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100 YEARS AGO Dec. 19, 1917

BRINKLEY — E.B. Kern, the station agent at Fargo, was killed tonight about 6 o’clock by an unknown party, by being hit with a hammer and then shot with a pistol while at his desk in the office of the depot. Evidently, robbery was the motive for the killing, but the slayer was scared away without having fulfilled his purpose. Just before the killing a white man was seen on the platform looking through the window at the agent. The man was about 35 years old, five feet eight inches tall; was dressed in blue overalls and a blue serge coat, with a slouch hat.

50 YEARS AGO Dec. 19, 1967

SHERIDAN — Evan E. Bratton, 31, of 5617 Big Oak Lane, Little Rock, formerly of Sheridan, was shot to death accidentally here Monday, according to Grant County Coroner Dr. Clyde Paulk. Bratton and his father, Jewel Bratton of Sheridan, had gone hunting on a farm they own south of here. Dr. Paulk said Bratton’s shotgun was leaning against the front seat of the car when it apparently started sliding to the floor and discharged, striking Bratton in the chest. Bratton’s father, who was following his son in another car, said he saw the car roll to a stop.

25 YEARS AGO Dec. 19, 1992

CONWAY — If you’re a student, don’t get caught with a gun at the University of Central Arkansas — you will be automatically suspended for at least three years. “UCA needs to send students a very strong, clear, unequivocal message that if they bring a gun on campus, they’ll be suspended,” UCA President Winfred Thompson told the board of trustees moments before members toughened the school’s firearm policy Friday. The policy calls for suspension of students who possess, store, or use firearms without authorization on university-controlled property or at university-sponsored functions.

10 YEARS AGO Dec. 19, 2007

The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission approved a contract Tuesday that finally will end the biggest conundrum at the state’s largest airport — whether to build a new terminal or overhaul the existing one. “This will be the foundation for what we do for the next 30 years,” commission member Jimmy Moses said. The latest estimated cost of a new terminal is $250 million, a sum officials at Little Rock National Airport, Adams Field, concede would require help from some combination of state and local revenue sources they haven’t tapped in the past.