House OKs parole, dam recreation bills in Arkansas
Arkansas House passed bills restricting parole eligibility for habitual offenders and funding recreation facilities at Bell Foley Dam as part of a $50 million project. The parole bill raises mandatory service before parole for first to third offenders and increases time for deadly weapon crimes, with cost estimates of $9 million by 1989. The Bell Foley measure authorizes park facilities financed by fees, not state funds, linked to Strawberry River flood control dam in Sharp and Izard counties. The Senate advanced a solar energy tax exemption for labor and materials, while other actions included gubernatorial appointments and a franchise withdrawal statute.
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Little Rock
Bell Foley Dam
House
Senate
Bobby Glover
Carlisle
Glover
David Pryor
Bell Foley
State Parks and Recreation Department
Strawberry
Sharp County
Izard County
Pryor
Ralph Patterson
North Little Rock
Harold King
Sheridan
General Electric
Paul Benham
Marianna
Jim Caldwell
Rogers
Bob Douglas
Texarkana
W. N. Hargrove
Stuttgart
Robert Harvey
Swifton
W. D
Greenwood
Highway and wage bills introduced in Arkansas Senate
Gov Pryor seeks 24 million in federal revenue sharing for next fiscal year for the Highway Department with Sen Knox Nelson as sponsor. Highway taxes and higher vehicle fees may yield 36 million. gasoline tax rise likely. Minimum wage hike to 2.30 by Jan 1 1979 from 2. Arrington seeks to end salary discrimination by sex and to merge drug abuse efforts, abolishing the Arkansas Drug Abuse Authority. Senator Harold King would bar AG private practice. Patterson proposes notifying natural parents before adoption unless insanity or unfindable. Allen would bar officials from tax exempt funds. Walmsley would share unemployment records with Social Services to locate fathers for child support.
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Little Rock
David Pryor
Highway Department
Senate
Knox Nelson
Pine Bluff
Highway Commission
James Teague
Benton
Grady Arrington
Stephens
Arrington
Arkansas Drug Abuse Authority
Harold King
Sheridan
Jim Guy Tucker
Bill Clinton
Fayetteville
Tucker
Larry Patterson
Hope
Ben Allen
Littlerock
Clinton okays Pulaski Quorum Court attorney hire
Atty Gen Bill Clinton ruled that the Pulaski County Quorum Court may hire an attorney only if the lawyer does not perform duties that belong to the prosecutor. The hired attorney could assume prosecutor duties only under justified special circumstances, to be decided by the court. The opinion was issued to Pulaski County Judge Roger Mears after Prosecutor Lee Munson opposed hiring Jack Files.
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Little Rock
Pulaski County
Bill Clinton
Clinton
Roger Mears
Lee Munson
Mears
Jack Files
Mills urged to accept Arkansas Development post
Arkansas House of Representatives passed a resolution urging former Representative Wilbur D. Mills to accept the directorship of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. Mills said he is considering taking the job offered by Governor David Pryor.
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Pryor
Wilbur D. Mills
2Nd District
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Little Rock
Arkansas House of Representatives
State House
Mills
David Pryor
Clinton questions optometry bill facing opposition
Clinton issued a five page opinion on the optometry bill now before a House committee. He warned the advertising restrictions may violate the First Amendment and questioned the residency requirement as likely unconstitutional under due process. He noted a five member board of optometrists could dominate the field and that eyeglass advertising bans are likely constitutional, while bans on eye care services may not be.
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Senate
House
Clinton
U.S
Navy dead arrive at Dover for casketing and escort
Five of the 46 sailors and Marines killed when a Navy launch collided with a Spanish freighter were flown to Dover Air Force Base to begin casketing before relatives were notified. Six Air Force pallbearers and the base honor guard greeted the plane. The incident near Barcelona left 46 dead and three missing after the launch overturned in the harbor while ferrying more than 100 returning servicemembers from weekend passes. Names of initial victims were not released.
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Dover
Del
Navy
Spain
Dover Air Force Base
Air Force
Barcelona
Guam
Trenton
Honeybees produce edible food says National Geographic World
National Geographic World notes that honeybees are the sole insect group that creates food humans consume.
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National Geographic World
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United States
Tom Purvis
Bill Ellis
Beltone’ Hearing Aid Service
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Hope, Ark
Mulanta
Willard
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