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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 23, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
DAN MC GROARTY
CHRISTINA MARTIN
RAY SILLER
FROM:
ED WALTERS
SUBJECT:
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA LOCAL COLOR
THE EVENT:
On Sunday, October 25, the President will speak to
approximately 8,000 supporters at a Sioux Empire Fairgrounds
rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The President will fly in on
Air Force One, and motorcade to the site, a large barn-like
building. The rear of the Expo Center backs to a horse arena,
which may provide a backdrop of hay bales with red, white, and
blue bunting (optional blue pipe and drape backdrop).
LOCAL COLOR:
Cowboys: Site of Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn (an
unfortunate metaphor). Wild Bill Hickock was shot in South
Dakota while holding two pair (aces and eights). In the 1870s,
the first gold strikes in South Dakota came in the famous Black
Hills. Also home of Calamity Jane and tumbleweeds. The movie
Dances With Wolves was shot in South Dakota.
Indians: Grave of Sioux warrior Sitting Bull is in South
Dakota. (Clinton: Talking Bull, Sitting Fence, etc.) State is 7
percent American Indian. South Dakota is also home to the Crazy
Horse Memorial.
Industry: Citicorp moved credit card operations to Sioux
Falls in 1981 to avoid New York usury laws and high wages. It
currently employs 2,800 South Dakotans in the city. ("You know
and Citicorp knows what I know: the way to prosperity is not
higher taxes, and that's one reason they are here, and not in New
York City.") South Dakota has no income tax.
Yesterday's Argus Leader (Sioux Falls big newspaper) blasted
the President in an editorial (attached) for his criticism of
Arkansas in the third debate. They contend that it was a "cheap
shot" to call Arkansas the lowest of the low, and that he
insulted other small states by implication.
SIOUX FALLS LOCAL COLOR
OCTOBER 23, 1992
PAGE TWO
South Dakota has weathered slow economic growth better than
most states. For example, the state ranked 5th in increase in
personal income (+6.6 percent, second quarter of 1991 to second
quarter of 1992). It is running a budget surplus this year, and
still has no state income tax, no corporate income tax, no
personal property tax, and no inventory tax. Unemployment was
down to 2.6 percent in 1991.
Governor Mickelson has suggested that a good (if self-
promoting) idea would be to compare the small state of Arkansas
to the small state of South Dakota. Difference: you can do well
in a small state without big spending, without selling out the
state's environmental record, and without shooting taxes through
the roof.
ISSUES:
ETHANOL: The biggest issue for the state. The President has
extended tax incentives for American-made ethanol and overruled
EPA regulations that would have hindered ethanol production.
Governor Clinton eliminated the motor fuel tax exemption on
gasohol in Arkansas, hurting ethanol production.
FARM SUBSIDIES:
One of Clinton's top advisors called for a
total phase-out of farm subsidies. "That guy's not on my
payroll," was Clinton's response. In his tax plan, Clinton
singles out the honeybee subsidy as the one program he would cut.
South Dakota is the nation's number one or two producer of honey
each year.
FARM PROFITS: Under President Bush, total American farm income
reached a record-breaking level of $50 billion in 1990 and farm
debts were reduced by 1/3 from 1984 to 1991. South Dakota farm
income has increased from $772 million in 1988 to over $1 billion
in 1991. Bill Clinton raised taxes and fees on farmers 13 times.
FAST FACTS:
KELO-TV poll earlier this month for South Dakota
(attached) :
Clinton: 40%
ECONOMY/4yrs: Better off: 21%
Bush:
37%
Same:
55%
Perot:
6%
Worse off: 23%
Right Track: 40% Wrong Track: 60%
Clinton strength: Economy;
Bush strength: Fam. Values
SIOUX FALLS LOCAL COLOR
OCTOBER 23, 1992
PAGE THREE
The President last visited South Dakota in September to
announce an offer to subsidize exports of a billion
bushels of wheat to 20 countries.
Gov. George Mickelson (R) drives a GMC truck to work.
On Wednesday, Clinton supporters were kicked out of a
Bush/Quayle press conference in Sioux Falls because
they tore down a campaign banner. The Clinton "hit
team" was there to protest.
Results of a state poll released Monday showed that
health care is the most important issue facing the
state (25 percent). Fourteen percent said low wages,
12 percent said taxes and spending for education, and
10 percent said gambling. Number-one national issue
was economy/budget deficit (38 percent), followed by
health care (15 percent). I have attached the poll.
HUMOR/APPLAUSE LINES:
Three-term South Dakota Senator George McGovern
predicted Monday that Clinton would win South Dakota
(McGovern won only Massachusetts and D.C.). He said
the political pendulum is swinging left: "Every 20 or
25 years, we have either a conservative surge or a
liberal surge, and they seem to go in cycles. I think
in the 1990s on into the first part of the 21st
century, we're entering the cycle of liberalism."
- Isn't that what he said in 1972?
- His cycle seems to have a flat.
- We have another good 8 years in our cycle.
- We specifically renounced liberalism in 1988 --
that's why Clinton is afraid to admit he is one.
- McGovern Trojan Horse quote after Dem. Convention?
Sioux Falls is in Minnehaha County: a bad joke can be
written off punfully as a Mini Ha-Ha.
With all that ambition, Gov. Clinton probably wouldn't
be satisfied just being President. He'd want to be on
Mt. Rushmore too. Of course it would mean extra work
putting his two faces up there.
Attachments:
2 AP stories on KELO polls
Editorial in yesterday's Argus Leader
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 23, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
DAN MC GROARTY
CHRISTINA MARTIN
RAY SILLER
FROM:
ED WALTERS
SUBJECT:
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA LOCAL COLOR
THE EVENT:
On Sunday, October 25, the President will speak to
approximately 8,000 supporters at a Sioux Empire Fairgrounds
rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The President will fly in on
Air Force One, and motorcade to the site, a large barn-like
building. The rear of the Expo Center backs to a horse arena,
which may provide a backdrop of hay bales with red, white, and
blue bunting (optional blue pipe and drape backdrop).
LOCAL COLOR:
Cowboys: Site of Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn (an
unfortunate metaphor). Wild Bill Hickock was shot in South
Dakota while holding two pair (aces and eights). In the 1870s,
the first gold strikes in South Dakota came in the famous Black
Hills. Also home of Calamity Jane and tumbleweeds. The movie
Dances With Wolves was shot in South Dakota.
Indians: Grave of Sioux warrior Sitting Bull is in South
Dakota. (Clinton: Talking Bull, Sitting Fence, etc.) State is 7
percent American Indian. South Dakota is also home to the Crazy
Horse Memorial.
Industry: Citicorp moved credit card operations to Sioux
Falls in 1981 to avoid New York usury laws and high wages. It
currently employs 2,800 South Dakotans in the city. ("You know
and Citicorp knows what I know: the way to prosperity is not
higher taxes, and that's one reason they are here, and not in New
York City.") South Dakota has no income tax.
Yesterday's Argus Leader (Sioux Falls big newspaper) blasted
the President in an editorial (attached) for his criticism of
Arkansas in the third debate. They contend that it was a "cheap
shot" to call Arkansas the lowest of the low, and that he
insulted other small states by implication.
SIOUX FALLS LOCAL COLOR
OCTOBER 23, 1992
PAGE TWO
South Dakota has weathered slow economic growth better than
most states. For example, the state ranked 5th in increase in
personal income (+6.6 percent, second quarter of 1991 to second
quarter of 1992). It is running a budget surplus this year, and
still has no state income tax, no corporate income tax, no
personal property tax, and no inventory tax. Unemployment was
down to 2.6 percent in 1991.
Governor Mickelson has suggested that a good (if self-
promoting) idea would be to compare the small state of Arkansas
to the small state of South Dakota. Difference: you can do well
in a small state without big spending, without selling out the
state's environmental record, and without shooting taxes through
the roof.
ISSUES:
ETHANOL: The biggest issue for the state. The President has
extended tax incentives for American-made ethanol and overruled
EPA regulations that would have hindered ethanol production.
Governor Clinton eliminated the motor fuel tax exemption on
gasohol in Arkansas, hurting ethanol production.
