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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD
001
CLARKSVILLE
STATISTICAL
AREA
CHAMBER OF
REPORT
COMMERCE
P.O. BOX AA3 / CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE 37041-0883
(615) 647-2331
Clarksville/Montgomery County
Tennessee's 5th Largest Municipality
SPECIAL EDITION - ACTION REPORT
SUMMER 1991
Although we cannot guarantee absolute accuracy in this annual Statistical Report, all Information was obtained from
reliable sources. Assistance with our research is greatly appreciated, and any Input is welcome. Refer all Inquiries to the
sources below, or contact the Chamber office, 647-2331.
POPULATION
ECONOMY
(Regional Planning Commission, 645-7448)
ACCRA Cost of Living Index Survey - 91.8%
(1st quarter 1991)
City
County
*SMSA
1980 Census
Diversified: Agriculture, Finance, Government, Manufac-
54,777
83,342
150,220
1985 Est.
62,204
turing, Military Installation, Retail and State University
93,303
161,700
1990 Census
75,494
100,498
168,000
(May)
Fort Campbell Post Population
30,916
Civilian Labor Force (County)
36,130
Projected (County)
Manufacturing Employment
1995
6,220
111,338
Non-Manufacturing Employment
2000
18,660
122,181
Total
Minority
24,880
25% City
20% County
Unemployment Rate
4.5%
City and Retail Trading Area Population
169,439
AREA AND ELEVATION
(Regional Planning Commission, 645-7448)
Median Household Effective Buying Income:
(Sales and Marketing Management-APSU Library)
(1989 Est.)
Clarksville - 75 sq. mi.
City
Montgomery County . 543 sq. ml.
$
21,096
500' above sea level
City and County
$
21,458
SMSA
$
20,213
Total EBI
$1,624,275,000
CLIMATE
(Regional Planning Commission, 645-7448)
% of Population by Age Group (1989)
Temperature (Annual Average) - 60.2 degrees)
Average Annual Precipitation . 48.92"
City County
18 24
18.2
15.7
25 34
19.6
19.0
LOCATION
35 49
19,5
20.3
40 miles Northwest of Nashville, approximately 250 miles
50 & Over
16.6
18.4
from a point which is the population center of the United
States.
% of Income Households by Effective Buying Income Group (1989)
City County
$10,000-$19,999
29.2
27.7
$20,000-$34,999
30.1
29.8
$35,000-$49,999
13.5
14.2
$50,000 & Over
9.4
9.6
(1989)
(Thousands)
No. Households in City
29.8
*
City and County
SMSA includes Montgomery and Christian Counties.
35.0
SMSA
" All telephone listings are within the 615 area code,
55.0
(Avq income for vanous professions)
Statistical
Abstracts
09/28/92
12:00
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD
002
FORT
502-798-2151
Physicians and Surgeons
77
(Public Affairs Office, 798-6027 or 798-3025)
Dentists
28
Fiscal Year Ending September, 1989
Optometrists
12
Post Population
30,916
Ophthalmologists
3
Authorized Military Strength (approx.)
21,166
Veterinarians
13
No. Civilian & Other Employees
4,099
Psychologists (Ph.D.)
11
Military Payroll
$403,522,175
Chiropractors
6
Civilian & Other Employees Payroll
75,338,822
Medical Clinics
3
Disbursements (FY '89)
$640,540,312
APSU Ft. Campbell Center Enrollment (Fall '89)
2,504
EDUCATION
(Board of Education, 648-5600)
HARRIETT COHN MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
Enrollment:
(648-8126)
Ciks.-Montgomery County (1989-90)
16,148
94,000 Units of Service FY 89.90
The Clarksville Academy (647-6311)
294
Bible Baptist Academy (358-2493)
107
Beds
63
Montgomery Christian
Outpatient & Residential Treatment
Academy (648-4762)
160
Facilities
15
Austin Peay State
Nurses
4
University (648-7121)
7,000
Other Employees
High School Students and adults
167
enrolled in vocational programs
7,821
Adults enrolled In basic education
programs (Literacy, ABE & GED)
1,103
Draughons Junior College (552-7600)
250
Miller-Motte Business College (553-0071)
362
North Central Institute
93
NURSING HOMES
PATIENT BEDS
Clarksville Manor, Inc.
83
General Care Convalescent Center
130
SHOPPING FACILITIES
Montgomery County Nursing Home
120
Clarksville Plaza; Clarksville Square; Cunningham Place;
Palmyra Intermediate Care Center
75
Downtown; Franklin Arcade; Governor's Square Mall;
Spring Meadows Health Care Center
84
Hampton Plaza; K-Mart Center; Madison Shopping Circle;
Total
492
Madison Square; Markland Plaza; Mart Shopping Center;
Northgate Plaza; Northpark Center; Richview Center; River-
side Center; Salem Road Shopping Complex; St.
