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Arkansas House Week in Review 1973 Legislative Actions
Week ending 9, 1973 saw the Arkansas House pass measures to create an independent Workmen's Compensation Commission, transfer land to the Mental Retardation division, and approve 27 bills. Key actions included funding for the Med Center, pay raises for state workers, road program financing, tax exemptions for paper mill chemicals, and a new Turnpike Authority. The session extended with 3 to 4 weeks left. committee reports on the Death Penalty were deferred. Page workers included several students and future governor Huckabee.
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Arkansas House of Representatives
House
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Booneville
Arkansas State Division of Mental Retardation
University of Arkansas Medical School
Brandon
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
Hugh Kincaid
Fayetteville
Capitol
House Judiciary Committee
Brad Rogers
Mary Nell Branch
Mike Huckabee
Ray Golston
Timothy Miller
Antionette Marie Cox
Debra Ann Collins
Old Washington State Park
Washington
Millwood State Park