FARM SUBSIDIES:
One of Clinton's top advisors called for a
total phase-out of farm subsidies. "That guy's not on my
payroll," was Clinton's response. In his tax plan, Clinton
singles out the honeybee subsidy as the one program he would cut.
South Dakota is the nation's number one or two producer of honey
each year.
FARM PROFITS: Under President Bush, total American farm income
reached a record-breaking level of $50 billion in 1990 and farm
debts were reduced by 1/3 from 1984 to 1991. South Dakota farm
income has increased from $772 million in 1988 to over $1 billion
in 1991. Bill Clinton raised taxes and fees on farmers 13 times.
FAST FACTS:
KELO-TV poll earlier this month for South Dakota
(attached) :
Clinton: 40%
ECONOMY/4yrs: Better off: 21%
Bush:
37%
Same:
55%
Perot:
6%
Worse off: 23%
Right Track: 40%
Wrong Track: 60%
Clinton strength: Economy;
Bush strength: Fam. Values
SIOUX FALLS LOCAL COLOR
OCTOBER 23, 1992
PAGE THREE
The President last visited South Dakota in September to
announce an offer to subsidize exports of a billion
bushels of wheat to 20 countries.
Gov. George Mickelson (R) drives a GMC truck to work.
On Wednesday, Clinton supporters were kicked out of a
Bush/Quayle press conference in Sioux Falls because
they tore down a campaign banner. The Clinton "hit
team" was there to protest.
Results of a state poll released Monday showed that
health care is the most important issue facing the
state (25 percent). Fourteen percent said low wages,
12 percent said taxes and spending for education, and
10 percent said gambling. Number-one national issue
was economy/budget deficit (38 percent), followed by
health care (15 percent). I have attached the poll.
HUMOR/APPLAUSE LINES:
Three-term South Dakota Senator George McGovern
predicted Monday that Clinton would win South Dakota
(McGovern won only Massachusetts and D.C.). He said
the political pendulum is swinging left: "Every 20 or
25 years, we have either a conservative surge or a
liberal surge, and they seem to go in cycles. I think
in the 1990s on into the first part of the 21st
century, we're entering the cycle of liberalism."
- Isn't that what he said in 1972?
- His cycle seems to have a flat.
- We have another good 8 years in our cycle.
- We specifically renounced liberalism in 1988 --
that's why Clinton is afraid to admit he is one.
- McGovern Trojan Horse quote after Dem. Convention?
Sioux Falls is in Minnehaha County: a bad joke can be
written off punfully as a Mini Ha-Ha.
With all that ambition, Gov. Clinton probably wouldn't
be satisfied just being President. He'd want to be on
Mt. Rushmore too. Of course it would mean extra work
putting his two faces up there.
Attachments:
2 AP stories on KELO polls
Editorial in yesterday's Argus Leader
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 23, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
DAN MC GROARTY
CHRISTINA MARTIN
RAY SILLER
FROM:
ED WALTERS
SUBJECT:
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA LOCAL COLOR
THE EVENT:
On Sunday, October 25, the President will speak to
approximately 8,000 supporters at a Sioux Empire Fairgrounds
rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The President will fly in on
Air Force One, and motorcade to the site, a large barn-like
building. The rear of the Expo Center backs to a horse arena,
which may provide a backdrop of hay bales with red, white, and
blue bunting (optional blue pipe and drape backdrop).
LOCAL COLOR:
Cowboys: Site of Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn (an
unfortunate metaphor). Wild Bill Hickock was shot in South
Dakota while holding two pair (aces and eights). In the 1870s,
the first gold strikes in South Dakota came in the famous Black
Hills. Also home of Calamity Jane and tumbleweeds. The movie
Dances With Wolves was shot in South Dakota.
Indians: Grave of Sioux warrior Sitting Bull is in South
Dakota. (Clinton: Talking Bull, Sitting Fence, etc.) State is 7
percent American Indian. South Dakota is also home to the Crazy
Horse Memorial.
Industry: Citicorp moved credit card operations to Sioux
Falls in 1981 to avoid New York usury laws and high wages. It
currently employs 2,800 South Dakotans in the city. ("You know
and Citicorp knows what I know: the way to prosperity is not
higher taxes, and that's one reason they are here, and not in New
York city.") South Dakota has no income tax.
Yesterday's Argus Leader (Sioux Falls big newspaper) blasted
the President in an editorial (attached) for his criticism of
Arkansas in the third debate. They contend that it was a "cheap
shot" to call Arkansas the lowest of the low, and that he
insulted other small states by implication.
SIOUX FALLS LOCAL COLOR
OCTOBER 23, 1992
PAGE TWO
South Dakota has weathered slow economic growth better than
most states. For example, the state ranked 5th in increase in
personal income (+6.6 percent, second quarter of 1991 to second
quarter of 1992). It is running a budget surplus this year, and
still has no state income tax, no corporate income tax, no
personal property tax, and no inventory tax. Unemployment was
down to 2.6 percent in 1991.
Governor Mickelson has suggested that a good (if self-
promoting) idea would be to compare the small state of Arkansas
to the small state of South Dakota. Difference: you can do well
in a small state without big spending, without selling out the
state's environmental record, and without shooting taxes through
the roof.
ISSUES:
ETHANOL: The biggest issue for the state. The President has
extended tax incentives for American-made ethanol and overruled
EPA regulations that would have hindered ethanol production.
Governor Clinton eliminated the motor fuel tax exemption on
gasohol in Arkansas, hurting ethanol production.
FARM SUBSIDIES:
One of Clinton's top advisors called for a
total phase-out of farm subsidies. "That guy's not on my
payroll," was Clinton's response. In his tax plan, Clinton
singles out the honeybee subsidy as the one program he would cut.
South Dakota is the nation's number one or two producer of honey
each year.
FARM PROFITS: Under President Bush, total American farm income
reached a record-breaking level of $50 billion in 1990 and farm
debts were reduced by 1/3 from 1984 to 1991. South Dakota farm
income has increased from $772 million in 1988 to over $1 billion
in 1991. Bill Clinton raised taxes and fees on farmers 13 times.
FAST FACTS:
KELO-TV poll earlier this month for South Dakota
(attached)
Clinton: 40%
ECONOMY/4yrs:
Better off:
21%
Bush:
37%
Same:
55%
Perot:
6%
Worse off:
23%
Right Track: 40% Wrong Track: 60%
Clinton strength: Economy;
Bush strength: Fam. Values
SIOUX FALLS LOCAL COLOR
OCTOBER 23, 1992
PAGE THREE
The President last visited South Dakota in September to
announce an offer to subsidize exports of a billion
bushels of wheat to 20 countries.
Gov. George Mickelson (R) drives a GMC truck to work.
On Wednesday, Clinton supporters were kicked out of a
Bush/Quayle press conference in Sioux Falls because
they tore down a campaign banner. The Clinton "hit
team" was there to protest.
Results of a state poll released Monday showed that
health care is the most important issue facing the
state (25 percent). Fourteen percent said low wages,
12 percent said taxes and spending for education, and
10 percent said gambling. Number-one national issue
was economy/budget deficit (38 percent), followed by
health care (15 percent). I have attached the poll.
HUMOR/APPLAUSE LINES:
Three-term South Dakota Senator George McGovern
predicted Monday that Clinton would win South Dakota
(McGovern won only Massachusetts and D.C.). He said
the political pendulum is swinging left: "Every 20 or
25 years, we have either a conservative surge or a
liberal surge, and they seem to go in cycles. I think
in the 1990s on into the first part of the 21st
century, we're entering the cycle of liberalism."
- Isn't that what he said in 1972?
- His cycle seems to have a flat.
- We have another good 8 years in our cycle.
- We specifically renounced liberalism in 1988 --
that's why Clinton is afraid to admit he is one.
- McGovern Trojan Horse quote after Dem. Convention?
Sioux Falls is in Minnehaha County: a bad joke can be
written off punfully as a Mini Ha-Ha.
With all that ambition, Gov. Clinton probably wouldn' t
be satisfied just being President. He'd want to be on
Mt. Rushmore too. Of course it would mean extra work
putting his two faces up there.
Attachments:
2 AP stories on KELO polls
Editorial in yesterday's Argus Leader
8A Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Thursday. Oct.