Bethlehem Plaza; Tradewinds South; TWO Rivers Mall;
Westown Shoppes; Clarksville Commons.
*
Other facilities currently under construction.
AGRICULTURE
(ASCS Office, 647-3362)
1989-90
TOTAL RETAIL SALES (1990 Est.)
Montgomery
*Clarksville
($000)
City
City/County
County
Market
Gen. Mds.
100,659
Burley-No. lbs.
1,510,306
104,162
1,856,937
Food
Paid Farmers
83,320
$2,512,847
98,470
$3,089,641
Automotive
Average Price
220,363
$166.38
220,489
$166.38
Furniture
Yield per Acre
28,130
1,661
-
29,646
Eat-Drink
59,001
Poundage Prod.
69%
-
93,707
Drugs
-
14,124
*Auction
15,179
Non-Auction
Total
Fire-Cured-No. lbs.
$505,597
$561,653
3,299,980
1,183,325
5,058,754
Paid Farmers
$6,322,102
$1,954,011
$11,029,654
Average Price
$191.58
$165.13
$218.03
1991 (Est.) Income Per Household
Yield per Acre
1,892
I
-
City
Acreage Prod.
92%
-
-
$26,361
County
'All neighboring Counties including Montgomery
$32,290
HEALTH AND MEDICAL
Memorial Hospital, (552-6622)
Approximate (Agricultural Extension Service, 648-5725)
1989
Harvested
1990
Total
Crops
Acres
Income
Corn
Beds
$10,000
$2,150,000
216
Wheat
Patients Admitted
10,500
$2,000,000
8,792
Soybeans
Bables Delivered
14,400
$2,650,000
1,186
Hay
Nurses RN
15,000
$1,350,000
166
LIVESTOCK
LPN
Head
Total Income
154
Swine
Other Employees
15,000
$2,000,000
630 Full
Beef Cattle
40,000
$9,000,000
173 Part
Dalry Cattle
Total
900
$1,300,000
803
Forest Products
25 Million Bd. F1.
$6,500,000
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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD
003
TAX COLLECTIONS
(Finance and Revenue, 645-7432)
thousands of worshipers on Sundays and throughout the
week, with all faiths except Jewish represented. The
Property Tax
closest synagogue Is In Nashville.
1991
City Rate per $100
$1.19
Assessment
Rate:
Public Utilities
55%
Commercial and Industrial
COMMUNICATIONS
40%
Residential and Farm
Telephone Lines
25%
38,339
Personal Property
30%
(South Central Bell, In-State 1-557-6500
County Rate per $100 (648-5717)
$2.73
Out-of-State 0-615-780-4004)
Total City/County Assessments $716,203,299.00
Newspaper Circulation
Daily
Sunday
CLARKSVILLE BUSINESS TAX
$570,019.24
(The Leaf-Chronicle, 552-1808)
18,378 21,767
Liquor Tax:
(Montgomery County News, 431-3574)
Weekly
State
Local
1,000
$155,036.36
Magazine Circulation
$148,780.76
Liquor By Drink Fees
$18,750
(Real Estate Digest, 645-8149)
Beer Tax:
Approx. 10,000 Monthly
State
Local
$32,927.29
Beer License Fee
$920,185.18
Post Office Receipts
Approx. $28,000,000
$4,650.00
Sales Tax Summary:
Clarksville-Montgomery County Public
State $2,742.237.66
Local $2,838,059.11
Library
70,000 Volumes
(51/2 per dollar)
(21/2° per dollar)
Cencom Cable Television
Approx, 21,000 Subscribers
MONTGOMERY COUNTY (7-90/6-91)
(David Dabbs, Trustee 648-5717)
Radio Stations, 6
Roads Department (State Funds):
Inspection Fee
$94,461.44
TRANSPORTATION
Gas Tax
$1,948,476.29
Mixed Drinks Tax (School)
Name of Airport Outlaw Field (431-4170)
$87,214.80
Location - Northern Part of City
Sales Tax (School)
$9,838,910.94
Length of Runways: 6,000' X 100'
Wheel Tax (School)
4,000' X 100'
$1,998,617.50
Interest on Investments (School)
Runways No. 17 and No. 35 lighted for night
$370,059.55
operations
State Income Tax (School)
Bank Excise Tax
$91,135.17
Fuel: Jet A, Gasoline Octane 100
Hotel/Motel Tax
$23,921.79
Services: Charter, Flying Instructions, Passenger, Air
$264,463.82
Freight (Both domestic and international)
REVENUES FOR SCHOOLS 1990.91
Other:
(Board of Education, 648-5600)
Local
47%
Limousine Service- 8 daily trips to Nashville Metro Airport
State
$26,995,253
Taxi, Car, Limousine Rental Service Available
42%
Federal
$24,455,833
Two Commuter Services to Nashville
8%
Non-Revenue
$4,699,608
Rail - 1 Railroad (Freight only)
3%
$1,683,344
Bus lines - Passenger & Freight
Motor Freight Carriers 5
Terminals . 3
Specialized Heavy Haulers . 5
ANALYSIS OF 1990 COUNTY TAX RATES:
All-season navigable water; 9' Channel to Gulf of Mexico
(David Dabbs, Trustee, 648-5717)
General Purpose Schools
Clarksville Transit System . 8 Buses, 1 Mini Van and 1
$ .96
County General
Paratransit in operation for public use.
