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100 years ago

Oct. 3, 1919

BENTONVILLE --The Benton County Red Cross is one of the first Red Cross organizations in the state to begin the county health nursing work, one of the chief peace-time activities of the American Red Cross. As soon as details of the plan were announced by the heads of the Red Cross, Miss Mary Riddle, registered nurse, of Bentonville, was sent to the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy to take the required four months' training. She is now making a general health survey of the county.

50 years ago

Oct. 3, 1969

HOT SPRINGS -- The Hot Springs City Council has set November 4 as the date for a special election on a $2 million bond issue to expand National Rejectors, Inc., plant here. If approved the bonds will be issued under Act 9 of 1960 and will not require a tax. The bonds will be paid off by rentals paid by the Company. Officials said that the expansion will add 120 new jobs and would mean an additional annual payroll of between $600,000 and $700,000 annually. Of the 120 new jobs, 30 will be executive positions since National Rejecters has announced it will move its headquarters here from St. Louis.

25 years ago

Oct. 3, 1994

• Is the Lake View School District the victim of an unconstitutional funding system or is it too small to operate effectively? Attorneys posed that question to Pulaski County Chancellor Annabelle Clinton Imber during a 4-day trial over school funding. Both sides await the judge's decision, which hinges on whether the funding system is constitutional. At stake is the manner in which the state Department of Education distributes about $1 billion dollars of state aid to Arkansas' 312 school districts. Lake View officials think the funding system should be thrown out and built from scratch. But the Education Department stands behind the system -- although it concedes the formula needs some fine-tuning. The state said Lake View suffers from its own financial management problems not caused by the formula, and questioned whether the district was too small to operate effectively.

10 years ago

Oct. 3, 2009

• Daniel Lemus discovered a pleasant surprise after joining the Arkansas National Guard in 2006. He learned that after serving for a year, he'd qualify for an expedited program to earn American citizenship -- for free. Daniel Lemus' older brother Adalberto joined just a month afterward. The men were among eight honored Friday by the Arkansas National Guard during the group's first Citizenship Recognition Ceremony at Camp Robinson near North Little Rock. The U.S. military allows legal immigrants to join. After serving a year, the servicemen are eligible for the expedited program, said Rudy De-Anda, a diversity marketing specialist with the Arkansas National Guard.

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