10/22/20
Argus Leader
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
A Gannett newspaper
Desperate Bush
slights small states
In one of his dippier moments, Rudy Perpich, then the
governor of Minnesota, accused South Dakota of being 50th
in everything. Perpich was disturbed by South Dakota's
attempts to lure businesses from Minnesota.
Bill Janklow, then South Dakota's governor, responded in
kind, fueling a decade-old dispute that made national
headlines.
We were reminded of that humorous border war Monday
by the final presidential debate, a slugfest in which President
Bush attacked Arkansas, Bill Clinton's
home state, as the "lowest of the low."
Editorial
It was a cheap shot from an embattled
president who could stand to learn something from small
states such as Arkansas and South Dakota - like how to
routinely balance a government budget. That's something
Bush has not come close to doing with the federal budget in
the four years he has been president.
We have no problem with Bush criticizing Clinton's official
actions. Clinton, the Democratic candidate for president,
served as Arkansas governor from 1979 to 1981 and from 1983
to the present.
However, we object to the way Bush taints a whole state
and, by association, other small, poor states.
"Admit it, that Arkansas is doing very, very badly against
any standard, environment, support for the police officers,
whatever it is," Bush said.
Bush noted, for example, that Arkansas ranked low in
teacher pay - a category in which South Dakota, an even
smaller state than Arkansas, also struggles. In recent years,
South Dakota has become a last-place fixture in national
rankings of teacher pay. But the blame does not rest soley
with South Dakota's governor. Nor should Clinton absorb all
the blame for Arkansas' ranking.
Ross Perot, a Texas billionaire, joined in the Arkansas
bashing, too. Noting that the population of Arkansas was
comparable to that of the Dallas and Fort Worth area, Perot
said that because someone can run a small grocery story
doesn't mean they can run a Wal-Mart.
Such big-state, big-government bias is arrogant blather.
It would be like pointing out that Perot has no government
experience and therefore doubting he could head the
Brandon Valley School Board. Or wondering if Bush, a
career politician, will be able-to find happiness outside
Washington, D.C., after the Nov. 3 election.
We don't know where Bush will be living next year, but it's
not likely to be Arkansas. He would be welcome in South
Dakota. But he should leave his impressions about small
states behind,
SIOUTFALCS, SD
ARGUS-LEADER
10/23/92
Heartland
weathering
sour economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - Midwest states like South
Dakota and Rocky Mountain states are surviving
economic hard times better than the once-booming East
and West Coasts, the government said Thursday.
With some exceptions, states that flourished during the
"bicoastal economy" of the 1980s now are struggling the
most to shake off the
recession's grip. ac-
State incomes
cording to personal
income data pub-
Here is a listing of percentage
lished by the Com-
changes in personal income from
merce Department.
the second quarter of 1991 to the
The department
second quarter of 1992, from a
reported that South
sampling of state renkings,
Dakota's personal
income in April
Region
through June this
year was up 6.6 per-
State
Change Rank
cent from the same
South Dakota
6.6
6
period in 1991, the
Minnesota
6.0
15
fifth highest growth
Wyoming
5.6
21
in the nation. The
Iowa
4.6
84
national average
North Dakota
4.0
=
was 4.7 percent.
Nebraska
3.6
46
"Communities in
this state are
Top 3
working very hard
State
Change Rank
to diversify their
Montana
8.4
1
economy, Gov.
Utah
+72
DI
George Mickelson
Nevide
5.8
DE
said. These kinds of
statistics show us
Bottom 3
we're headed in the
State
right direction."
Change Rank
California
3.3
48
The national re-
Connecticut
3.3
$
port shows South
Delaware
27
Dakota's durable
50
manufacturing pay-
roll for the second quarter was up 14.1 percent from a
year earlier, Mickelson said. Construction payrolls
Increased 11.1 percent, while the private services sector
grew by 6.2 percent in the three-month period, he said.
The Rocky Mountain states, with 6.3 percent income
growth, had the best showing over the period.
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WATKINS SAYS PRESIDENT BUSH'S ETHANOL ANNOUNCEMENT
WILL INCREASE U.S. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
-Says Clinton is avoiding the issue--
SIOUX FALLS, SD - Assailing Bill Clinton for waffling on his support of ethanol, U.S.
Secretary of Energy Admiral James Watkins declared, "Once again, Bill Cinton cannot make
up his mind on an issue. As a candidate for Governor, Bill Clinton pledged his support for
ethanol. But it was Governor Clinton who repealed Arkansas' state tax exemption on gasohol
in 1985."
While campaigning for President Bush in Sioux Falls today, Watkins declared, "UPI
reported on September 16, 1992, that Bill Clinton's Midwest political director told reporters
Clinton has been unable to decide whether ethanol deserves a waiver saying, 'Governor Clinton
will not take a position in the controversy..
The Energy Secretary said, "President Bush has taken a clear position on ethanol. For
over a decade, President Bush has supported the use of ethanol to fight pollution. The
President's ethanol program will use America's agricultural strength to clean up the air, reduce.
U.S. energy dependence, and revitalize America's rural economy."
South Dakota ranks ahead of 48 other states in both usage of gasohol in comparison to
all gasoline usage (34.4 percent) and in the percentage of gasohol sales compared to all gasoline
sales (42.4 percent).
Drawing from USDA reports, Secretary Watkins stated, "U.S. ethanol consumption is
expected to grow by more than 87 percent by the year 1997. Ethanol use held at about 750 to
800 million gallons per year between 1985 and 1991. This is an important announcement for
South Dakota and the country."
"By lifting the barriers to ethanol production, our trade deficit will be lowered and our
dollars will be kept at home," Watkins said. "The President is committed to increasing
America's energy independence and clearly understands the need for developing America's
domestic energy resources as evidenced in his National Energy Strategy."
"President Bush knows Americans deserve a national energy strategy that not only
improves our nation's energy security, but enhances our environmental quality and spurs our
economic growth. The President sent such a bill to the Congress and the Administration has
been actively lobbying for passage of such legislation before the Congress adjourns."
"President Bush's energy commitment is genuine," Watkins said. "That's a sharp
contrast to the vague and uncertain statements offered by Bill Clinton."
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Poll Shows Clinton-Bush Running Close Races in S.D.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) President Bush and Democratic
challenger Bill Clinton were running close races in South Dakota in
a KELO-TV poll taken in early October.
Clinton was favored by 40 percent, Bush by 37 percent and
independent candidate Ross Perot by 6 percent. Another 17 percent
said they were undecided in the telephone survey of 508 registered
South Dakota voters taken between Oct. 5 and Oct. 9.
The question asked, "If the election for president were held
today, would you vote for George Bush, the Republican, Bill
Clinton, the Democrat, or H. Ross Perot, the Independent?"
The poll, which carried a margin of error of 4.5 percent, was
conducted by Hein Research and Associates, Inc., of Sioux Falls for
KELO-TV.
Respondents said there were several reasons why they'd pick
Clinton over Bush. Clinton scored much higher than Bush when asked
which candidate cares for people, although the president won when
asked those surveyed were asked about family values.
About 40 percent said Clinton cared about people, 24 percent
said Bush and 10 percent said Perot.
But Bush scored higher when voters were asked which candidate
upheld family values. of those surveyed, 43 percent said Bush, 26
percent said Clinton and 4 percent said Perot.
The poll also showed, 31 percent think Clinton has a more
specific economic plan for the country, while 17 percent said Bush
had a better economic agenda and 11 percent said Perot had a better
plan.
When asked about their financial condition when compared with a
year ago, 55 percent said they were in the same financial shape, 21
percent said they were better off and 23 percent said they were
worse off financially than a year ago. The same results were
expressed in a similar poll last year.
In addition, nearly 60 percent said the country was headed in
the wrong direction and 40 percent said the country was going in
the right direction.
Pollster Jim Meader said the poll also showed South Dakotans
apparently are sympathetic to the plight of people in other parts
of the country who are going through a recession.
"The people of South Dakota aren't feeling nearly as much pain
as the people are nationwide, he said. 'What they're picking up
on are national news stories talking about other parts of the
country that are in the recession much more severely than here in
South Dakota.
