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100 YEARS AGO July 24, 1920

TEXARKANA — Jeff D. Sanderson, former circuit clerk and mayor, has filed in the federal court here a motion asking that he be made a party defendant in the suit of the Madison Bond Company against the City of Texarkana, Ark., for the collection of $204,000 in bonds issued two and a half years ago by the city to obtain a cash loan, and on which it is claimed, the city has defaulted payment. It is said that the purpose of Sanderson’s motion is to prevent the appointment of a receiver for the city and the levying of a 100 per cent valuation on property for advalorem taxation. It also is proposed to test the legality of the issuance of the bonds by the city. It is contended that such issuance was illegal and that the city did not get the full amount of the money as recited in the deal with the bond company.

50 YEARS AGO July 24, 1970

• Pulaski Circuit Judge William J. Kirby found Desalvo Farrelly, 19, of 905 Rogers Street, guilty of fatally shooting Leon Parker, 20, of 912 Concord Street on June 18, 1969, in the 900 block of Ventura Drive. Judge Kirby reduced the second-degree murder charge to manslaughter, and postponed sentencing until Tuesday.

25 YEARS AGO July 24, 1995

SILOAM SPRINGS — A 29-year-old Enid, Okla., man died in a car crash Sunday in Northwest Arkansas, Arkansas State Police said. Steven E. Newton was killed when the car he was driving east on U.S. 412 left the highway and struck a wooden fence, police said. The accident occurred about 1:10 a.m. a half mile east of Siloam Springs in Benton County. Newton wasn’t wearing a seat belt, police said. His death was the 303rd traffic fatality in Arkansas this year, compared with 333 by this time last year.

10 YEARS AGO July 24, 2010

DARDANELLE — Bridgette Mayer walked out of Harps Food Store on Friday afternoon with a $250,000 oversize check tucked under her arm. That’s a pretax keepsake. She also walked away with a $166,500 standard-size check. Mayer is the grandprize winner in Harps Food Stores Collect and Win Game. The game, held in honor of Harps’ 80th anniversary, began May 12 and ends Aug. 24. Prizes include cash, cars, grocery gift cards and electronics. To play, customers collect small stickers when they shop at a Harps store.