100 years ago
Oct. 16, 1918
• The physicians of Little Rock and North Little Rock have covered a mileage of more than 25,000 miles a day in the terrific rush of work brought on by the influenza epidemic, it is estimated by local garage and gas service men. Reports given in at local gasoline filling stations by physicians vary as to mileage covered, ranging from 200 to 300 miles a day, and one physician made as high as 350 miles one day... However, in spite of all this traveling, in a number of instances reported to the Public Health Department, persons suffering from influenza have not had proper attention because they could not secure the services of a physician.
50 years ago
Oct. 16, 1968
• The city of Little Rock asked County Judge Arch Campbell about seven months ago to repair the curbs and sidewalks on all four sides of the County Courthouse. Tuesday, Judge Campbell started building a new sidewalk on the West Markham Street (front) side and he said he also would patch the sidewalk on the Spring Street side. Judge Campbell said that was all of the repairs he planned because they were all that were needed now and that the city was satisfied. "We're most grateful for what he's doing," said Jan B. Carter, assistant director of the city Department of Community Development. "We just wish other property owners would do as much."
25 years ago
Oct. 16, 1993
• Arkansas cut its traffic deaths by more than 3 percent in 1992 but still had the deadliest highways in the nation on average, national figures show. State traffic officials say the fatality rate -- 3.9 per 10,000 registered motor vehicles, nearly twice the national rate of 2.1 -- remains high partly because motorists tend to drive farther and faster on the state's open, rural roads. "We probably have less than highly populated areas," said Maj. Deloin Causey, commander of the state highway patrol. "They'll have a lot more accidents, but ours will be more severe because it's on an open road with people driving faster than you would in town." State police records show 588 people died in traffic accidents on Arkansas roadways in 1992, 20 fewer than the 608 traffic deaths reported in 1991.
10 years ago
Oct. 16, 2008
CONWAY -- The University of Central Arkansas was not the first school to break the law when it took out lines of credit without getting state approval. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock also have had temporary lines of credit since a 1987 statute began requiring schools to get state approval for such loans. None of the three schools sought the state's OK. "Each of the U of A campuses sought UA Board of Trustee approval prior to getting the lines of credit," UA System spokesman Ben Beaumont said in an e-mail Wednesday. "However, approval from the [Arkansas Higher Education] Coordinating Board was not sought.
Metro on 10/16/2018