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100 YEARS AGO
Aug. 30, 1918
C.W. Hewitt, white, owner of an automobile repair shop at 311 West Seventh street was arraigned before Judge Woodruff yesterday on a charge of burglary and grand larceny and a separate charge of grand larceny. He was arrested by Detectives Pitcock and Lewis on a warrant sworn out by Lee Hampel, an automobile mechanic, who charged Hewitt with stealing his tools. When the officers arrested Hewitt at his shop they say they found part of Hampel’s tools and also the chassis and engine of a Paige car owned by R.S. Mosby, 1412 Scott street, which was stolen on the night of August 12. The officers say they noticed several loose boards in the floor and that when they lifted them, discovered the body, top and wheels and other parts of the car stored underneath the flooring.
50 YEARS AGO
Aug. 30, 1968
CHICAGO — “We Love Mayor Daley” said the sign on the Arkansas standard on the convention floor Thursday night. That summed up how the Arkansas delegation felt about the Chicago mayor’s handling of the security forces at the most uproarious Democratic convention in history. While Daley and his police were assailed by persons throughout the nation for brutality and police state tactics against newsmen and peace demonstrators, the Arkansas delegates voted appreciation. The delegation unanimously passed a resolution commending Daley and the Chicago police.
25 YEARS AGO
Aug. 30, 1993
Former Arkansas Gov. Frank White has added his name to a growing list of Little Rock residents clamoring for more police protection. In an Aug. 12 letter to Mayor Jim Dailey and in an interview last week, White pleaded for city directors to give Police Chief Louie Caudell more police officers. White’s frustration stems primarily from the rape of a neighbor who was attacked in her home as she watched the 6 p.m. news. The frustration increased when Caudell told city directors Tuesday that March was the earliest he could put 13 school resource officers into the Little Rock School District’s secondary schools. “We need more police protection in the streets today, not next week, not to be voted on in November, I mean today,” White said in his letter.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 30, 2008
It took a Clark County Circuit Court jury less than 30 minutes to issue one of the more severe punishments in the state’s history, the prosecutor and the defense attorney for the case said. Shannon David Ray, 26, of Memphis, was sentenced to three life sentences for the armed robbery of an Arkadelphia sports store. Jurors tacked on 108 years to ensure that Ray — who had been convicted twice before of aggravated robbery — would remain behind bars. He was charged with four counts of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated robbery and one count each of attempted first-degree murder, unlawful discharge of a firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm.