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100 YEARS AGO Dec. 14, 1917
FORT SMITH — The first actual steps to end the general strike here were taken late today when two representatives of the Department of Labor at Washington met with S. D. C. Green, general manager of the Fort Smith Light and Traction Company, to discuss the proposition of reinstating the striking union employees, whose walk-out resulted in the suspension of the only power plant in the city and brought about federal intervention because the power plant supplies current to several coal mines. 50 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14, 1967 HARDY — Terry C. Poteet, 12, of Hardy, was killed Tuesday when a gun discharged, striking him in the hand and chest, authorities said. Officers said the Poteet boy and a friend, James Orosz, had been hunting and had returned to Orosz’ home. Authorities said Orosz laid the gun down, thinking it was unloaded, and it discharged, striking Poteet.
25 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14, 1992 Bruce Bailey, 31, of North Little Rock was shot to death about 6 p.m. Sunday while walking with another person at Shorter College Gardens Apartments at 800 N. Beech St., North Little Rock police said. North Little Rock police received a call that shots had been fired in front of Building Eight at the apartment complex, Sgt. Steve Canady said Sunday night. When police arrived, they found Bailey dead from a gunshot wound, Canady said. He said Bailey’s last known address was the Sportsman’s Inn at 2501 E. Broadway in North Little Rock.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14, 2007
A Little Rock man whose blood was found on the pistol that killed an Alexander father of three was convicted of capital murder Thursday after a two-day trial and received an automatic life sentence. Marcus Allen “Lil Bush” Bush, who turns 21 in three weeks, is already serving a 20-year prison sentence for robbery and theft for a holdup two months after 30-year-old Patrick L. Edmondson was killed. Jurors deliberated about three hours, including through a lunch break, before delivering their verdict to Pulaski County Circuit Judge John Langston.