AP-NY-10-15-92 2049EDT
Date: 10/19/92 Time: 20:00
Poll Says Health Care No. 1 Worry Among South Dakotans
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) When South Dakotans start tallying
their worries, one in four think health care is the most important
issue facing the state, according to poll results released Monday.
When asked what problem was the most serious in South Dakota, 25
percent identified health care, 14 percent said low wages, 12
percent said taxes and spending for education and 10 percent said
gambling in the KELO-TV poll.
Other problems mentioned were drug and alcohol abuse, protecting
the environment, crime and providing new jobs.
The poll was conducted by Hein Research and Associates, Inc. of
Sioux Falls. It carries a margin of error of 4.5 percent. Pollsters
surveyed 508 registered voters by telephone between Oct. 5 and Oct.
9.
A year ago, the same poll showed low wages was the most
important problem in South Dakota. In that poll, 13 percent
identified health care as the top problem and 24 percent said low
wages.
As for top problem in the nation, 38 percent identified either
the budget deficit or the economy, pollsters said. Fifteen percent
of those surveyed listed health care.
But despite those concerns, South Dakotans still think the state
is a good place to live. Thirty-two percent rated the quality of
life as excellent, 51 percent said it's good and 15 percent said
fair.
Only 2 percent said quality of life in South Dakota was poor.
Those results were nearly the same as a similar question
included in the same poll a year ago.
AP-NY-10-19-92 2000EDT
ΓHA NO. 0000004400
UC
001-23-92 PRI IV
8A Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Thursday, Oct.
10/22/22
Argus Leader
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
A Gannett newspaper
Desperate Bush
slights small states
In one of his dippier moments, Rudy Perpich, then the
governor of Minnesota, accused South Dakota of being 50th
in everything. Perpich was disturbed by South Dakota's
attempts to lure businesses from Minnesota.
Bill Janklow, then South Dakota's governor, responded in
kind, fueling a decade-old dispute that made national
headlines.
We were reminded of that humorous border war Monday
by the final presidential debate, a slugfest in which President
Bush attacked Arkansas, Bill Clinton's
home state, as the "lowest of the low,"
Editorial
It was a cheap shot from an embattled
president who could stand to learn something from small
states such as Arkansas and South Dakota - like how to
routinely balance a government budget. That's something
Bush has not come close to doing with the federal budget in
the four years he has been president.
We have no problem with Bush criticizing Clinton's official
actions. Clinton, the Democratic candidate for president,
served as Arkansas governor from 1979 to 1981 and from 1983
to the present.
However, we object to the way Bush taints a whole state
and, by association, other small, poor states.
"Admit it, that Arkansas is doing very, very badly against
any standard, environment, support for the police officers,
whatever it is," Bush said.
Bush noted, for example, that Arkansas ranked low in
teacher pay - a category in which South Dakota, an even
smaller state than Arkansas, also struggles, In recent years,
South Dakota has become a last-place fixture in national
rankings of teacher pay. But the blame does not rest soley
with South Dakota's governor. Nor should Clinton absorb all
the blame for Arkansas' ranking.
Ross Perot, a Texas billionaire, joined in the Arkansas
bashing, too. Noting that the population of Arkansas was
comparable to that of the Dallas and Fort Worth area, Perot
said that because someone can run a small grocery story
doesn't mean they can run a Wal-Mart.
Such big-state, big-government bias is arrogant blather.
It would be like pointing out that Perot has no government
experience and therefore doubting he could head the
Brandon Valley School Board. Or wondering if Bush, a
career politician, will be able-to find happiness outside
Washington, D.C., after the Nov. 3 election.
We don't know where Bush will be living next year, but it's
not likely to be Arkansas. He would be welcome in South
Dakota. But ho should leave his impressions about small
states behind,
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ARGUS-LEADER
10/23/92
Heartland
weathering
sour economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - Midwest states like South
Dakota and Rocky Mountain states are surviving
economic hard times better than the once-booming East
and West Coasts, the government said Thursday.
With some exceptions, states that flourished during the
"bicoastal economy' of the 1980s now are struggling the
most to shake off the
recession's grip, ac-
cording to personal
State incomes
income data pub-
lished by the Com-
Here is a listing of percentage
changes in personal income from
merce Department.
the second quarter of 1991 to the
The department
second quarter of 1992, from
a
reported that South
sampling of State rankings
Dakota's personal
income in April
through June this
Region
year was up 6.6 per-
State
Change Rank
cent from the same
South Dakota
6.6
$
period in 1991, the
Minnesota
6.0
15
fifth highest growth
Wyoming
5.6
21
in the nation. The
lowa
446
34
national average
North Dakota
+40
41
was 4.7 percent.
Nebreska
3.6
46
"Communities in
this state are
Top 3
working very hard
State
Change Rank
to diversify their
Montana
8.4
1
economy, Gov.
Utah
+72
2
George Mickelson
Nevada
6.8
S
said. These kinds of
statistics show us
Bottom 3
we're headed in the
State
right direction."
Change Rank
The national re-
California
3.3
48
Connecticut
port shows South
+3.3
49
Dakota's durable
Delaware
+27
50
manufacturing pay-
roll for the second quarter was up 14.1 percent from a
year earlier, Mickelson said. Construction payrolls
Increased 11.1 percent, while the private services sector
grew by 6.2 percent in the three-month period, he said.
The Rocky Mountain states, with 6.3 percent income
growth, had the best showing over the period.
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WATKINS SAYS PRESIDENT BUSH'S ETHANOL ANNOUNCEMENT
WILL INCREASE U.S. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
-Says Clinton is avoiding the issue--
SIOUX FALLS, SD - Assailing Bill Clinton for waffling on his support of ethanol, U.S.
Secretary of Energy Admiral James Watkins declared, "Once again, Bill Cinton cannot make
up his mind on an issue. As & candidate for Governor, Bill Clinton pledged his support for
ethanol. But it was Governor Clinton who repealed Arkansas' state tax exemption on gasohol
in 1985."
While campaigning for President Bush in Sioux Falls today, Watkins declared, "UPI
reported on September 16, 1992, that Bill Clinton's Midwest political director told reporters
Clinton has been unable to decide whether ethanol deserves a waiver saying, 'Governor Clinton
will not take a position in the controversy...
The Energy Secretary said, "President Bush has taken a clear position on ethanol. For
over a decade, President Bush has supported the use of ethanol to fight pollution. The
President's ethanol program will use America's agricultural strength to clean up the air, reduce.
U.S. energy dependence, and revitalize America's rural economy."
South Dakota ranks ahead of 48 other states in both usage of gasohol in comparison to
all gasoline usage (34.4 percent) and in the percentage of gasohol sales compared to all gasoline
sales (42.4 percent).
Drawing from USDA reports, Secretary Watkins stated, "U.S. ethanol consumption is
expected to grow by more than 87 percent by the year 1997. Ethanol use held at about 750 to
800 million gallons per year between 1985 and 1991. This is an important announcement for
South Dakota and the country."
"By lifting the barriers to ethanol production, our trade deficit will be lowered and our
dollars will be kept at home," Watkins said. "The President is committed to increasing
America's energy independence and clearly understands the need for developing America's
domestic energy resources as evidenced in his National Energy Strategy."
"President Bush knows Americans deserve a national energy strategy that not only
improves our nation's energy security, but enhances our environmental quality and spurs our
economic growth. The President sent such & bill to the Congress and the Administration has
been actively lobbying for passage of such legislation before the Congress adjourns."
"President Bush's energy commitment is genuine," Watkins said. "That's a sharp
contrast to the vague and uncertain statements offered by Bill Clinton."
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Poll Shows Clinton-Bush Running Close Races in S.D.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) President Bush and Democratic
challenger Bill Clinton were running close races in South Dakota in
a KELO-TV poll taken in early October.
Clinton was favored by 40 percent, Bush by 37 percent and
independent candidate Ross Perot by 6 percent. Another 17 percent
said they were undecided in the telephone survey of 508 registered
South Dakota voters taken between Oct. 5 and Oct. 9.
The question asked, "If the election for president were held
today, would you vote for George Bush, the Republican, Bill
Clinton, the Democrat, or H. Ross Perot, the Independent?"
The poll, which carried a margin of error of 4.5 percent, was
conducted by Hein Research and Associates, Inc., of Sioux Falls for
KELO-TV.
