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100 years ago

Sept. 21, 1918

FORT SMITH -- The government was awarded 2,500 pints of whiskey and two Buick six-cylinder automobiles by Judge Frank A. Youmans Friday. The whiskey and autos were seized by local authorities at Siloam Springs when John Prosser and H. T. Hampton, alleged boozerunners from Tulsa, Okla., were arrested near Siloam Springs two months ago. Both men claimed the autos and the court dismissed their intervention. Prosser and Hampton were last week sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The whiskey, if sold at the prevailing retail rate in this section, would bring $1,000. The court ordered the sale of the autos.

50 years ago

Sept. 21, 1968

• Without new tax revenues in 1969, teachers' salaries may have to be reduced by $500, the Arkansas Education Association speculates in the latest issue of The Link, its monthly newsletter. The newsletter said that a study of the needs of various state agencies indicated that a tax increase bringing in another $50 million to $60 million a year was needed to continue the state's recent rate of progress. It said at least $25 million a year more would have to be found for the Public School Fund, which provides most of the money for teacher's salaries.

25 years ago

Sept. 21, 1993

LAKE VILLAGE -- Fire chief Larry Donaldson thinks diesel fuel was used to start weekend fires that damaged a bulldozer, City Hall and a fire station, causing more than $100,000 damage. "We think it was arson; we just don't know who," Donaldson said Monday. While investigators searched for clues at the scene, evidence samples were sent to the state Crime Laboratory for analysis, he said. At a special meeting Sunday, the City Council voted to offer a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the crimes, Mayor Jo Anne Vencill said.

10 years ago

Sept. 21, 2008

FOUKE -- More than 100 authorities raided the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound Saturday as part of a two-year child pornography investigation. Shortly before 6 p.m., dozens of vehicles belonging to the Arkansas State Police, the FBI and the state Department of Human Services rolled into the southwest Arkansas town of about 800 residents. Several patrol cars blocked access to the Tony Alamo Christian Church, which occupies a former grocery store on the north side of town. At the same time, police descended on a nearby street. They went into several ministry homes to serve search warrants. "The state investigation is aimed at allegations that children living at the Alamo facilities may have been sexually and physically abused," said Tom Browne, special agent in charge of the FBI's Little Rock field office.

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