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100 years ago

Sept. 22, 1915

NEWPORT -- Ten minutes after he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter, W. C. McDougal, former policeman, was a free man. A pardon was granted him Monday by Governor Hays, effective at noon today. Sentence was passed by Circuit Judge Coleman at 11:50 this morning. Immediately afterward the judge presented McDougal with the pardon.

50 years ago

Sept. 22, 1965

• A survey of water supplies in fallout shelters and a survey of new shelters in the interest of Civil Defense is under way in Little Rock and Pulaski County by a trio of men from the U.S. Government Corps of Engineers. Wade C. Meks, director of Civil Defense in Little Rock, said today that the week-long survey will cover numerous buildings and many possibilities. The survey team, headed by Dan Reeves, a mechanical engineer, includes Jim Davis, civil engineer, and Roger Zelsman, an engineering drafting instructor.

25 years ago

Sept. 22, 1990

• The University of Arkansas system board of trustees unanimously approved Friday $22 million in construction projects at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, including an 80-room dormitory, the university's first, and a parking deck. In addition, the board accepted a donation of up to $5.5 million from the Harvey and Bernice Jones Charitable Trust of Springdale for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The donation will be used to build a center for eye research, education and treatment.

10 years ago

Sept. 22, 2005

• A federal jury will decide whether Faulkner County should be held liable for injuries suffered by a jail detainee in 2001 as a result of overcrowding, understaffing, improper training and failure to properly separate prisoners, according to an order signed by U.S. District Judge Bill Wilson Jr. In the order, dated Monday, Wilson refused to dismiss a 2002 lawsuit filed by former inmate Scott A. Crow, who alleged that persistent overcrowding problems in the jail were to blame for a beating that left him with a broken jaw. Crow's lawsuit was filed before the construction of a new jail financed by a half-percent sales tax. It alleges civil rights violations and seeks compensatory and punitive damages.

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