Other Days | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

100 years ago

September 22, 1924

WASHINGTON — The Arkansas Wholesale Grocers Association of Little Rock and others have been named by the Federal Trade Commission to show why an unfair competition order should not be issued against them. The complaint filed by the commission was addressed to the Searcy Wholesale Grocer Company of Searcy, the Arkansas Grocer Company of Blytheville, the Brown-Hinton Grocery Company of Fort Smith, J. Foster & Co. and Silbergel & Co. of Pine Bluff, and the wholesalers’ association. The complaint accuses the individuals named in the complaint of agreeing among themselves to limit their operations to dealers they designated as “legitimate” and to do what they could to prevent “illegitimate” dealers from obtaining supplies, the purpose, the complaint says, being to maintain uniform resale prices.

50 years ago

September 22, 1974

Burglars using special tools have stolen more than $10,000 in the past 18 months from coin-operated telephones operated by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Arkansas, officials said Friday. Seven arrests, including three in Brinkley last month, have been made in connection with the burglaries, which authorities say span not only Arkansas but also four or five neighboring states. Jim Handloser, Southwestern Bell’s security manager in Arkansas, said the company has suffered more than 200 losses since the outbreak began, including some in the past week.

25 years ago

September 22, 1999

On Tuesday, a Pulaski County Circuit Court jury rejected Little Rock activist Robert “Say” McIntosh’s appeal and ordered him to spend a year in prison and pay a $500 fine for wife-beating. Denise Armstead, McIntosh’s wife of a year, dropped the charges she brought against him six months ago, but the state continued to pursue him. Visibly agitated as she testified in court Tuesday, Armstead said the couple had reconciled and were living together again, despite filing for divorce this spring. McIntosh vowed to appeal Tuesday’s ruling and left the courtroom arm-in-arm with Armstead.

10 years ago

September 22, 2014

Twelve officers from the Little Rock and University of Arkansas at Little Rock police departments swapped patrol cars for bikes Wednesday after completing a condensed, three-day training course on bike patrol. Ten of the 12 officers who took the training are city police officers, and their enrollment demonstrates a greater commitment to “community policing,” Little Rock Police Chief Kenton Buckner said. After reestablishing 13 community-oriented police alert centers throughout Little Rock, Buckner said he hopes to have all officers stationed at those centers “bike certified.” It’s a national program run by the U.S. Department of Justice.