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100 YEARS AGO Nov. 1, 1916

FORT SMITH — Protests against the proposed schedule of rates from St. Louis to northeast Arkansas, from Memphis to Arkansas points and intrastate rates in Arkansas, submitted by the Rock Island railroad, in response to the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the celebrated Memphis rate case, were sent today to the commission by C. D. Mowen, commissioner of the Fort Smith Traffic Bureau, at the request of the Arkansas Wholesale Jobbers’ Association.

50 YEARS AGO Nov. 1, 1966

The City Manager Board’s announcement of pay raises for city employes was politically motivated and perfectly timed, George Wimberly, a candidate for [Little Rock] Board Position 1, said Monday. A candidate for Position 2, Edward G. Smith, took credit for the raises. “My filing brought this on and if elected I could do them [city employes] still more good,” he said. Mayor Henson said, “Neither of their comments is worthy of comment.”

25 YEARS AGO Nov. 1, 1991

Money will be tight in 1992, the Pulaski County Quorum Court budget committee learned Thursday when revenue projections for the next fiscal year were announced. At the same session, Sheriff Carroll Gravett, whose request for 20 new employees and 40 new cars at last year’s budget committee meeting drew heavy criticism, had a much more amiable interview. Though none of the county departments’ budgets have been approved, figures provided by Comptroller Jean Rolfs Fulwider show the county will collect only $419,831 above 1992 requests for basic funding.

10 YEARS AGO Nov. 1, 2006

Stuttgart residents can mark their ballots for or against a sales tax on hotel-motel receipts Tuesday, but their votes won’t count because of a ballot-printing mistake. The lodging levy, as well as a sales tax on prepared foods, were supposed to appear as two separate but related proposals on the Nov. 7 ballot. The hotel-motel tax question, however, was the only one programmed into the county’s election machines. The Stuttgart City Council passed an ordinance Aug. 1, approving for the general-election ballot a 2 percent tax on prepared food (restaurant receipts) and a 3 percent tax on hotel-motel rooms. The proceeds of these advertising and promotion taxes were to be used to help market Stuttgart as a tourist destination and, perhaps, help build a convention center.