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100 YEARS AGO
March 2, 1917
OZARK — Kie McLaughlin today was indicted by the Grand Jury, charged with having killed Allen M. Nixon, former representative in the Arkansas Legislature from this county. McLaughlin was arrested this afternoon at his home near Jethro and brought here. He is under guard at the Bristow hotel here tonight, awaiting the arrival of his attorney. Nixon was shot and killed January 5, 1916, as he rode along the road near his home. No one saw the killing, but it is believed that the assassin was hidden in ambush.
50 YEARS AGO
March 2, 1967 Damage to the Brandon Furniture Store at 823 West Seventh Street from a fire in an annex at the rear of the building early Wednesday may be as high as $18,000 in merchandise alone, according to Doug Brandon, who manages the firm with his father, Benton D. Brandon. Police and firemen Wednesday were still investigating the fire, which they say apparently was caused by a burglar.
25 YEARS AGO
March 2, 1992 An increasing number of patients are having allergic reactions to latex, which can be very dangerous, a local doctor said recently. “We want the general public to be aware of this problem,” said Dr. Joe Matthews, president of the Arkansas Allergy Society. Matthews also practices at the Arkansas Allergy Clinic, which has offices in Little Rock and North Little Rock. “In the last 12 months we have become increasingly aware of allergy problems with latex rubber that apparently was not a problem before,” he said.
10 YEARS AGO
March 2, 2007
Legislation aimed at making it more practical for local governments to join up and build their own toll roads won approval of the House Transportation Committee on Thursday. House Bill 1698 revamps the state’s 2-year-old Regional Mobility Act, changes that backers say are necessary to make large-scale, local transportation projects work financially. It’s a key legislative priority of central and Northwest Arkansas economic developers who say they want to take a stab at solving their own traffic woes rather than wait for a fix from the cash-strapped Arkansas Highway Commission. The commission favors giving local governments more authority to do that, though a former state highway employee warned lawmakers that the commission would “rue the day” it endorsed HB1698.