Respondents said there were several reasons why they'd pick
Clinton over Bush. Clinton scored much higher than Bush when asked
which candidate cares for people, although the president won when
asked those surveyed were asked about family values.
About 40 percent said Clinton cared about people, 24 percent
said Bush and 10 percent said Perot.
But Bush scored higher when voters were asked which candidate
upheld family values. of those surveyed, 43 percent said Bush, 26
percent said Clinton and 4 percent said Perot.
The poll also showed, 31 percent think Clinton has a more
specific economic plan for the country, while 17 percent said Bush
had a better economic agenda and 11 percent said Perot had a better
plan.
When asked about their financial condition when compared with a
year ago, 55 percent said they were in the same financial shape, 21
percent said they were better off and 23 percent said they were
worse off financially than a year ago. The same results were
expressed in a similar poll last year.
In addition, nearly 60 percent said the country was headed in
the wrong direction and 40 percent said the country was going in
the right direction.
Pollster Jim Meader said the poll also showed South Dakotans
apparently are sympathetic to the plight of people in other parts
of the country who are going through a recession.
"The people of South Dakota aren't feeling nearly as much pain
as the people are nationwide, he said. 'What they're picking up
on are national news stories talking about other parts of the
country that are in the recession much more severely than here in
South Dakota.
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Date: 10/19/92 Time: 20:00
Poll Says Health Care No. 1 Worry Among South Dakotans
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP)
When South Dakotans start tallying
their worries, one in four think health care is the most important
issue facing the state, according to poll results released Monday.
When asked what problem was the most serious in South Dakota, 25
percent identified health care, 14 percent said low wages, 12
percent said taxes and spending for education and 10 percent said
gambling in the KELO-TV poll.
Other problems mentioned were drug and alcohol abuse, protecting
the environment, crime and providing new jobs.
The poll was conducted by Hein Research and Associates, Inc. of
Sioux Falls. It carries a margin of error of 4.5 percent. Pollsters
surveyed 508 registered voters by telephone between Oct. 5 and Oct.
9.
A year ago, the same poll showed low wages was the most
important problem in South Dakota. In that poll, 13 percent
identified health care as the top problem and 24 percent said low
wages.
As for top problem in the nation, 38 percent identified either
the budget deficit or the economy, pollsters said. Fifteen percent
of those surveyed listed health care.
But despite those concerns, South Dakotans still think the state
is a good place to live. Thirty-two percent rated the quality of
life as excellent, 51 percent said it's good and 15 percent said
fair.
Only 2 percent said quality of life in South Dakota was poor.
Those results were nearly the same as a similar question
included in the same poll a year ago.
AP-NY-10-19-92 2000EDT
001-23-92 PRI JUN
8A Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Thursday, Oct.
10/22/22
Argus Leader
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
A Gannett newspaper
Desperate Bush
slights small states
In one of his dippier moments, Rudy Perpich, then the
governor of Minnesota, accused South Dakota of being 50th
in everything. Perpich was disturbed by South Dakota's
attempts to lure businesses from Minnesota.
Bill Janklow, then South Dakota's governor, responded in
kind, fueling a decade-old dispute that made national
headlines.
We were reminded of that humorous border war Monday
by the final presidential debate, a slugfest in which President
Bush attacked Arkansas, Bill Clinton's
home state, as the "lowest of the low."
Editorial
It was a cheap shot from an embattled
president who could stand to learn something from small
states such as Arkansas and South Dakota - like how to
routinely balance a government budget. That's something
Bush has not come close to doing with the federal budget in
the four years he has been president.
We have no problem with Bush criticizing Clinton's official
actions. Clinton, the Democratic candidate for president,
served as Arkansas governor from 1979 to 1981 and from 1983
to the present.
However, we object to the way Bush taints a whole state
and, by association, other small, poor states.
"Admit it, that Arkansas is doing very, very badly against
any standard, environment, support for the police officers,
whatever it is," Bush said.
Bush noted, for example, that Arkansas ranked low in
teacher pay - a category in which South Dakota, an even
smaller state than Arkansas, also struggles. In recent years,
South Dakota has become a last-place fixture in national
rankings of teacher pay. But the blame does not rest soley
with South Dakota's governor. Nor should Clinton absorb all
the blame for Arkansas' ranking.
Ross Perot, a Texas billionaire, joined in the Arkansas
bashing, too. Noting that the population of Arkansas was
comparable to that of the Dallas and Fort Worth area, Perot
said that because someone can run a small grocery story
doesn't mean they can run a Wal-Mart.
Such big-state, big-government bias is arrogant blather.
It would be like pointing out that Perot has no government
experience and therefore doubting he could head the
Brandon Valley School Board. Or wondering if Bush, a
career politician, will be able-to find happiness outside
Washington, D.C., after the Nov. 3 election.
We don't know where Bush will be living next year, but it's
-not likely to be Arkansas. He would be welcome in South
Dakota. But he should leave his impressions about small
states behind,
WITH
FRI
SIOUX THE SD
&
ARGUS-LEADER
10/23/92
Heartland
weathering
sour economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - Midwest states like South
Dakota and Rocky Mountain states are surviving
economic hard times better than the once-booming East
and West Coasts, the government said Thursday.
With some exceptions, states that flourished during the
"bicoastal economy" of the 1980s now are struggling the
most to shake off the
recession's grip, ac-
cording to personal
State incomes
income data pub-
Here is a listing of percentage
lished by the Com-
changes in personal income from
merce Department.
the second quarter of 1991 to the
The department
second quarter of 1992,
from
a
reported that South
sampling of state rankings
Dakota's personal
income in April
through June this
Region
year was up 6.6 per-
State
Change
Rank
cent from the same
South Dakota
6.6
$
period in 1991, the
Minnesota
6.0
15
fifth highest growth
Wyoming
5.6
21
in the nation. The
Iowa
4.6
34
national average
North Dakota
4.0
41
was 4.7 percent.
Nebraska
3.6
46
"Communities in
this state are
Top 3
working very hard
State
Change Rank
to diversify their
Montana
8.4
1
economy, Gov.
Utah
72
2
George Mickelson
Nevada
6.8
3
said. These kinds of
statistics show us
Bottom 3
we're headed in the
State
right direction."
Change Rank
The national re-
California
3.3
48
Connecticut
port shows South
3,3
49
Dakota's durable
Delaware
27
50
manufacturing pay-
roll for the second quarter was up 14.1 percent from a
year earlier, Mickelson said. Construction payrolls
Increased 11.1 percent, while the private services sector
grew by 6.2 percent in the three-month period, he said.
The Rocky Mountain states, with 6.3 percent income
growth, had the best showing over the period.
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WATKINS SAYS PRESIDENT BUSH'S ETHANOL ANNOUNCEMENT
WILL INCREASE U.S. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
-Says Clinton is avoiding the issue--
SIOUX FALLS, SD - Assailing Bill Clinton for waffling on his support of ethanol, U.S.
Secretary of Energy Admiral James Watkins declared, "Once again, Bill Cinton cannot make
up his mind on an issue, As & candidate for Governor, Bill Clinton pledged his support for
ethanol. But it was Governor Clinton who repealed Arkansas' state tax exemption on gasohol
in 1985."
While campaigning for President Bush in Sioux Falls today, Watkins declared, "UPI
reported on September 16, 1992, that Bill Clinton's Midwest political director told reporters
Clinton has been unable to decide whether ethanol deserves a waiver saying, 'Governor Clinton
will not take a position in the controversy...'
The Energy Secretary said, "President Bush has taken a clear position on ethanol. For
over 2 decade, President Bush has supported the use of ethanol to fight pollution. The
President's ethanol program will use America's agricultural strength to clean up the air, reduce.
U.S. energy dependence, and revitalize America's rural economy."
South Dakota ranks ahead of 48 other states in both usage of gasohol in comparison to
all gasoline usage (34.4 percent) and in the percentage of gasohol sales compared to all gasoline
sales (42.4 percent).
Drawing from USDA reports, Secretary Watkins stated, "U.S. ethanol consumption is
expected to grow by more than 87 percent by the year 1997. Ethanol use held at about 750 to
800 million gallons per year between 1985 and 1991. This is an important announcement for
South Dakota and the country."
