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100 YEARS AGO March 22, 1917

The procedure of the Arkansas Railroad Commission in its fight on the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the Memphis rate case was determined at a meeting of the commissioners and Arkansas traffic men yesterday, but the plans will not be made public, T. E. Wood, chairman of the commission, said, until the commission is ready to act. Those present, besides members of the commission, were: C. D. Mowen of Fort Smith, W. M. Martin of Texarkana, W. M. Taylor of Pine Bluff and Guy Williams and A. R. Bragg of Little Rock. 50 YEARS AGO March 22, 1967

The Pulaski County Grand Jury has subpoenaed two Gazette reporters and possibly other witnesses for questioning at 1:30 p.m. today when the Jury apparently will resume its investigation of a statement March 7 by Representative Gayle Windsor Jr. of Little Rock that he was offered “10 bills” to vote for the casino gambling measure. Prosecuting Attorney Richard B. Adkisson’s office served the Jury’s subpoenas for the two reporters, Jerol Garrison and Jack Baker, who wrote articles about Windsor’s statements.

25 YEARS AGO March 22, 1992

FORT SMITH — The Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation, in an attempt to reinstate its tax-exempt status, was found by a federal tax court judge to have provided only assistance to its members and economic wealth to its founders. The opinion was handed down Wednesday by U.S. Tax Court Judge Howard A. Dawson of Los Angeles. A copy of the actual opinion could not be obtained directly on Friday from the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C., where the case was forwarded in late January.

10 YEARS AGO March 22, 2007

VAN BUREN — Van Buren police are investigating whether a man arrested after a bank robbery Wednesday afternoon participated in a string of similar robberies in western and central Arkansas. Ernest Gail Lail, 67, of Landis, N.C., was arrested after he drove his car into a pond during a police chase after the First Community Bank of Crawford County was robbed. The bank, at U.S. 64 and Alma Boulevard, was robbed about 3:15 p.m. Police Lt. Brent Grill said a man wearing a lightgray jacket walked into the bank, showed a small gun and robbed two tellers. Grill said police found about $10,000 in the car Lail was driving. Lail was booked into the Crawford County jail on suspicion of aggravated robbery and fleeing.