$ .48
General Roads
$ .19
Debt Service
UTILITIES
$1.10
Electric Users:
Total Tax Rate
$2.73
City-Department of Electricity (648-8151)
County-Cumberland Electric
29,732
Collections from 1 cent of the State's 9-cent gasoline tax
and 121/2 percent of the collections from 2 cents of the 4 1/2
Membership Corporation (645-2481)
10,233
cents Sales and Use Tax are distributed among cities and
Natural Gas Users:
towns according to population.
Gas & Water Dept. (645-7400)
City and County
HOMES
7,826
Clarksville offers housing for varied Income brackets, in-
Water Meters:
cluding beautiful established homes, many modern sub-
City and County
divisions, apartment complexes, cluster developments and
25,327
condominiums, in most sections of town, For more infor-
Average Dally Consumption (Gals)
Daily Filtering Capacity (Gals)
8,817,070
Chamber. mation, consult our list of member realtors, available at the
24 MGD
Water Analysis: Fluoridated, Soft, Neutral
CHURCHES
Alkalinity
62 ppm
A total of 150 to 200 church buildings In Clarksville, Mon.
CO,
Iron
9 ppm
.05 ppm
tgomery County and surrounding counties serve the
Aluminum
Turbidity
.05 ppm
.15 ppm
Fluoride
PH
1.0 ppm
7.1 ppm
Hardness
94 ppm
09/28/92
12:01
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD
004
Table of Contents
WELCOME
Quick Facts
2
Services
Motor Vehicle Registration
3
Since its founding in 1784, Clarksville, Tennessee,
Driver's License
3
has played an important role as one of the most
Utilities
3
historic ports on the Cumberland River.
Schools
4
Today, Clarksville is Tennessee's fifth largest
Social Services
7
municipality, and one of the Southeast's fastest
Post Office
7
growing cities. Clarksville is part of the Clarksville/
Voting
8
Hopkinsville, Ky. Standard Metropolitan Statistical
Medical Care
8
Area (SMSA), which ranks in the nation's top 200 in
Transportation
9
Taxes
population.
9
Maps and Statistical Information
Clarksville is the home to industry, retail trade, a
10
Real Estate
state university, a military base, recreation and
10
Churches
tourist business and a strong agricultural base. It is
10
Radio, Television & Cable TV
located 45 miles northwest of Nashville.
10
Newspaper
11
Perhaps you will soon be a part of our growth. Or,
Financial Services
11
perhaps you are just visiting this beautiful area.
Wills
11
Either way, we hope you find this ready reference
Credit
12
booklet of value in guiding you through Clarksville.
Military Reserve
12
If you need additional information or assistance,
Shopping Facilities
12
please call or visit the Clarksville Area Chamber of
Motels and Restaurants
12
Commerce, 312 Madison Street, Clarksville, Tenn.
History
13
37040, 615-647-2331. Operating hours: Monday-
History Sites/Points of Interest
16
Thursday, 8 a.m. 5:00 p.m., Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Things To Do
22
Recreation
25
Economy
26
Organizations
28
Clarksville
More than a pretty place.
For more information contact:
Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce
312 Madison Street - P.O. Box 883
Clarksville, Tennessee 37041-0883
615-647-2331
Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce
Picture on cover-Clarksville's Public Square and gazebo.
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Services
Quick Facts
Motor Vehicle Registration
Personal use automobile or truck vehicle
Population
registration renewals expire on a staggered
City
('88 est.)
75,944
alphabetical schedule, Month of renewal depends
County
('88 est.)
on the initial letter of an individual's last name.
101,692
Tennessee license plates and registration must be
Households
obtained as soon as possible after establishing
City
(86 est.)
24,500
residency. Present registration and title, or just
County
('86 est.)
31,500
registration in the case of a financed car, should be
Area and Elevation
taken to the county court clerk's office, 214 Franklin
City
St. Registration fees are prorated to renewal month.
59 square miles
Phone 648-5711.
County
543 square miles
500 feel above sea level.
Driver's License
Location
45 miles northwest of Nashville on Kentucky-
Tennessee State Law allows 90 days from date of
Tennessee border
residency to obtain a driver's license. With a valid
250 miles from a point which is the population
out-of-state license, only a written and eye test are
center of the United States
required. For persons without a valid license, a
Climate
driving test is also required.