"By lifting the barriers to ethanol production, our trade deficit will be lowered and our
dollars will be kept at home," Watkins said. "The President is committed to increasing
America's energy independence and clearly understands the need for developing America's
domestic energy resources as evidenced in his National Energy Strategy."
"President Bush knows Americans deserve a national energy strategy that not only
improves our nation's energy security, but enhances our environmental quality and spurs our
economic growth. The President sent such a bill to the Congress and the Administration has
been actively lobbying for passage of such legislation before the Congress adjourns."
"President Bush's energy commitment is genuine," Watkins said. "That's a sharp
contrast to the vague and uncertain statements offered by Bill Clinton."
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Poll Shows Clinton-Bush Running Close Races in S.D.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) President Bush and Democratic
challenger Bill Clinton were running close races in South Dakota in
a KELO-TV poll taken in early October.
Clinton was favored by 40 percent, Bush by 37 percent and
independent candidate Ross Perot by 6 percent. Another 17 percent
said they were undecided in the telephone survey of 508 registered
South Dakota voters taken between Oct. 5 and Oct. 9.
The question asked, "If the election for president were held
today, would you vote for George Bush, the Republican, Bill
Clinton, the Democrat, or H. Ross Perot, the Independent?"
The poll, which carried a margin of error of 4.5 percent, was
conducted by Hein Research and Associates, Inc., of Sioux Falls for
KELO-TV.
Respondents said there were several reasons why they'd pick
Clinton over Bush. Clinton scored much higher than Bush when asked
which candidate cares for people, although the president won when
asked those surveyed were asked about family values.
About 40 percent said Clinton cared about people, 24 percent
said Bush and 10 percent said Perot.
But Bush scored higher when voters were asked which candidate
upheld family values. of those surveyed, 43 percent said Bush, 26
percent said Clinton and 4 percent said Perot.
The poll also showed, 31 percent think Clinton has a more
specific economic plan for the country, while 17 percent said Bush
had a better economic agenda and 11 percent said Perot had a better
plan.
When asked about their financial condition when compared with a
year ago, 55 percent said they were in the same financial shape, 21
percent said they were better off and 23 percent said they were
worse off financially than a year ago. The same results were
expressed in a similar poll last year.
In addition, nearly 60 percent said the country was headed in
the wrong direction and 40 percent said the country was going in
the right direction.
Pollster Jim Meader said the poll also showed South Dakotans
apparently are sympathetic to the plight of people in other parts
of the country who are going through a recession.
"The people of South Dakota aren't feeling nearly as much pain
as the people are nationwide, he said. 'What they're picking up
on are national news stories talking about other parts of the
country that are in the recession much more severely than here in
South Dakota.
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Date: 10/19/92 Time: 20:00
Poll Says Health Care No. 1 Worry Among South Dakotans
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) When South Dakotans start tallying
their worries, one in four think health care is the most important
issue facing the state, according to poll results released Monday.
When asked what problem was the most serious in South Dakota, 25
percent identified health care, 14 percent said low wages, 12
percent said taxes and spending for education and 10 percent said
gambling in the KELO-TV poll.
Other problems mentioned were drug and alcohol abuse, protecting
the environment, crime and providing new jobs.
The poll was conducted by Hein Research and Associates, Inc. of
Sioux Falls. It carries a margin of error of 4.5 percent. Pollsters
surveyed 508 registered voters by telephone between Oct. 5 and Oct.
9.
A year ago, the same poll showed low wages was the most
important problem in South Dakota. In that poll, 13 percent
identified health care as the top problem and 24 percent said low
wages.
As for top problem in the nation, 38 percent identified either
the budget deficit or the economy, pollsters said. Fifteen percent
of those surveyed listed health care.
But despite those concerns, South Dakotans still think the state
is a good place to live. Thirty-two percent rated the quality of
life as excellent, 51 percent said it's good and 15 percent said
fair.
Only 2 percent said quality of life in South Dakota was poor.
Those results were nearly the same as a similar question
included in the same poll a year ago.
AP-NY-10-19-92 2000EDT
SOUTH DAKOTA STUMP
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR GEORGE MICHAELSON.
WE'VE GOT QUITE A CROWD WITH US TODAY --
EVERY LEADER IN THIS GREAT STATE.
SENATOR LARRY PRESSLER. LT. GOVERNOR
WALTER MILLER. FORMER GOVERNOR BILL JANKLOW.
FORMER SENATOR JIM ARDNOR.
1
- 2 -
ARLENE HAM -- Co-CHAIR OF BUSH-QUAYLE '92,
STATE CHAIRMAN, DON PETERSON, AND OF COURSE
-- BUSH-QUAYLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR -- MARY
MCCLURE. AND OUR ENTERTAINERS -- BAILEY
AND THE Boys.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME VISITING DIGNITARIES
WITH US TODAY. FROM NEBRASKA -- CONGRESSMAN
DOUG BEREUTER OF NEBRASKA.
- 3 -
PLUS THEIR FORMER GOVERNOR -- CHARLEY THONE.
AND OF COURSE, MY GOOD FRIEND, FROM TEXAS,
SENATOR PHIL GRAMM.
MAY I ASK YOUR SUPPORT -- CLEAN HOUSE AND
CLEAN SENATE. GIVE PHIL GRAMM AND LARRY
PRESSLER SOME LIKE-MINDS ON CAPITOL HILL.
SEND JOHN TIMMER TO THE U.S. CONGRESS -- AND
CHARLENE HAAR -- TO THE U.S. SENATE.
P
- 4 -
THIS ELECTION PUTS A VAST CHOICE BEFORE
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- A VAST DIFFERENCE IN
EXPERIENCE, A VAST DIFFERENCE IN PHILOSOPHY,
A VAST DIFFERENCE IN CHARACTER.
- 5 -
ARKANSAS RECORD
* CLINTON PROMISES HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA.
12 YRS/ 40% ARK. WORKERS/NO HEALTH INS.
* CLINTON PROMISES EDUCATION REFORM. 12
YEARS/75% ARK. COLLEGE STUDENTS/REMEDIAL ED.
* CLINTON PROMISES GET AM. ECONOMY
MOVING/12 YEARS, ARK. WAGES, INCOME, JOBS LAG
NATION.
- 6 -
BILL CLINTON MADE A LOT OF PROMISES IN
ARKANSAS -- BROKE MOST. LAST YEAR, HE TOLD
ARKANSAS PEOPLE HE WOULD NOT ASSUME HIGHER
OFFICE IN 1992. LET'S MAKE SURE THIS IS THE
ONE PROMISE -- THAT BILL CLINTON WILL KEEP.
- 7 -
HE CALLS THIS CHANGE?
* GOVERNOR CLINTON SAYS HE'S "THE CANDIDATE
OF CHANGE," BUT LET'S LOOK CLOSE AT WHAT HE
OFFERS.
* $150 BILLION/ NEW TAXES. $220 BILLION/
NEW SPENDING. TRICKLE DOWN GOVERNMENT.
*
RICH? NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP. MIDDLE
CLASS WATCH YOUR WALLET.
- 8 -
* THE LAST TIME 15 PERCENT INFLATION. 21
PERCENT INTEREST RATES. FARMERS SUFFERED.
*
THIS IS CHANGE ALRIGHT. BECAUSE BY THE
TIME HE'S FINISHED -- CHANGE IS ALL YOU WILL
HAVE LEFT IN YOUR POCKET.
- 9 -
TODAY EMPLOYMENT IS AT 93%, INFLATION IS
ONLY 2 1/2% TO 3%, AND HOME MORTGAGE RATES
AROUND 8% FARM INCOME OVER $50 BILLION AND
FARM DEBT CUT BY A THIRD SINCE 1984. ASK
YOURSELF THIS:
CAN BILL CLINTON DO BETTER THAN THIS --
OR WILL HE MAKE THINGS WORSE?
- 10 -
LONG-TERM ISSUES:
ETHANOL:
*
PRESIDENT WHO WORKED OUT ETHANOL WAIVER
-- TO SPUR THE USE OF ETHANOL -- AND
KEEP CORN FARMERS AT WORK.
