HomeMy WebLinkAboutHDC1994-012 Newspaper Article 03/03/19941OB * THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1994
Mayor shrugs off threat to 'di
The Associated Press
PINE BLUFF — Mayor Ed
Henley of Smackover says a son
of U.S. Rep. Jay Dickey threat-
ened to "dry up" Henley's cam-
paign contributions after the
mayor took state Sen. Jay Brad-
ford for a tour of the town.
Bradford, of Pine Bluff, has
announced he will seek the De-
mocratic nomination for the 4th
District congressional seat held
5. cities receive
grants to help
historic efforts
The Arkansas Historic
Preservation Program has
awarded $37,900 in grant mon-
ey to five cities through the Cer-
tified Local Government pro-
gram.
Cities involved in the pro-
gram are making efforts to pre-
serve historical properties in
their areas.
The grants are:
• $15,000 to Little Rock for
historic surveys in the Central
High School and Capitol
View/Stifft Station neighbor-
hoods and to restore two hors-
es for the Over the Jumps
Carousel from War Memorial
Park.
o $5,000 to Helena for a struc-
tural report on Centennial Bap-
tist Church.
■ $5,600 to Fort Smith for
continuing repairs to boundary
markers in the Belle Grove His-
toric District.
• $6,000 to Van Buren for his-
toric structure surveys in the
city's historic district.
0 $6,300 to North Little Rock
for historic structure surveys in
the Park Hill neighborhood and
to partially pay the salary of a
technical assistant for the city's
Historic District Commission.
Ex -Channel 4 chief
to lead HSU board
The board of trustees of
Henderson State University in
Arkadelphia elected David J.
Jones, past president and chief
by Republican Dickey.'
Henley, a former Union
County Democratic chairman,
said he drove Bradford around
Smackover last month, showing
him important sites in the small
town. Henley said a man who
identified himself as Ed Antho-
ny called him after Bradford's
tour of Smackover, and asked
for a copy of Henley's campaign
disclosure form.
When Henley called the man b
back to tell him the information ti
was filed with the secretary. -of j o
state's, office in Little. Rock;— .
Henley learned that tlie "Ed An- S
thong" who had called him was T
Jay Dickey's youngest son, Ted. jt
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the name Jay Dickey has listed
as his son's birth name on a bi= 21
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