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100 YEARS AGO June 18, 1923
■ The W. H. Lusby drug store … was destroyed by fire of unknown origin late last night; a dry goods store operated by Mrs. Katie Hoppe … was badly damaged and the home of Mrs. Anna D. Durst … was damaged considerably. The latter two places are annexes to the drug store. … The fire was discovered by pedestrians on their way home. Companies Nos. 2 and 4 responded, but when they arrived the flames had spread the entire length of the frame structure on the east side. Mrs. Hoppe said the fire was breaking through the front when she first saw it and that the alarm was sounded immediately afterwards.
50 YEARS AGO June 18, 1973
■ Federal, state and local authorities Sunday arrested Paul Alfred Green, 24, and his wife, Cheryl Lynn Green, 20, … and charged them with violating federal racketeering laws in connection with an extortion scheme. Ray Faisst, special agent in charge of the FBI at Little Rock, said FBI agents, Arkadelphia Police Chief Marvin Miller, Clark County Sheriff Billy Ralph Hasley and Sgt. Jack W. Ursery of the State Police arrested the Greens at their home in a rural area east of Arkadelphia. Faisst said authorities said they found Carl Steven Coursey, 20, of Little Rock and Donald Lloyd Clark, 29, of Benton tied with adhesive tape to chairs in the front of the home. They confiscated an automatic .38-caliber pistol from Mrs. Green. Faisst said Assistant United States Attorney James Gutensohn of Fort Smith authorized the filing of the complaint charging the Greens with causing interstate facilities to be used for the purpose of violating extortion laws. The complaint alleges specifically that on June 16, the Greens caused some telephone calls to be made from Arkadelphia to Birmingham, Ala., and a wire transfer to be sent from Birmingham, Ala., to Hot Springs, in furtherance of the extortion scheme.
25 YEARS AGO June 18, 1998
BENTONVILLE — About 25 police officers searched for almost two hours Wednesday for a man they said fled a traffic accident in Bentonville and left suspected drugs behind in his vehicle. At 3 p.m., and moments after police called off the search for Michael Shane Casteel, they arrested him about a mile north of the accident site at Southeast Walton Boulevard near Sixth Street, Bentonville Police Chief James Allen said. Casteel, 29, of Rogers, left his vehicle and ran east into nearby woods after his vehicle hit another from behind about 12:45 p.m., Allen said. Police found needles, spoons and white powder in Casteel’s vehicle, Allen said. … About five minutes after police called off the search, an officer saw him behind Garden City Nursery.
10 YEARS AGO June 18, 2013
■ Five men facing trial regarding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon returned to a military courtroom in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Monday for the first time since February, sitting quietly as defense lawyers questioned a retired U.S. vice admiral. Accused mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed … and the four others are accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks that used hijacked passenger airplanes to kill almost 3,000 people at the World Trade Center in Manhattan, at the Pentagon in Virginia, and in Pennsylvania. … They are charged with conspiring to finance, train, and direct the 19 hijackers who seized the four planes, as well as terrorism, hijacking aircraft, conspiracy, murder in violation of the laws of war and attacking civilians.