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100 years ago

Nov. 30, 1917

• That infectious diseases are daily being brought into Little Rock and that vaccination against them, especially smallpox, is imperative to keep up the city's health standard, says Lieut. Col. C. C. Pierce, senior surgeon of the Public Health Service, who is also directing the efforts of the Board of Commerce Executive Health Committee in eliminating disease from this cantonment district.

50 years ago

Nov. 30, 1967

• Two items concerning desegregation, which was the major issue in the School Board election of September 26, are on the agenda for today's meeting of the Board at 4 p.m. in the Board auditorium. The Education Committee of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce will submit to the Board its summaries of studies of the controversial Oregon Report made by five subcommittees of the Community Conference on Education. The Community Conference, which last functioned in 1964, was reconvened at the Board's request at the height of the controversy over the report last summer.

25 years ago

Nov. 30, 1992

• Darryl Keith Norman, 23, of Dumas (Desha County), was charged late Saturday night with two counts of capital murder and one count of attempted capital murder in a triple shooting that occurred earlier that day at 1717 S Park St. in Little Rock. Three Little Rock men were shot -- two fatally -- about 1 a.m. Saturday at the house near Central High School after a man entered the house and shot Tony Brooks, 21, of 6225 Boyle Park Road; Eric Horton, 20, of 87 Allyson Circle; and Grey Ivey, 21, of 6210 Asher Ave., Little Rock police said.

10 years ago

Nov. 30, 2007

• The driver of the commercial bus that crossed Interstate 40 and collided with a tractor trailer Sunday evening near Forrest City, resulting in three deaths, was cited for speeding four times in the past six years. Felix Badillo Tapia, 28, of Brownsville, the driver of the Tornado Bus Co. bus that crashed 12 miles east of Forrest City at 10:10 p.m. Sunday, was also once ticketed for having defective brakes. None of the offenses was considered serious, and Tapia never was in danger of losing his commercial driver's license, said Tom Vinger, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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