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Developer
determined to win over legislature
If you walk into
a fancy restaurant in Little Rock, chances are youÕll see a bunch
of dark suits entertaining groups of legislators in light polyester
sport coats with shirt collars open and ties loose.[FULL
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Warren
Knight: Visionary who did a world of good
Publisher A gentle rain fell Sunday evening only hours after Warren
Knight passed away in his sleep at the age of 71 in his Cabot home.[FULL
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Committee
favors slumlord protection Committee favors
slumlord protection ÒTenants have very few rights under current
Arkansas law.Ó That is the opening line of an informational Web
site on landlord-tenant law operated by the Arkansas attorney general.
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End
death penalty for young people
Arkansas is one of only 21 small dominions on earth
where an eye for an eye is still the operating theology with juveniles.
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Deltic
Timber tries Trojan Horse gambit Just
when it appears that people in Central Arkansas can celebrate the
prospect of another quarter-century of clean water the word comes
that the developers have been reading classical mythology. They
resurrected the Trojan Horse.
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Second
unit pushes Social Security reform
The first team having failed to generate even a first
down in the big Social Security showdown, the Bush administration
this week sent the second unit to Arkansas in the person of Treasury
Secretary John Snow. As far as we could tell, the yard marker never
moved.
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Overpass faces money hurdles, uncertainty on area annexation
IN SHORT:
Federal money to build a railroad overpass in Cabot could become available
this year, but the city would need between $600,000 and $800,000 for
matching funds. Compli-cating matters is the possibility that Austin
might annex a part of the area near Hwy. 367 and Hwy. 38, where the
overpass would go up.[STORY]
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Air Force favors
keeping C-130Js
IN
SHORT: Vice
Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley has joined a top Marine
general in calling for a review of the PentagonÕs decision to
end the C-130J acquisition program, which, the generals say,
would leave a hole in the nationÕs ability to deliver troops
and supplies where they are needed.
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PCSSD votes
to separate boy, girls
IN
SHORT: When
some Jacksonville-area students return to classes in August,
the boys will head to the junior high campus and the girls to
the middle school campus, the Pulaski County Special School
District Board decided by a 6-1 vote Tuesday night. {FULL
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Franchise
tax hike
to pay ambulance
IN SHORT:Cabot
aldermen meeting as the finance committee Saturday morning discussed
raising franchise fees to pay for building an ambulance service
for the city. {FULL
TEXT}
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AL
Owls overpower Comets
IN
SHORT:Offensive
bursts in first and third innings lead Owls to win over Mills.{FULL
TEXT}
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Gage
Hayley checks out the camera while his brothers Gunner, back
left, and Greyson watch some TV. The identical Haley triplets
recently celebrated their first birthdays.
ThreeÕs not a crowd at the Haley home No, you're
not seeing triple. There really are three of them.
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Water
bill runs into solid wall in House
By JOHN HOFHEIMER-
Leader Staff Writer
>>> IN SHORT>>>
Deltic Timber says it will have its controversial water bill
reintroduced after it has had time to lobby all 100 House members.
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Adult
education center evicted
for new plant
By
JOHN HOFHEIMER-Staff Writer
>>>
IN SHORT>>>The
Literacy Council is also told to leave to make way for a manufacturer
that will make patented hitches for tractor-trailer rigs with
paired loads.[STORY]
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Some asking
why Cabot mayor is not city's highest-paid official
By JOAN
MCCOY- Leader Staff Writer
>>> IN SHORT>>>After
the city council on Monday passed a record budget, aldermen
wondered out loud why Mayor Stumbaugh is making $6,000 less
than his public works director.[STORY]
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Fourth
quarter kids
By RAY BENTON -
Leader sports editor
>>> IN SHORT>>>Bears
post 29-7 rally to beat J-town [SPORTS]
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Fundraiser
for Dakota
Community gives $127,000 for Cabot teenager to pay for his operation
in Israel. [PHOTO
FEATURE]
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