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100 years ago

March 24, 1918

BATESVILLE -- Sam Wade of this city has received news from his wife in Chicago of the death of his son, Barette W. Wade, aged 28, who was accidentally killed in an explosion in France March 14. Young Wade lived in Independence County about 12 years ago. He enlisted in the army in Illinois about eight months ago and received training at Camp Grant, Ill. He had been in France only about two months. He is survived by his mother and three brothers, who live in Chicago, and his father, Sam Wade, of this city.

50 years ago

March 24, 1968

MAGNOLIA -- About 300 students from Calhoun, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Ouachita and Union Counties will participate in the 12th annual Southwest Arkansas Regional Science Fair at Southern State College Saturday. The Fair director is Ronald McGee of the Southern State Physics department. Schools will send first and second place winners from local fairs to Saturday's event and those schools with no local fair will send one or two selected exhibits for entry in each category, McGee said.

25 years ago

March 24, 1993

BENTON -- Drug enforcement officials confiscated almost 118 pounds of marijuana Tuesday morning after stopping a man for speeding on Interstate 30 west of Benton. Officers seized 28 individually wrapped "bricks" of what is believed to be "high grade" marijuana, 7th Judicial District Drug Task Force Director Roger Walls said. The seizure of 117.73 pounds of marijuana in Saline County comes one day after Clarksville (Johnson County) police confiscated 117 pounds of marijuana during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 40.

10 years ago

March 24, 2008

BOONEVILLE -- Sparks from welding equipment ignited a fire Sunday that destroyed a 150,000-square-foot meat-processing plant and prompted the evacuation of almost 1,000 people because of an ammonia leak. No one was injured or killed, said Tonya Roberts, deputy coordinator of the Sebastian County Office of Emergency Management. All but about 500 people were allowed to return to their homes. A team from the Cargill Meat Solutions home office in Minneapolis will travel to Booneville to devise a plan on what to do next, said Lori Hayes, human resources manager at the plant.

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