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100 years ago

May 18, 1914

• The Rev. Sam Small, prohibition worker of Atlanta, Ga., delivered his anti-saloon address, "Personal Liberty," at the city auditorium yesterday afternoon before a large audience. The Rev. Mr. Small was introduced by Governor George W. Hays who talked briefly of the numerous things that the Rev. Mr. Small had done to forward the cause of prohibition. Governor Hays spoke of the Sheppard-Hobson bill for national prohibition and said: "This question of national prohibition is not only a call to the moral, but to the intellectual citizenship of the country, and as a result of the present fight, nation-wide prohibition is now inevitable."

50 years ago

May 18, 1964

CONWAY -- Any Republican committeeman who even talks about supporting Gov. Faubus commits "the unpardonable sin," Lonzo Ross said today. Ross is chairman of the Faulkner County Republican Central Committee, a member of the GOP state committee, and a self-proclaimed member of the Republican old guard. He lashed out at state GOP Chairman William Spicer of Fort Smith for a letter Spicer sent to some Republican last week saying that a Republicans for Faubus organization is not beyond the realm of reality.

25 years ago

May 18, 1989

• Protesters, fighting the construction of a prison at Calico Rock, confronted Gov. Bill Clinton again Wednesday, then criticized the governor after he failed to talk to them. The protesters appeared Wednesday at the sixth annual celebration of Arkansas Tourism Week. More than 300 people, crowded under a large tent on the Capitol's back lawn at noon, were treated to free catfish, chili and drinks while bands played country music. Representatives from about 50 state tourism sites distributed leaflets and urged passers-by to visit their communities. Meanwhile, about a dozen residents from the Izard county area quietly circled the tent, holding placards to protest a 300-bed minimum-to-medium security prison under construction at Calico Rock.

10 years ago

May 18, 2004

• A Conway company plans to build a $6.4 million, upscale nursing home in Springdale as a replacement for a Fayetteville operation. Reliance Health Care in Conway, which operates 12 nursing homes across the state, purchased Rochier Heights Nursing Home in Fayetteville last year. The planned 140-bed facility in Springdale, called The Maples at Har-Ber Meadows, will be in the Har-Ber Meadows subdivision near Tontitown.

Metro on 05/18/2014

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