THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1981
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Investigations continue in playground death of girl
Staff photo by Brian Tate
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Dale
umpers, D-Ark., said he hoped
ie state of Arkansas would he
)le to come up with its share of
ie $45 million purchase price of
icRock Island Railroad line that
ms from Memphis, Tenn., to
inarilln.
Iftiter a meeting Tuesday Bum-
;rs said Sante Fc Railroad Presi-
mt Lawrence Cena assured him
e Sante Fe was willing to invest
) to $200 million to restore the
Ik Island road bed and to build
w facilities including a terminal
jLttle Rock, Arkansas.
IHe said the Sante Fe would
jrantoe any money the states of
lansas, Texas and Oklahoma
I to borrow to come up with
■r portion of the purchase
The federal Railroad Adminis
tration has $38 million available
which could be loaned to the
states at considerably under mar
ket rates,’ Bumpers said, noting
application for the loans has been
filed on behalf of the states.
However, several additional
commitments need to be made by
both the states and Sante Fe,
Bumpers said.
“I am convinced that the Sante
Fe is firmly committed to the
operation of the Rock Island line
and that the economic benefits
Arkansas would derive is too great
for the state not to do everything
possible to come up with its share
of the money. Bumpers said.
The Oklahoma legislature has
already appropriated $22 million
to carry' out its share of the plan
should an agreement be reached.
A consulting firm has recom
mended that Arkansas, Texas and
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MESQUITE — Medical detec
tives Wednesday were trying to
determine why a 7-year-old girl
collapsed and died on a school
playground after she and other
girls were required to run as pun
ishment for talking in line.
An autopsy was scheduled late
Wednesday on Stephanie Hal
bert, a second grader at Florence
Black Elementary School, who
collapsed during an outdoor “play
period. ” She was dead on arrival at
a local hospital.
“This child’s health records
show no history of anything that
would have led to this,” Mesquite
School Superintendent Dr. Ralph
Poteet said Wednesday.
Oklahoma offer $45 million for the
line, although the Rock Island
trustee in bankruptcy has not indi
cated whether an offer of that
ammount would be accepted.
Bumpers said that hundreds of
Rock Island employees are an
xious to return to work and the
Sante Fe seems anxious to hire as
many as possible as soon as the
deal is put together.
'‘Since the federal Railroad
Administration will be determin
ing within the next 90 days how to
distribute the $38 million avail
able though the national freight
assistance program, it seems im
perative that Arkansas pursue its
applicaton as vigorously as possi
ble, Bumpers said. “I am sure
this is a golden opportunity for the
state that we should not let get
away. ’’
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