Consumer bill advances to governor in Arkansas
The Arkansas House approved a consumer bill to appoint a consumer representative on each state regulatory board, sending it to Gov. Pryor after prior House defeats. The session also sent to Pryor bills exempting intangibles from local property tax and other measures on tax reform and liability, with mixed amendments and debates across several topics.
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David Pryor
Bill Walmsley
Batesville
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Pryor
Arkansas
John F. Bearden Jr
Leachville
Acorn
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Lloyd George
Danville
Arkansas legislature debates reorganization of Election Board
A bill by Sons Jim Caldwell and Ben Allen proposes redrawing the state Board of Election Commissioners to four elected officials four citizens and two party chairmen with one county board member. A companion House bill targets untaxed gasoline fueling stricter penalties up to 25 000 dollars and five years imprisonment.
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Little Rock
Jim Caldwell
Rogers
Ben Allen
State Board of Election Commissioners
John Lipton
Warren
State
Arkansas Prison Overcrowding Sparks New Law Push
Correction Commissioner Jim Mabry told the state Correction Board that Arkansas prisons will reach capacity within a year unless overcrowding is eased. Gov. Pryor signed a parole tightening and longer sentences for repeat offenders, with a proposed $12.5 million for a new 0 inmate unit and facilities. Deputy Atty. Gen. Newcomb warned federal courts may order closures by August 1978 if inaction continues.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Jim Mabry
Arkansas
David Pryor
Dorenes
Parabry
State Correction Board
Pryor
Cummins
Robert Newcomb
Newcomb
Osceola School Board Expels Two Students
The Osceola School Board expelled two students on the board’s recommendation after last week’s altercation. Hubert Womack Sr and Gary Staggs are connected to the incident as a third student Eldon Sanders’ parents filed charges. Five other students received five day suspensions.
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Osceola, Ark
Osceola
Hubert Womack Sr
Robert Womack Jr
Gary Staggs
Eldon Sanders
Longtime Mount Holly sexton lives among the dead in Arkansas
Horace Weideman, a 74 year old widower, has tended Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock since 1945. He digs graves, tends the grounds, and lives on site paid $125 biweekly with free housing and Social Security. The 134 year old cemetery holds governors, senators, Confederate generals, a war spy, a chief’s wife, and a Pulitzer winner.
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Little Rock
Ark
Horace Weiderman
Mount Holly
Weideman
Mount Holley
Arkansas
U.S
Flu closes 2 schools in Brookland and Dixie
Brookland and Dixie schools in Craighead County Ark were closed until Monday due to a flu outbreak. About 250 students were home Tuesday with upset stomachs high temperatures and other flu symptoms. Principal Ira Hubbard said 738 students attend the all grade school and about 200 were sick Monday. A few teachers also became ill but the illness did not appear serious. the closures aim to prevent repeating missed classes.
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Brookland
Ark
Dixie
Craighead County
Ira Hubbard
Hubbard
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