Temperate: Annual average temperature is
Testing is done at the Tennessee Driver License
60.2%. January average temperature is
Examination Station, 637 N. 8th St., on Mondays
38.3%.
through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Present
July'average temperature is 79.6%.
valid driver's license, or if not applicable, proof of
Precipitation: Annual average is 48.92 inches. It
age should be brought to the testing session. There is
seldom snows (10.9 inches average) but
a $2 examination fee plus $14.00 license fee.
January and February have increased
Tennessee Driver's licenses are $16 renewable for
cloudiness and rain. August and September
a 2-year term depending on birth month and year.
Phone 648-5596.
are usually dry.
I lumidity: Average relative humidity at its peak
at 6 a.m. is 85%, at its low at noon 59%.
Utilities
Form of Government
Electricity-To begin service within the city limits of
City: The city of Clarksville is governed by an
Clarksville, call Clarksville Department of Electricity,
elected mayor and a city council of 12
Hwy. 79, Guthrie Hwy., 648-8151.
members.
To begin service in Montgomery County outside
County: Montgomery County is governed by an
Clarksville, call Cumberland Electric Membership
elected county executive and 21 county
Corporation (CEMC), Nashville Hwy. 41-A South,
commissioners.
645-2481.
For emergency service, consult phone book under
the appropriate service for additional phone
numbers.
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Natural Gas-Because of natural gas deregulation,
Barksdale School
Woodlawn School
the residential natural gas supply for the Clarksville
Grades K-5
Grades K-5
area now and in the future appears to be plentiful.
1920 Madison St.
Dover Road, U.S. 79
648-5685
West
For information on beginning natural gas service,
call Clarksville Gas and Water Department, 104
Byrns Darden School
648-5680
Public Square, 645-7416.
Grades K-5
Burt School
609 E. Street
Grade 5
Water-To begin service, call Clarksville Gas and
648 5615
special education classes
Water Department, 104 Public Square, 645-7416.
Cumberland Heights
110 Bailey St.
Residents of some areas of the county will be
School
648-5630
referred to a utility district office.
Grades K-5
Greenwood Middle
For emergency service, consult phone book for
Cumberland Heights Road
School
additional phone numbers.
648-5695
Grades 6-8
East Montgomery
430 Greenwood Ave.
Telephone-To begin service call South Central Bell
Elementary School
648-5650
business office, 1-557-6000 no charge, 8:30 to 4:30
Grades K-5
Montgomery Central
weekdays.
McAdoo Creek Road,
Middle School
Garbage Collection-Independent contractors are
Sango
Grade 6-8
358-2868
3941 Highway 48
responsible for garbage collection within the city
limits of Clarksville, as well as some areas of the
Montgomery Central
Cunningham
Elementary School
387-2575
county. A complete listing may be found in the
Grades K-5
New Providence Middle
yellow pages under "Garbage and Rubbish
Twy. 48, Rt. 1
School
Removal"
Cunningham
Grades 6-8
The Bi-County Solid Waste Management System
387-3208
146 Cunningham Lane
maintains garbage dumpsters in the county outside
Moore School
648-5655
city limits for residents who do not or cannot get
Grades K-5
Northeast Middle School
private service. Use of these dumpsters by residents
Mericourt Park
Grades 6-8
from within city limits is illegal.
1350 Madison Street
3703 Trenton Road
Bi-County also operates a refuse transfer station
648-5635
648-5665
on Highway Drive and a landfill, located 12 miles
Minglewood School
Richview Middle School
west of the city on U.S. Highway 79. Because there
Grades K-5
Grades 6-8
are limitations on types of refuse accepted at these
215 Cunningham Lane
2350 Memorial Dr.
facilities, it is suggested you call the transfer station,
648-5646
648-5620
648-5751, before dumping waste.
Northeast Elementary
Clarksville High School
School
Grades 9-12
Schools
Grades K-5
Richview Road
3705 Trenton Road
648-5690
Clarksville-Montgomery County School System
648-5662
Montgomery Central
(public)-To determine which of the 19 unified city-
Smith Elementary School
High School
county school system districts a residence is in, call
Grades K-5
Grades 7-12
the Board of Education office, 648-5600. Law
740 Greenwood Ave.
Hwy. 48, Rt. 1,
648-5660
requires a child to attend the school in his district,
Cunningham
Ringgold School
387-3201
unless a handicap prevents him from doing SO.
Grades K-5
To enroll a child in a public school, visit the office
Northeast High School
Ringgold Road
Grades 9-12
of the appropriate school to complete an enrollment
648-5625
3701 Trenton Road
form. The principal at the school will explain
St. Bethlehem School
648-5640
procedures for enrollment.
Grades K-4
Northwest High School
For further information you may contact the Board
U.S. 79, St. Bethlehem
Grades 9-12
office. See the city map, center of this booklet, for
648-5670
800 Lafayette
locations of each school.
