100 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 1914

OLA - A man who gave his name as White and his address as the insane asylum at Little Rock, requested the assistant cashier of the Bank of Ola, J.P. Norman, to draw a draft on a bank in Washington, D.C. This bank, he said, was owned by former President Roosevelt and himself. He said that he was president of the bank and Colonel Roosevelt cashier. The cashier promptly told him that he would have to wire the bank, and directed him to the station where he was turned over to Constable H. Bowen. The constable guarded him all day and locked him up in a room at night. During the night White, who said he was sometimes known as Jones, broke a window and escaped.

50 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 1964

A Little Rock dairyman, balking at the hauling charges assessed him by CAMPA, tried to move his own milk Saturday and ended up with the wrath of the organization and 6,000 pounds of raw milk on hand. J.W. Shackleford, whose dairy is located about 10 miles out on the 12th Street Pike, and who has been a member of the Central Arkansas Milk Producers Association since 1949, said his objections were that he was charged the same as other dairymen 40 miles away. The association picks up the milk from the dairymen. None is allowed to haul his own.

25 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 1989

The House of Representatives approved the Senate’s version of a bill to substantially reduce Oaklawn Park’s state pari-mutuel taxes by a vote of 64-27 Wednesday and sent it to Gov. Bill Clinton. Clinton has said repeatedly that although he favors the legislation, he does not want to sign it until his income tax reform bill also is on his desk. He stuck by that Wednesday. Asked to give a yes or no answer as to whether he would sign it in time for the beginning of the Oaklawn season Friday, the governor said, “I’m not gong to give you a yes or no answer. I’d love to sign both the Oaklawn bill and my income tax bill Friday morning.”

10 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 2004

Administrators at North Little Rock’s senior citizens center will mark the end of a whirlwind first year of operation today having watched as the center surpassed what proved to be very modest expectations. With a membership goal of 500 to 1,000 for the first year, the $5 million Patrick Henry Hays Senior Citizens Center exceeded 5,800 registered members last week and twice broke daily usage records in January.

Arkansas, Pages 16 on 02/02/2014