100 years ago
July 11, 1914
• Pulaski county negroes, denied representation in the county organization of the new "lily white" Republican party, and the nomination of a negro candidate for governor if the Republican party upholds the action of the Pulaski county committee, declare they are confident that the Republican State Central Committee will be favorable to them and that it will not be necessary for them to even carry the fight to the state convention. The black Republicans are prepared for any emergency and already have four prospective candidates for the gubernatorial nomination. The negroes intend also to demand that the State Board of Election Commissioners recognize them as the Republican party in the event the state convention favors the "lily white" movement inaugurated by the Pulaski county Republicans.
50 years ago
July 11, 1964
• The Little Rock Chamber of Commerce put itself on television Friday to show members what it is doing and how it is spending their money. The occasion was the chamber's midyear membership luncheon at the Lafayette Hotel and the program featured the organization's progress report via closed-circuit television. Success was the chamber's story. The report of "progress and changes" for metropolitan Little Rock was narrated by KATV's newscaster Ted Biggs.
25 years ago
July 11, 1989
• Hotel charges for Gov. Bill Clinton ran as high as $524 a night during the governor's recent trip to Europe, according to figures obtained Monday. They were part of $21,919 in itemized expenses charged to taxpayers for the trip by the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, which coordinated the venture. Clinton, upon his return Saturday, said he felt the venture would produce "concrete results" that could be seen in the announcement of hundreds of new jobs for Arkansans within months.
10 years ago
July 11, 2004
MAGNOLIA -- Board members are considering the addition of a geriatric-psychiatric unit at Magnolia Hospital. "We began considering this about three months ago," hospital administrator Kirk Reamey said. "It's to treat the dementia associated primarily with old age -- not to take care of psychotic drug users or the criminally insane or the bona fide, deeply psychotic patient." Reamey said he contacted a company that operates several "geri-psych" units in hospitals about the same size as Magnolia Hospital, which is licensed for 70 beds.
Metro on 07/11/2014