648-5675
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Montgomery County Vocational School-Offers
half or full day basis. Other grades are arranged in
evening adult classes, as well as vocation instruction
traditional classroom style with a student-teacher
in conjunction with high school programs. Located
ratio of approximately 10-1. The Academy is located
on Appleton Drive, near Northwest High School,
near the intersection of 1 lighway 76 and Interstate
648-5638.
24. For more information, call the office at 358-
Adult Basic Education--For adults who have less
2493.
than 12 years of formal education. Provides
Clarksville Baptist College-Establishesi lo train
instruction in basic skills and preparation for the
persons in religious fields, the College is the only
GED test. For information, call supervisor of Adult
four-year Bible college in the area. A Bachelor in
Basic Education 648-5638.
Religious Education is offered with majors in
Tennessee Vocational Training Center--Vocational
theology, youth and music, Christian education and
rehabilitation for physically and mentally
missionary work.
handicapped individuals. For more information, call
The College campus is located near the
648-5560. Center is located at 1241 Highway Dr.
intersection of Highway 76 and Interstate 24 and
includes a bookstore. Catalogs of course offerings as
The Clarksville Academy-A private school,
well as admission information may be obtained by
preschool through grade 12. To enroll a child, an
calling 358-2493.
application form, available at the school office, must
Montgomery Christian Academy . A private
be completed. If an opening is available (classes are
Christian school for grades K-12. Their enrollment
limited to approximately 20 students each) an
includes 150 students with a low pupil-teacher ratio.
examination for placement will be administered.
The Academy is located at 1186 Ft. Campbell Blvd.
Fees vary, depending on the child's grade level.
For enrollment fees call the office at 648-4762.
The school is located at 710 North Second St.,
647 6311.
Social Services
Austin Peay State University-This regional
university is comprised of four colleges-College of
For a list of Social Service Organizations consult
Arts and Sciences-College of Business-College of
the Yellow Pages, call the United Way of Clarksville-
Education-College of Graduate and Professional
Montgomery County (647-4291) or call the
Programs.
Tennessee Department of I luman Services
APSU is a comprehensive, state-assisted university
(648-5500)
with a distinguished tradition in liberal and
professional education. Predominately an
Post Office
undergraduate institution, APSU is large enough to
offer a diverse curriculum but small enough to allow
Main Office
for the nurturing of individual student success.
306 Madison St
647-3391
Continuing education courses and evening classes
New Providence Branch
are open to the public.
307 West Concord Dr
647-5434
The APSU Fort Campbell Center concentrates on
St. Bethlehem Branch
programs in management technology and
St. Bethlehem Plaza,
645-6494
occupational sciences.
Woodlawn Branch
For admission information and requirements,
U.S. 79
647-6452
contact the office of admissions and records,
Hilldale Branch
Browning Building, College Street, 648-7121. For
207 Holly Circle
647-2356
applications to graduate degree programs, contact
Palmyra Branch
the Dean of the Graduate Program, 648-7414.
Tennessee 149
326-5553
Southside Branch
Bible Baptist Academy--^ private Christian school
Dixie 13 Road
387-2400
for grades K-12, the academy enrolls approximately
100 students. Kindergarten classes are offered on a
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Voting
appointment. Office hours: Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. & a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 645-1236, 1608 Haynes
To be eligible to vote, residents must register with
Street.
the Montgomery County Election Commission,
Nursing Homes-The Clarksville area is served by
basement of the County Courthouse, 30 days prior
live facilities with a total capacity to assist 435 beds.
to any election, but al least 20 days after establishing
Clarksville Manor
552-3002
residence in Montgomery County. Minimum voting
General Care
647-0269
age in Tennessee is 18. For more information on
Montgomery County
362-3203
voter registration, call the election commission
Palmyra Intermediate Care Center
326-5252
office, 648-5707.
Spring Meadow
326-0181
Medical Care
Transportation
Memorial Hospital-Clarksville is served by
Alrlines-Air Kentucky, a member of U.S. Air
approximately 74 physicians and surgeons, 29
Airlines, has two flights Monday through Friday from
dentists and a 216 bed hospital. A two-story doc tors
Outlaw Field connecting Clarksville with Nashville,
building is located next to Clarksville Memorial
and three flights Monday through Friday connecting
Hospital.
Clarksville with Louisville, Ky.
To reach Memorial Hospital, call 552-6622, 1771
Outlaw Field, governed by the Clarksville-
Madison St.
Montgomery Airport Authority, is located at the end
Harriett Cohn Mental Health Center-Serves the
of Airport Road off U.S. 41A North across from Ft.
mental health needs of seven counties: Montgomery,
Campbell.
Dickson, Cheatham, Houston, Humphreys,
Bus-Clarksville is served regularly by Brooks and
Robertson and Stewart.
Greyhound Bus Lines, Jefferson Street, 647-3336.
