100 years ago
March 21, 1918
• An official report of the burning of a stockade at the Cummins farm Saturday night, and the burning to death of a negro prisoner, was made to Governor Brough yesterday by John T. Burkett, chairman of the Penitentiary Commission. According to the report, the fire occurred at the Lakeview stockade, in which were housed 65 prisoners, at 7:30 p.m., and was caused by the explosion of a lamp. Sam Skanigan was asleep at the opposite end of the building from where the fire started and was trapped by the flames, which spread rapidly.
50 years ago
March 21, 1968
• State Senator Dorathy Allen of Brinkley filed Wednesday at Little Rock for a second four-year term. A Democrat, she was the first this year to file for a Senate seat. Mrs. Allen, widow of former Senator Tom Allen, holds Position 2 in the 21st District comprised of Arkansas, Lee, Monroe, and Phillips Counties. She said she favors holding the line on state spending and opposes a tax increase. Governor Rockefeller has said that he would ask for tax increases in May if necessary. Mrs. Allen said any move to raise taxes should be proposed to the 1969 legislature after considerable study.
25 years ago
March 21, 1993
• Hugh Rodham, father of first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, was in serious condition at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center on Saturday after suffering a stroke on Friday. Clinton was with her father, along with her daughter Chelsea, 13, and mother, Dorothy Rodham, throughout Saturday, hospital representative Carolyn Lindsey said. The president remained in Washington. Rodham, 81, was listed as stable Saturday morning in the hospital's coronary care unit when a hospital briefing was held with Dr. Susan Santa Cruz, Rodham's primary physician.
10 years ago
March 21, 2008
• A governor's pardon wouldn't make former Attorney General Steve Clark eligible to hold public office again in Arkansas, according to court rulings interpreting the state constitution. Clark, convicted in 1990 of felony theft while serving as attorney general, said this week that he was considering running for mayor of Fayetteville this year. Secretary of State Charlie Daniels' office initially reported Wednesday that Clark's right to hold office was restored with a 2004 pardon by former Gov. Mike Huckabee. But Arkansas Supreme Court rulings indicate that a pardon alone wouldn't make Clark eligible to hold office.
Metro on 03/21/2018