100 years ago

Aug. 18, 1914

• Pulaski county negroes will ignore the Republican county ticket, but will recognize Mayor E. A. Kinney of Green Forest as the Republican candidate for governor. J. E. Bush, chairman, and John A. Hibbler, secretary, of the negro Pulaski County Republican Central Committee, yesterday mailed out notices to the Republicans of the county directing that township meetings be held to select township nominees. The negro committee, which was formed as the regular county organization after the "lily whites" had denied the black Republicans a voice in the party councils, does not agree with Mayor Kinney that "newspapers are responsible for the assertion that there is a lily white party," but rather they insist that such is the case in Pulaski county.

50 years ago

Aug. 18, 1964

• A lawsuit filed by two students to bring about the integration of all facilities and activities at the University of Arkansas brought this comment today from Gov. Faubus: "It proves you cannot depend on what leaders of these radical groups say, because they originally stated all they wanted was an opportunity for an education." The suit referred to by Faubus at a news conference today was filed Monday in Little Rock. It seeks to end all racial discrimination at the university. Faubus said the Negro students now are attending the university and have the opportunity to obtain an education, "but they apparently are not satisfied." The suit, Faubus added, leads him to believe that the Negro students are more interested in "creating disorder" than getting an education.

25 years ago

Aug. 18, 1989

BATESVILLE -- A controversial drug-screening program for high school athletes has not turned up any students with illegal drugs in their systems, Batesville Schools Superintendent Bill Coop said Thursday. In June 1988, Batesville High School became the first school in the state to institute a drug screening program for athletes. A year later, the program is a success, Coop said.

10 years ago

Aug. 18, 2004

• For students and educators across Arkansas, the message from this year's scores on a widely used college-entrance exam is one they've heard before: Many recent high school graduates are not prepared for college. Students who graduated from Arkansas high schools this year earned an average composite score of 20.4 on the ACT Assessment, up from 20.3 last year.

Metro on 08/18/2014