100 years ago
Oct. 2, 1914
PINE BLUFF -- With only two Pine Bluff men in attendance, the semi-annual meeting of the Arkansas Stock Growers' Association convened at the Chamber of Commerce assembly hall this morning. About 50 visiting delegates are here. Officers and delegates expressed regret that so little interest is shown in Jefferson County. After President J.W. McCleish of Gum Springs called the gathering to order, Mayor Simon Bloom delivered a brief address of welcome.
50 years ago
Oct. 2, 1964
• The Arkansas Congress of Parents and Teachers went on record Wednesday at a state board meeting of managers in the Albert Pike Hotel against proposed legalization of gambling in Garland County. This resolution, presented by Mrs. Cecile Hudson of Little Rock, state legislation chairman, was adopted unanimously.
25 years ago
Oct. 2, 1989
• The third time was the charm for Arkansas Jam '89. Bands began playing about 3 p.m. Sunday under cloudy skies at Riverfront Park in Little Rock for the concert which featured as a headliner the British rock group Foghat. It originally had been scheduled for Sept. 9, but was rained out. "Take II" of the concert was rained out Saturday, but concert goers were hopeful the rain would stay away for "Take III." "The weather looks like its going to cooperate," said Amy Hammonds, who was working the gate Sunday afternoon.
10 years ago
Oct. 2, 2004
• During a test run Friday in rush-hour downtown Little Rock, a River Rail trolley scraped against a taxi stopped at a red light in the first fender-bender for the streetcar system, due to open next month. "I was just sitting at the light," said Yellow Cab driver Lewis Shepard. "The next thing I know, I got whacked. It was more startling than anything." The trolley, No. 409, was on its first series of practice runs in Little Rock. It was "barely rolling" up to a red light on Second Street at Cumberland Street when it collided with the 1999 Dodge Caravan taxi, said Central Arkansas Transit Authority special projects director Bill Adcock. The run-in left a few large scrapes above the van's rear passenger tire that caused an estimated $1,000 in damage. The trolley escaped largely undamaged, but some yellow paint from the van rubbed off on the streetcar's black front bumper.
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