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News YESTERYEARS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009
60 Years Ago May 1, 1939 Born to Mr. and Ms. Chatham Woods of St. Louis at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Saunders of Pine Bluff are the maternal grandparents and Dr. and Mrs. R.P. Woods of Altheimer the paternal grandparents. Playing before a packed auditorium the Pine Bluff high school band won fist place division honors in the concert contest of the Arkansas high school band meet in Hot Springs Saturday night. 40 Years Ago May 1, 1969 (Headlines) Clifford: U.S. Must Get Out of War. U.S. War Toll Falls; Enemy Losses High. Listening Devices in Vietnam War Praised. Soldier Returns Home To a Hero’s Welcome. (Letter to the Editor) “The news that there might be a referendum on a millage assessment to help finance a convention center for Pine Bluff is bad news indeed. Pine Bluff is a nice city and it is a pleasure to live here. But the last thing this city is is a mecca for the conventioneer ...” Gerald Levin Pine Bluff 20 Years Ago May 1, 1989 A hailstorm that smashed windows of cars and houses and knocked limbs and leaves from trees at White Hall and northern Pine Bluff on Saturday night had insurance agents, automobile glass companies, roofers and other similar service representatives scrambling to answer a hailstorm of telephone calls this morning. “I’m about to have a nervous breakdown,” said Dale Dixon of Dale Dixon Insurance Company at 2526 E. Harding Avenue. Some houses were completely flooded after hail stones knocked holes in the roofs. “I don’t see how in the world they would ever be able to fix (some of them),” Dixon said. |
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