GOVERNOR CLINTON ADVISOR SAYS THAT
ETHANOL MIGHT "BLOW" HOLES IN THE OZONE.
ANOTHER SAYS HE WOULD "REVISIT" ONE-
POUND WAIVER I WORKED OUT LAST MONTH.
- 11 -
*
I WILL STAND BY THE ETHANOL WAIVER,
I WILL FIGHT FOR SOUTH DAKOTA FARMERS.
TRADE:
*
PROUD TO WORK TO OPEN MARKETS FOR AG.
PRODUCTS.
*
PROUD OF EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM--
EEP -- FIGHT AGAINST EUROPEAN SUBSIDIES.
- 12 -
THIS FALL IN S.D., ANNOUNCED NEW EEP
BROADSIDES, SELL BILLION TONS OF U.S.
WHEAT TO 28 COUNTRIES - - PROTECT S.D.
JOBS.
*
PLUS PROMOTE ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS
IN AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, UNDER SO-CALLED
GATT TRIGGERS.
- 13 -
WILL FIGHT FOR NEW MARKETS. NAFTA. OUR
FARMERS CAN OUTPLOW, OUTGROW, OUTPERFORM
ANYONE.
GATT ROUND:
THIS MORNING, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH OF
OF LONDON, GOVERNOR CLINTON/"SECRET
AGREEMENT" WITH JACQUES DELOR/ON
URAQUAY ROUND OF GATT TRADE NEG.
- 14 -
DELAY WORLD TRADE AGREEMENT UNTIL
AFTER ELECTION, HE PREFERS Gov.
CLINTON'S IDEOLOGY.
IF THIS REPORT IS TRUE, THIS OUTRAGEOUS
ARROGANT, MEDDLING -- THREATENS FARMERS
ACROSS U.S.
- 15 -
*
THIS IS AN ISSUE OF CHARACTER. GOVERNOR
CLINTON -- THE POLLS CAN'T ANOINT YOU
PRESIDENT -- LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE.
OTHER PRIORITIES:
*
SMALL BUSINESS, 2/3RDS OF NEW JOBS, NEED
RELIEF FROM TAXATION, REGULATION AND
LITIGATION.
- 16 -
*
LEGAL REFORM. UP TO $200 BILLION ON
LAWYERS. CLINTON IN POCKET. SUE EACH
OTHER LESS -- CARE FOR EACH OTHER MORE. //
*
HEALTH CARE. CLINTON PROPOSES GOVERNMENT
INTERVENTION -- COULD EVENTUALLY END UP
WITH GOVERNMENT CONTROLLING 13 PERCENT OF
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT. USE INCENTIVES,
REFORMS, TAX CREDITS TO MAKE HEALTH CARE
MORE AVAILABLE, AND CUT WHAT YOU PAY.
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EDUCATION. PROUD OF RECORD. NATIONAL
GOALS. 1,700 COMMUNITIES REINVENTING
SCHOOLS. ONE OUT OF 2 COLLEGE STUDENTS
WITH FINANCIAL AID - AMERICAN DREAM.
SCHOOL CHOICE -- PUBLIC, PRIVATE, OR
RELIGIOUS.
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*
CRIME -- ARKANSAS PRISONERS SPEND 20
PERCENT OF TERM. LESS RESPECT FOR
CRIMINALS, MORE RESPECT FOR VICTIMS.
ENDORSED BY LITTLE Rock POLICE.
REFORMING GOVERNMENT - BALANCED BUDGET
AMENDMENT.
LINE ITEM VETO.
TAXPAYER CHECK-OFF
TERM-LIMITS.
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CHARACTER COUNTS
*
FLIP FLOPS. PERSIAN GULF, FREE TRADE,
RIGHT-TO WORK, TERM LIMITS.
PATTERN OF DECEPTION.
*
GOVERNOR CLINTON IS so AMBITIOUS, HE
WANTS LIKENESS CARVED INTO-MOUNT
RUSHMORE. BUT THERE'S NOT ROOM FOR TWO
FACES.
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*
CHARACTER OF PRESIDENCY, AROUND THE WORLD
PEOPLE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES - CHARACTER AND TRUST ARE
KEYWORDS.
SOFT ENDING
*
KIDS IN AUDIENCE. AGENDA UNFINISHED.
THE AMERICAN DREAM STILL LIVES.
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October 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR MEL LUKENS
FROM:
RONALD C. KAUFMAN
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
POLITICAL AFFAIRS
SUBJECT:
RECOMMENDED GREETERS FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT
TO NEW MEXICO -- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1992
The Office of Political Affairs would like to recommend the
following individuals greet the President on arrival in New
Mexico on Monday, October 26, 1992.
1)
Senator Pete Domenici
U.S Senator
2)
Congressman Steve Schiff
1st Congressional District
3)
Congressman Joe Skeen
2nd Congressional District
4)
The Hon Garrey Carruthers, Former Governor of New Mexico
C
Mr. John Lattauzio, New Mexico State GOP Chairman
6)
Mr. Aubrey Cookman, Honorary Bush/Quayle Chairman
7)
The Hon. Tom Balock, Former Governor of New Mexico
8)
Mr. Hoyt Pattison, New Mexico Bush/Quayle Co-Chair
9)
Mr. Edward Lujan, Former GOP State Chairman
10) Mr. Greg Bemis, Candidate for Congress (3rd District)
11) Mr. Frank Bond, Bush/Quayle supporter
12) Mr. Benny Gallegos, Bush/Quayle supporter
13) Mrs. Shirley Leslie, Former New Mexico National
Committeewoman
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Do NOT list Arkansas rank
on teachers' salaries,
SD is also low.
Did you get Commerce report conditions On SD
Economic (good)
SD takes dim view of rut of state
corporate farms - has restrictions
on them,
Ethanol is important,
Exports also. Anything to raise
farm commodity
prices,
Paid for by Bush-Quayle '92 Primary Committee, Inc.
Printed on Recycled Paper
Argus Leader
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Opinion
A Gannett newspaper
OCT-24-92 SAT 17:23
akota winds
GRAB ALL YOU CAN,
MEN. IN 500 YEARS,
WELL BE POLITICALLY
INCORRECT.
Bill Clinton
This isn't an endorsement of anyone
for president. We just didn't want to be
the last newspaper column in North
America to write off President Bush's
chances of being re-elected. To the best
we can determine, there are still a few
writers scattered between British Co-
lumbia and Mexico who think Bush has
a chance to win the election. However,
Bush pickers are disappearing fast. So,
just for the record, we join the pack
with this bold prediction: Bill Clinton
will be the next president. Probably.
Candidates
Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle and
his Natural Law Party challenger Kent
Hyde distinguished themselves this
week by standing up effectively for the
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Constitution during a forum at the
Opinion cartoon by Steve Benson of the Arizona Rapublic.
Disabled American Veteran's center in
Sioux Falls. The two took the high
ground on the issue of flag burning,
saying that while it offended them
It's time to save family farm
personally, the Constitution should not
be amended to prevent it. "I'd like to
kick the guy who burned the flag,"
By TED ANDERSON
Not too many years ago, 14
Different voices
Daschle said. But be said the flag
percent of the population was made
represents freedom, even if that
up of family farmers. Now that
Ted C. Anderson, 61, Is a retired vice president for
freedom includes acts that many find
population has shrunk to two per-
an appliance and lighting company. He is married
offensive. That's a hard principle to
cent. Let's explore some of the
has three children and lives In Sioux Falls. His Interes
promote, especially in front of citizens
ramifications of this decline:
in farming dates back to his childhood.
Many of the small towns no
Articles that reflect a different voice may b
who have carried the flag into battle.
longer have hospitals;
submitted by individuals or organizations. All centri
Many no longer have clinics;
buttons will be considered, but the newspaper canno
no
longer
have
guarantee that all will be published. Please Include
-24-92 SAT 17:24
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Life / features
Mario make
By MIKE HUGHES
Gannett News Service
It was a day when Harlem and
Hollywood stood face-to-face.
To Mario Van Peebles, stepping
into both worlds, It made a quick
impression. That was when he was directing
and co-starring in the movie, New
Jack City. One moment, Van Pee-
bles was in the midst of make-
believe drug busts; the next, he
was huddling with the other film
bosses.
