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100 years ago

Aug. 20, 1918

CLARENDON -- Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Majestic theater yesterday morning. The building was owned by H. E. Lynch of this city and was partially covered by insurance. The furnishings and the picture machine belonged to O. O. Perry of Marianna. It cost nearly $10,000 to build. This is the second building to burn on the same lot within a year.

50 years ago

Aug. 20, 1968

• George Tucker, 15, and Jim Tucker, 14, of Route 3, Little Rock were in serious condition at St. Vincent Infirmary Monday after a crash that ended a high-speed chase near the Little Rock city limits on Twelfth Street. Deputy Roy Hall of the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department said he saw the boys speeding and chased them for more than four miles before the driver lost control of their car and crashed into an oak tree at 12:15 a.m. Hall said the car went out of control on a curve in front of Shackleford's Dairy. He said he had chased the car at speeds up to 90 miles an hour. Hall said deputies had to tear the doors off the car to reach the boys who were pinned inside. It was not known which of the two was driving.

25 years ago

Aug. 20, 1993

• The Pulaski County prosecuting attorney's office is investigating Wrightsville city finances after a state audit reported unauthorized spending of $23,021.50 for nonbusiness travel, groceries and other purposes during 1990 and 1991. The state Legislative Joint Auditing Committee's audit for the two years also cited unbudgeted overspending of more than $88,000. The audit showed a couple of the heftier unauthorized expenditures were payments totaling $2,561.50 to two amusement parks -- Dogpatch USA, near Harrison, and Magic Springs in Hot Springs.

10 years ago

Aug. 20, 2008

• Only one Arkansas hospital scored better than the U.S. average for preventing Medicare patient deaths in any of three diagnoses tracked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to data released today. Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock is one of 41 hospitals nationwide that scored better than the U.S. average on keeping Medicare pneumonia patients from dying within 30 days of admission. Conway Regional Medical Center, Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado and St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro were among 73 hospitals nationwide that scored worse than the national rate for pneumonia deaths. About 65 other hospitals in the state scored at the national average.

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