Staff consists of board eligible psychiatrists,
Bus service runs directly to Ft. Campbell.
licensed psychologists, psychiatric social workers, a
play therapist, a registered nurse, alcohol and drug
Clarksville Transit System-Clarksville boasts of a
counselors, marriage counselors, and others.
newly formed bus service with routes running many
For assistance with any mental health needs, call
of the city limit streets. For schedules of the routes,
648-8126, 511 North 8th Street.
call the transit office, 553-2429 or come by the
Chamber office at 312 Madison Street.
Ambulance Service-Call Montgomery County
Ambulance Service, 648-5735, 1610 Haynes Street,
Railroads-The R.J. Corman Railroad handles freight
or in an emergency, dial 911.
traffic through Clarksville.
Public Health Center-Available to all residents of
Taxi and Limo Service-Twenty-two independent
Montgomery County and surrounding counties. A
cab companies operate in the Clarksville and Ft.
mobile clinic visits outlying area of the county and a
Campbell area. One limo service links Nashville
public health nurse visits the schools.
Airport with Clarksville and Ft. Campbell. See the
Services include chronic illness screening and
yellow pages of the phone book under appropriate
referrals, immunizations, family planning, nutritional
listings for numbers.
counseling, well-baby screening, tuberculosis testing
and follow-up, medical examinations for welfare
Taxes
children, diabetes screening, venereal disease clinic,
child abuse prevention, blood pressure checks.
Property Tax (rate per $100 of value)
Call Montgomery County Public Health
City
$2.00
Department, 648-5747, 1606 Haynes Street.
County
$4.15
Sales Tax
Cumberland Dialysis Center-Dialysis treatment
State
5.5 cents per dollar
facility with current capacity to assist 24 patients.
County
2.5 cents per dollar
Transient dialysis treatment is available by
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Wheel Tax
County education tax
$20.50 per year
Newspapers
Clarksville is served by two newspapers-The Leaf
Maps and Statistical
Chronicle (published daily), 552-1808 and the
Montgomery County News (published weekly),
Information
431-3574.
The military at Fort Campbell is served by the Fort
The Chamber of Commerce provides additional
Campbell Courier, 439-5700, which is a weekly
statistical information along with many brochures on
command information newspaper.
various points of interest to a newcomer. You may
also purchase a city and county map for the price of
Financial Services
$1.50.
There are 6 banks and 2 savings and loan
Real Estate
institutions located in the Clarksville area with each
having several branch locations throughout the city.
Clarksville offers housing for various income
For assistance with financial needs, contact any of
brackets. Residents can choose among rental or
the following:
purchase homes, apartment complexes,
condominiums, mobile homes, subdivisions or
Dominion Bank
country living.
Main Office, One Public Square
552-5300
The Chamber office provides listings of real estate
First American Bank
agents, apartments, and condominiums for your
Main Office, 128 North Second St.
552-6400
convenience.
First Federal Savings Bank
Main Office, 200 North Second St.
552-6176
Churches
Heritage Bank
25 Jefferson St.
553-0500
Clarksville has over 90 churches with most
Sovran Bank
denominations, except Jewish and Orthodox
Main Office, 215 Legion St.
553-2200
Catholic, represented. A complete listing of these
Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan Association
can be found in the yellow pages of the phone book.
502 Madison Street
648-2202
Security Federal Savings and Loan
Radio, Television & Cable TV
1791 Madison Street
552-2441
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Clarksville is serviced by four AM radio stations,
322 Main Street
645-2400
WDXN 540 (645-2411), WIZM 1400 (645-6414),
WAPX-AM Austin Peay State University radio station
(648-7200), and WCIZ 1550 (645-1550). One AM/
Wills
FM station, WABD/WCVQ-AM 1370 and WABD/
Because laws differ among states, a will prepared
WCVQ-FM 107.9 (431-4984), Ft. Campbell, Ky., as
in another state may be invalid in Tennessee. It is
well as WAKQ-FM 101.1 (502-726-3555) in
suggested after establishing residence in this area,
Russellville, Ky. also service Clarksville.
persons consult a local attorney to be certain all
Several television stations, including a public
provisions in a will are valid under Tennessee law.
broadcasting station, are received in Clarksville from
Among other possible problems, Tennessee law does
Nashville and Bowling Green, Ky. These are
not recognize an out-of-state executor.
Channels 2|(WKRN); 4 (WSMV); 5 (WTVF); 8
Local banks provide professional trust services,
(WDCN-educational); 30 (WCAY); 17 (WZTV); and
and a large selection of attorneys can be found listed
13 (WBKO-Bowling Green). Cencom Cable offers
in the yellow pages of the phone book under
cable television service to city residents. For hook-
up information, call 552-2288.
