of approximately 16 students to be enrolled at Dardanelle High this September. The students are now attending school at Morrilton. Requests were both oral and in petition form. Their reason for request was the long bus ride to Morrilton which they said was dangerous and did not allow time for students to participate in school activities.

25 YEARS AGO April 18, 1989

Shareholders representing about 67.5 percent of Holly Farms Corp.’s stock either voted against a proposed merger with ConAgra Inc. or abstained from voting, according to figures released Monday. Votes cast in favor of the merger in a shareholders meeting Friday represented only 32.5 percent of Holly Farms’ shares. The vote terminates the tentative merger agreement between the two companies, and increases Tyson Foods Inc.’s chance of acquiring Holly Farms. “I’m ecstatic,” Tyson attorney James Blair said Monday. Holly Farms “needed a two-thirds vote from their shareholders, and they didn’t get even a third of the shareholders.” Abstaining from the vote Friday was the same as casting a vote for Tyson, Blair said.

10 YEARS AGO April 18, 2004 CAMP COOKE, Iraq - The last few soldiers of Arkansas’ 39th Infantry Brigade arrived in Iraq on Friday, the day the 1st Cavalry Division took control in Baghdad. The 39th is part of the 1st Cavalry Division and is responsible for patrolling a section of Baghdad and an area north of the city. It’s taking over the patrol area covered during the past year by the 1st Armored Division’s 1st Brigade.