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100 YEARS AGO Aug. 4, 1920
DES ARC — Will Crutcher, aged 40, a well known and highly respected farmer living near Des Arc, drowned four of his six children in Caloutchie bay, near here, Sunday night, and then jumped in the bay and ended his own life. Mrs. Crutcher and her two older children were attending church. When they returned home, about 9 o’clock, she became uncanny after finding Mr. Crutcher and the other children absent.
50 YEARS AGO Aug. 4, 1970
MEMPHIS — Memphis police were continuing an investigation Monday into the sidewalk slaying of a former Arkansas State University football player at the conclusion of his bachelor party. Max Lawrence Caldwell Jr., 22, of Memphis was shot to death by two Negro youths outside a lounge where a party had been held in his honor Saturday night. He had planned to be married this Saturday. Two men who emerged from the lounge with Caldwell said two Negro youths made some remarks to Caldwell and an argument began.
25 YEARS AGO Aug. 4, 1995
■ House Whitewater hearings that will begin next week are expected to focus in part on Gov. Jim Guy Tucker’s efforts to salvage a business investment in 1987 by lobbying then-Gov. Bill Clinton. House investigators have obtained numerous documents regarding Tucker’s efforts to obtain state legislation beneficial to the Castle Sewer and Water Corp., a small utility west of Wrightsville that Tucker and R.D. Randolph purchased for $1.2 million in 1986. Tucker sold his stock in the company in 1989 to Randolph for $10. Tucker and Randolph bought the system from Madison Castle Grande, a 1,100-acre development south of Little Rock. They took out a $1.05 million nonrecourse loan from Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association to finance the purchase. The activities of Madison’s owner, James McDougal, are at the heart of the Whitewater affair. A grand jury has indicted Tucker in an offshoot of a special prosecutor’s investigation into Whitewater.
10 YEARS AGO Aug. 4, 2010
CONWAY — None of the 65 people who showed up Tuesday for the first of three hearings on improvements to Interstate 40 between North Little Rock and Conway disagreed with the notion that something should be done to ease congestion on the 25.5-mile route. But it’s doubtful all could agree on what should be done and when. The hearings are part of a study designed to identify what improvements are needed to address congestion on the interstate. Average daily traffic volumes range from 31,000 west of Conway to 75,000 east of Interstate 430 in North Little Rock, with expected traffic congestion worsening in the future, according to the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department.