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Credit
History
To establish credit in this community, the Credit
Bureau of Clarksville suggests stopping by the office
Early settlers throughout this nation sought basic
at 517 Madison St. and letting one of their
requirements for a settlement site - good farming or
representatives help to establish a credit file. The
hunting land and good transportation routes,
bureau will charge a nominal fee for having credit
preferably by water.
ratings forwarded to this area.
Clarksville was founded on such a site. The
Having established employment and a local
confluence of the Red and Cumberland Rivers
address will contribute to a good credit rating.
offered ready transportation in three directions, and
For more information, call 647-6521.
the gently rolling hills of Middle Tennessee were
ideal for agriculture.
Military Reserve
The first settlement here, begun in 1780, was
short-lived because of attacks by Choctaw and
Tennessee National Guard, headquarters at Ed
Chickasaw Indians. Because of the often hostile
Norman National Guard Armory, Ft. Campbell Blvd.,
presence of these two tribes as well as the Creek
645-4741,
Indians, early settlements were established as
stations, or fortified out-posts in the wilderness of
Shopping Facilities
what was then North Carolina.
A more stable settlement was built at this location
The Clarksville market has 13 shopping centers,
in 1784 and named after Gen. George Rogers Clark,
the downtown area, a regional shopping mall and
a Revolutionary War hero, frontier explorer and
numerous individual businesses offering specialty
Indian fighter.
items of all kinds.
Like the rest of Tennessee before 1796, Clarksville
A Farmers' Market is open each Tuesday, Thursday
had been a part of North Carolina. In December
and Saturday at the old L&N Depot on 10th Street,
1785, the North Carolina Assembly officially
offering fresh vegtables and produce during the
established the settlement as a town.
summer months only.
Three years later, the Assembly established
A flea market is held at the fairgrounds on
Tennessee County, and in 1790 named Clarksville
Wednesday with vendors coming from all over
the county seat. When Tennessee became a state,
Tennessee with some out-of-state vendors.
Tennessee County was divided into what is now
Robertson and Montgomery County, Tennessee.
Motels and Restaurants
Early growth was slow but steady, and 215 white
people were living in Clarksville by 1826.
There are accommodations of all types in the
Agriculture and some industry thrived on the
Clarksville-Montgomery County area; from budget
combination of abundant water, iron ore, good soil
to luxury. Some of these motels rent rooms on a
and mild climate.
long-term basis.
After mid-Century, growth picked up. By 1858,
For a complete listing of the motels, come by the
Clarksville had become known as the world's largest
Chamber office, 312 Madison St. 647-2331 or
dark fired tobacco market and by 1887 was
contact the Tourist Commission, 180 Holiday Road,
recognized as the second largest tobacco market of
648-0001.
any kind in the United States.
Numerous restaurants serve all parts of the city
The completion of the Memphis to Louisville
with choices ranging from fast foods to international
section of the M.C.&L. Railroad, later the L. & N., in
cuisine. Consult the yellow pages of the phone book
1859 and heavy river traffic on the Cumberland,
for individual listings.
which gave Clarksville the nickname of the "Queen
City of the Cumberland," helped contribute to the
town's tobacco exports as well as to general growth.
Frightened by the national economic panic of
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1893, Clarksvillians in 1901 voted to authorize
$100,000 in bonds to build a railroad from
City Hall Buildings & Gazebo
Clarksville to Hopkinsville, Kentucky and to
Nashville, Tennessee, This railroad and the
Several historically significant buildings front on
Cumberland River helped contribute to Clarksville's
Clarksville's Public Square. An outstanding
elongated northwest to southeast growth.
collection of turn-of-the-century architecture, most
buildings in this area are listed on the National
Included in Clarksville's history are some
Register of Historic Places.
significant records. The Leaf Chronicle is the state's
oldest newspaper, established in 1808 as the
Chronicle, merged in 1890 with Tobacco Leaf, to
Clarksville Architectural
become the Clarksville Leal Chronicle, and
District
suspending operations only during the Civil War
years of 1862-1865. In 1980 it dropped the
This area of approximately 15 acres is almost
Clarksville designation.
identical to an area which was destroyed by fire in
The City was the first in the country to develop a
1878. Listed on the National Register of Historic
workable program for (ederally-funded urban
Places, this architecturally significant area includes
renewal in 1949, The city is now the home of the
the structures of Public Square, Second St.,
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), the U.S.
Commerce St. and Franklin St.
Army's second assault division and the offspring of
the famous Screaming tagles, the 101st Airborne
Divisioniof World War II Bastogne fame.
Clarksville-Montgomery
In 1984, Clarksville reached a milestone in its
County Historical Museum
long and storied history, by celebrating the
Bicentennial of its founding.
(formerly Federal Bldg. and
Department of Electricity)
Historical Sites/
Originally constructed as a U.S. Post Office and
Customs House in 1898, the eclectic architecture
Points of Interest
consists of Italianate, Far East, Romanesque and
Gothic styles. The building became the city-county
museum in 1984. Phone 615-648-5780 for operating
schedule.