"We were all young and black,"
he recalls. "One was a graduate of
Princeton, others were from Har
vard and Yale and Columbia."
It was a lesson in the variation
of life. "We were the ones who had
been able to get out of there and ge
a good education.'
Now comes another glimpse: I
the Line of Daty: Street War (
p.m. Sunday on NBC) has Va
Three members of the Up With People team have roots in the area.
Peebles as a decent cop.
They will give a public performance Tuesday in the Coliseum.
For a movie star, this is a tin
role. "Egowise, I don't need to pla
Up With People ready
a guy who dies in the first reel,
Van Peebles said.
Still, it gives him a chance to pla
a straight-ahead herc. It also let
to hit town, perform
him work with a gifted directo
Dick Lowry.
Van Feebles knows great d
From staff reports
from 20 countries are touring the
recting. His dad, Melvin, pioneero
Up With People brings its show
world.
the explosive action films of th
Rhythm of the World to Sioux
The cast visiting South Dakota
60s.
Falls for a performance at 7:30
includes Eric Lundeen, a promo-
At first, Mario ignored the trac
p.m. Tuesday in the Coliseum.
tion representative from Sioux
tion. He went to prep school ar
The show celebrates the diver-
Falls, Paula Wick, a Sioux Falls
sity of cultures and ideas in the
student, and Sheila Morgan, a pro-
world. It was composed by writers
motion representative from
from six countries and includes
Mitchell.
sights and/sounds of contempo-
The Up With People cast arrives
rary international music.
in Sioux Falls Sunday. Cast mem-
ANNIVERS
Songs like On the Run take their
bers will visit a variety of local in-
cue from rap and look at the '90s
stitutions, including the South Da-
high-pressure lifestyle. There's a
kota School for the Deaf,
in
p
Latin medley and Vamos a Bailar
Children's Home Society and Crip-
adds Spanish dance to the show.
pled Children's Hospital and
The Mondavian Gypsy Dance
School. They'll perform part of the
brings traditional choreegraphy
show at the South Dakota State
BIG S
into the action while Jive looks to
Penitentiary.
jazz for inspiration.
Tickets for Tuesday's show cost
Up With People began in 1965 to
$14 for reserved seats and $11 for
general admission. Tickets are
Mr.
Bi
provide a focus for student ide-
alism and energy. This year, five
available at local Ticket Master
casts involving 750 young people
locations.
North
Sio
Sinead writes about abuse
Open
NEW YORK (AP) - Sinead
Connor,
Connor's not finished talking.
who says she
The Irish singer, after canceling
was abused as a
a scheduled London news confer-
child by her par-
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ents, said in her
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Morrell buy-out considered
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reduction and consolidation coupled with the
manager Tim Sinskey did not return a call. said.
rgus Leader Staff
sale of certain meat division assets. The
Former spokesman Raoul Baxter is no
The parent company of the John Morrell
Company and union representatives met
company is pursuing the sale of assets
longer employed at the company's headquar-
lant in Sioux Falls is pursuing the sale of its
Friday, Skyberg said.
including a significant non-core operation,"
ters.
neat division.
Chiquita said in a news release on Its
Jim Lyons, president of Local 304A of the
operating losses for the third quarter.
Workers have heard many rumors about
Chiquita Brands International Inc. of
United Food & Commercial Workers, said
the fate of the plant, said Duane Skyberg, a
"incinnati said Friday that the sale of meat
Chiquita said at its annual meeting in May
the union has not met with the company.
23-year employee who works in the pro-
ivision assets could include a management
that it would consider selling its meat
Lyons said he would not be ready to
cessed meat and curing department. "They
uy-out. The future of Morrell's aging plant
comment on the issue until Monday.
division, including the plant in Sloux Falls.
haven't told us anything. The company
nd 2,800 employees here is unknown.
Company officials in Cincinnati were
hasn't said anything. The union hasn't said
Analyst John McMillin of Prudential Secu-
"These plans include aggressive cost
unavailable for comment Friday and plant
anything. They just let everybody hang," he
Morrell/ See 2A
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- Transfusions in 1985 from blood stocks officials knew
given transfusions by une National Center 101 MANA
were contanunated with the HIV virus, which causes
AIDS. More than 250 have since died and most of the others
are HIV positive. They are dying at a rate of about one
a week.
Transfusions from the center also infected 6,000 to
8,000 non-hermophiliacs. This group was not involved in
the case and its death rate wasn't available. About
200,000 people in France have been infected with HIV.
Morrell
Continued from 1A
rities Research in New York said Chiquita's
statement indicates the company is closer to selling
its meat division. Morrell sold a pork plant a few
weeks ago. be said.
Northwest: Today, s-m
"My guess is the business will be sold in parts and
High, around sc. Light Wi
management will probably take the remaining
coming southeast 5 to 15
night, clear. Low. 40 is 4
part," McMillin said. Senior employees may be a
mostly sunny.
part of the management buy out.
"My sense is they'll keep It open as long as there
are hogs arcund." Hogs are ample in the market
right now, McMillin said.
Dan Scott. vice president of the Sioux Falls
Development Foundation Inc., said his group has not
In the nat
been notified by the company of its plans.
"We would intend to work closely with the Morrell
Temperatures noi
people to do whatever we could to make certain
day's high and overrigh
those jobs that exist down there stay." he said.
p.m. CDT.
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Roland Dolly. commissioner of the Governor's
Amarillo
79
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Office of Economic Development, said he doesn't
Anchorage
36
29
Atlanta
72 sc
expect anything ominous.
Austin
85 &
'We don't know exactly what they're going to do,"
Baltimore
64 3.
he said. "I don't think there's any reason for the
Billings
73 4
Bringhm
78
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employees or anybody to overreact."
Bismarck
75 4C
The state has offered to work with the company in
Ecise
73 4:
the past, but nothing has been pursued. If there is a
Boston
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Buffalo
63 37
need. the state has a general response plan that
Casper
71 38
would be put in place to take care of employees in a
ChrinSC
68 E
transition period.
Cheyenne
67
in
Chicago
76 59
Analyst Ed Mally of Salomon Brothers in New
Cinci
72 43
York said swings in banana prices have caused
Cleveland
71 37
Chiquita to look at selling the meat division because
Dallas
8 as
Dayton
72 4
of its low margin of profit. He expects the company
Denver
70 45
to do something significant with the meat division
Des Mrs
78 5
within a year.
Detroit
74 44
Duluth
65 &
"Since the meat business is less profitable, I think
El Paso
76 57
they think that'll be a drag on their business," he
Fargo
70 37
said. "They're in transition. They've had a rough go
Flagstaff
67
35
Hartford
a
29
of it this year."
Helena
67 34
Chiquita announced Friday that it expects to
Honolulu
87
as
report a loss of at least $1.50 a share for the quarter
Houston
3 B
Indnpis
74 69
that ended Sept. 30. That compares with a loss of 30
KC
80 62
cents a share for the same period last year, Results
Las Vegas
86
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of the quarter are expected to be reported Nov. 2.
Grief
Bultena, a junior, said he now goi
wears a seat belt all the time. an
"The next day you could be gone." fer
Continued from 1A
Charity Buus, also a junior de
shooting.
member of the cross country
]
Adam Lawrence, 5, of Lennox
team, attended the same church clo
was electrocuted Aug. 19.
as Kuper.
por
"One death of this kind is too
"His death was hard on ev-
to
many," Klusmann said. "When
eryone. We really pulled to-
(
young ones go, it's hard for all of
gether," Buus said. "It was just 50 CO:
us to deal with."
much. You just don't know what's of I
The deaths have affected a
going to happen next."
far
large number of students. said
The team planted a blue spruce fro
Bob Steadman, counselor at
at Lenkota Golf Course in Kuper's
-
Lennox High School.
memory. The tree marks the final fine
After Kuper's death, the school
turn of the cross country route. des
offered counseling. Steadman said
Team members dedicated their
more than 150 of the school's 400
season to Kuper and are wearing The
students attended group sessions.
his name on their uniforms.
11.,
Some also received one-on-one
"He was real well-liked. Kelly Rc:
counseling,
was the kind of kid who would bar
"A lot of them were having
milk cows in the morning and still the