Noneworse Bill Prompts Pine Bluff Convention Center Debate
The Pine Bluff Commercial notes editorials critiquing a proposed Noneworse Bill expanding state aid for convention centers. It questions funding shifts away from schools and local governments, mocks projections, and cites lawmakers and other cities. The piece raises concerns over long term costs and moral hazard in statewide bonding.
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Pine Bluff
Nvention Center
Mars
Sob Harvey
Arkansas
C.C
Harvey
Little Rock
Fort Smith’s
Hot Spring
Pine Bluff’s
Grinder
John Law
Pine Bluff Commercial
School of Hope Expands to Meet Growing Client List
School of Hope plans a larger facility to serve 72 to 75 clients, up from 50, with 55 already in the center and 12 in an infant program. Director Patty Manus cites Act 102 and a persistent waiting list as drivers, seeking about $20,000 more beyond a $55,000 grant after cutting frills and using Red River Vo-Tech labor to reduce costs.
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Jim Harris
School of Hope
Patty Manus
Red River Vo-Tech
Manus
Razorback Wake Forest Game Televised at 6 p.m this Saturday
The Razorback basketball game against Wake Forest will be aired at 6 p.m. Saturday on Channels 4 and 6. It will also be covered by the Razorback Radio Network with Hope Cration listed in the report.
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Razorback-Wake Forest
Razorback
Pryor's Home Rule Push Falters in Arkansas Legislature
Governor David Pryor's bold home rule plans collide with lawmakers who resist local tax autonomy and a 25 percent tax cut. His revised proposals falter in committee, facing bipartisan skepticism and opposition from Senate leaders. Pryor vows veto power while battles over school funding and state budgets intensify.
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Little Rock
David Pryor
Pryor
General Assembly
Robert Harvey
Swifton
Ange Pryor
House
Senate
Lloyd George Ofville
Sen
Cla Bell
Parkin
Senate Ention Committee
Bell
Doug Brandon
Rock
Beatemor
Ford
Pryo
Mixed drink bill amended in Arkansas Senate
The Arkansas Senate amended SB 566 to restore mixed drink permits to private clubs in dry counties. Sen. Stanley Russ added provisions mirroring earlier Russ legislation, including petition requirements for local option elections and a new attestation rule for petition circulators.
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Little Rock
Senate
Jim Caldwell
Rogers
Jerry Bookout
Jonesboro
Stanley Russ
Conway
Russ
Three-Vehicle Crash Delays Highway 24 West of Blevins
A pick up truck a log truck and a cement truck collided on the Ozan Creek bridge about three miles west of Blevins Friday afternoon blocking Highway 24 for hours. All three drivers were injured and transported to Hempstead County Memorial Hospital. A full report with photos will appear Monday in the Hope Star.
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Ozan Creek Bridge
Blevins
Bobby Neel
Arkansas State Police
Highway 24
Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Hope Star
Miss your Star newspaper delivery line
City subscribers are urged to call 777-8841 during stated hours for missed copies. A carrier will deliver the paper. Do not call outside listed times.
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Times
Bumpers Says Senate Opposed Warnke To Keep Arms Race
Sen Dale Douglas cited opposition to Paul Warnke's nomination as chief disarmament official as driven by a goal to press the arms race rather than concerns about Warnke's record. He said critics in the Senate “really didn’t” object to Warnke’s qualifications.
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Magnolia
Ark
Senate
Paul Warnke
United States
Warnke
Dale Douglas
Death follows Uganda archbishop under Amin regime
Eyewitness accounts detail Archbishop Janani Luwum's last day in Kampala. The bishop says Amin ordered the archbishop killed, with soldiers shouting kill subversives and the clergymen kept from his private meeting. The archbishop vanished the next day.
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George W. Cornell
New York
Janani Luwum
Uganda
Idi Amin
Amin
Nile Hotel
Statehouse
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Ir Daily
H. Washburn
James B. Wilson
Naval Education and Training
Terry G. Caston
Valerie
Naval Education and Training Command Headquarters
Hope
T.V
Sen. Bumpers
Kampala
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