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100 YEARS AGO July 21, 1920
FORT SMITH — The Arkansas Oil Refining Company, with a paid-up capital of $103,000 and an authorized capital of $200,000, filed papers of incorporation with the county clerk today. The officers and directors are: John H. Rebold of Okmulgee, Okla., president; Gaines Hon of this city, vice president; and Benjamin Kalkoff of this city, secretary and treasurer.
50 YEARS AGO July 21, 1970
MOUNTAIN HOME — Governor Rockefeller made a hand-shaking, back-slapping tour Monday of Mountain Home in a style reminiscent of his 1964 campaign. Accompanied by press aids and two women assistants Mr. Rockefeller drew sizable crowds during the tour. Throughout his visit one of his aides snapped Polaroid pictures and the photos were presented to the individuals who were in the pictures. This governor employed this technique in his 1964 campaign.
25 YEARS AGO July 21, 1995
EL DORADO — Lightning blew the top off a Lion Oil Refinery blending tank about 1:30 p.m. Thursday and ignited about 21,000 barrels of gasoline. No injuries were reported. Officials decided to let the fire burn itself out, but concerns remained about a tank of naptha — a blending material used to make gasoline that’s slightly more inflammable than gasoline — near the intense heat, Lion Oil spokesman Wallace Moody said. A large cloud of thick, black smoke could be seen across the city into the evening as the fire continued to burn.
10 YEARS AGO July 21, 2010
■ A bank-robbery suspect led police on a chase through two cities Tuesday afternoon before jumping to his death in the Arkansas River — leaving a bag of money behind — from the Main Street Bridge between Little Rock and North Little Rock. Pulaski County Coroner Garland Camper identified the man as 54-year-old Robert Earl Ballard of 2301 Division St., Apartment 301, in North Little Rock. His body was taken to the Pulaski County morgue Tuesday where it awaits transport to the state Crime Laboratory for an autopsy, Camper said. Little Rock police spokesman Sgt. Cassandra Davis said Tuesday that detectives were still trying to determine the circumstances that led Ballard to run from police and jump from the bridge.