Three Arkansas congressmen oppose inland water tax
Three Arkansas lawmakers faced a water use tax bill at a Basin Association meeting. Reps Ray Thornton Jim Guy Tucker and John Paul Hammerschmidt voiced opposition to charges on inland water users citing consumer impact and energy concerns.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
U.S. Senate
Ray Thornton
Jim Guy Tucker
D-Ark
John Paul Hammerschmidt
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Arkansas Basin Association
Tucker
Hammerschmidt
Congress
Arkansas River
Thornton
Tucker and Hammerschmidt
Pryor Pushes Lignite Fuel Study With Texas Firms
Gov. Pryor sent letters to General Crude Oil Co and Carter Oil Co of Houston urging faster studies on the cost of using Arkansas lignite as fuel. He aims to start exploration of lignite reserves this year, saying proposals have dragged too long. Phillips Coal Co of Dallas has submitted a proposal.
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Little Rock
David Pryor
Texas
Pryor
Arkansas
Drought relief loans approved under Carter plan nationwide
The Agriculture Department activates a $100 million emergency drought loan program to aid farmers and ranchers, including fish farmers, in designated drought emergency counties. Loans up to seven years at 5 percent open to those lacking bank or regular funding, with more than 350 counties affected across Illinois Iowa Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin Kansas and other states. federal crop insurance is reopened in eight states and parts of a ninth, covering 1977 crops including corn soybeans and tobacco.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
Carter
Secretary of Agriculture
Bob Bergland
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Iowa
Minnesota
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Nebraska
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South Dakota
Wisconsin
Kansas
USDA
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
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