100 years ago
Aug. 4, 1921
• Following the precedents of the United States District Court in its recent decisions in Fort Smith, Chancellor Martineau today will enjoin the state Oil Inspection Department from its collection of inspection taxes of one-eighth of a cent per gallon for oil and gasoline, according to state officials who have agreed to the injunction.
50 years ago
Aug. 4, 1971
• The musical show Hair affronts the contemporary community standards of the Little Rock area and is utterly without redeeming social value, the Little Rock Auditorium Commission contended Tuesday. The Commission s arguments were in a brief submitted to federal Judge G. Thomas Eisele in opposition to a request that the Commission be temporarily restrained from refusing to grant a booking for the controversial production.
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