Pryor proposes stripping PBA bond issuing power
Gov David Pryor said he will introduce legislation to remove the Public Building Authority from issuing revenue bonds. He plans to present the measure at the 70th General Assembly session. The project aims at a $75 million state office building funded partly by revenue bonds, now under legal challenge. Pryor favors pay as you go options and questions high architectural fees. He pledges a cost conscious budget avoiding tax increases while pushing education funding reforms.
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Collective bargaining bill pushed in Arkansas session
J Bill Becker president of the State AFL-CIO said a bill providing collective bargaining for state employees would be the top priority of organized labor as the legislative session begins. About 60 Highway Department employees heard Becker note the fight could be in the Senate or House. Lloyd Brammer urged seriousness from Highway Director Henry Gray and the Highway Commission.
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Supersons among weekend Arkansas highway fatalities
The Associated Press reports two pedestrians among weekend deaths on Arkansas roads. A man walking on U S 79 near Risoff and Tommy Fortner Jr 23 of West Helena were killed. Other victims included Charles Davis 22 and Roy Lewis 21 of Pine Bluff James Booker 56 of Searcy and Harry Stanford 73 of Luxora. Davis lost control speeding off U S 65 near Gould struck a tree. Lewis was a Davis car passenger. Booker died when his car left a Searcy street and hit a culvert. Stanford died when his car was struck by a Frisco freight train near Luxora.
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Black Graduates Highlighted in West Point History
Over the last five years sixty six Black cadets have graduated from West Point nearly matching the total seventy one Black graduates at the United States Military Academy from 1802 to 1969.
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