Clarksville is it history-rich city that stretches
majestically atop the steep bluffs overlooking the
Clarksville Industrial District
Cumberland & Red Rivers. Much of the 200 years of
our proud past are preserved for your pleasure.
An area of Riverside Drive near the old L & N
Detailed information about historical sites and
freight depot and turnbridge on the Cumberland
points of interest can be obtained from the
River was the site of early economic life in
Clarksville/Montgomery County Tourist Commission
Clarksville. The District, which includes numerous
at 180 Holiday Road, the Tennessee Welcome Center
warehouses, is listed on the National Register of
on 1-24 or many area motels.
I listoric Places.
Austin Peay State University
Montgomery County
One (the state's outstanding universities, this
Courthouse
institution was named to honor Austin Peay,
governor and Clarksville citizen. (Tours may be
Built in 1878 after fire destroyed the Franklin St.
arranged by contacting Office of University-School
courthouse, this building is a blend of Victorian and
Relations, Ellingion Hall, APSU, Clarksville, Tenn.
Italianate architécture, capped by a steep mansard
37044; phone 615-648-7661)
roof and tall clock tower. It was almost destroyed by
fire in 1900, but was salvaged and stands today as
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one of the state's most handsome courthouses (part
tours may be arranged in advance by contacting
of Downtown Architectural I listoric District). Its
Office of Alumni, APSU, Clarksville, Tenn. 37044;
collection of records date to 1788.
phone 615-648-7979).
Dog Hill Architectural
National Register of Historic
District
Places
Also known as the Neighborhood District, this
The Clarksville area has over 30 sites listed on the
area is intersected by S. First St. and Union St. These
National Register of Historic Places. For complete
homes of the 1890's are typical of the cottages of the
information, consult the Visitors' Guide Map
available from the Clarksville/Montgomery County
period. Listed on the National Register of Historic
Tourist Commission, 648-0001.
Places.
Driving and Walking Tour
Fort Campbell Military
Reservation
A route of approximately 14 miles, this self-guided
tour includes approximately 60 points of interest. A
Home of the famed 101st Airborne Division-Air
Visitors' Guide Map is available at the Tourist
Assault of the U.S. Army, Ft. Campbell welcomes
Commission office at 180 Holiday Road. This map is
visitors. Information may be obtained at Ft.
constructed of two parts-a 1 mile walking and the
Campbell's main entrance (Gate 4), located near the
14 miles riding with each generating from 312
Tennessee-Kentucky state line. The post Visitor
Madison St.
Center & Museum is located near Gate 4 at 26th St.
and Tennessee Ave. (Museum operating hours:
Dunbar Cave State Natural
Mon.-Pri., 12:30 p.m.-4:30 P.M.; Sat.-Sun., 1
p.m.-4:30 p.m.; phone 502-798-3215).
Area
Long a source of history, culture and legend,
Fort Donelson National
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area is situated on 110
scenic acres. Prehistoric Indians inhabited the cave
Military Park and Cemetery
entrance 10,000 years ago
at the turn of the
U.S. 79 near Dover, Tennessee.
century, Dunbar Cave was a mineral springs resort
The scene of the Union's first major victory in the
in the 1930's it became associated with "big
Civil War, the park features the remains of Fort
bands," and later with country music while owned
Donelson and the outer defenses, a museum,
by Roy Acuff. A stately old bathhouse now serves as
outdoor exhibits, audiovisual programs, and the only
a Visitor Center & Museum from where guided tours
original structure where a Civil War surrender took
depart. Open 8 a.m. to sunset daily; call ahead for
place. The Dover Hotel, known locally as the
tour schedule (you must be accompanied by tour
"Surrender House," has been restored with portions
guide). Contact Dunbar Cave State Natural Area, 401
of it furnished as a 19th century inn.
Dunbar Cave Rd., Clarksville, Tenn. 37043; phone
615-645-3015.
Greenwood Cemetery and
Emerald Hill Alumni Center
Confederate Monument
Once the home of Gustavus A. Henry, "Eagle
Greenwood Avenue
Orator of Tennessee," it began as a farmhouse in the
Burial place for many famous Clarksvillians, it is
1820's and has undergone two major additions.
where two governors, Willie Blount and Austin Peay,
Currently the Austin Peay State University alumni
now rest. The Confederate monument, erected in
center, the home contains many of its original
1892, stands 50 ft. high in the center of the
furnishings. (Open Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.;
cemetery.
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Organizations
TVA's Land Between the
Civic groups are part of the backbone of the
Lakes
Clarksville Community. For an annually updated list
U.S. 79 near Dover, Tennessee
of group presidents and phone numbers, contact the
Clarksville is the Southern Gateway to this
Chamber of Commerce office, 647-2331.
170,000-acte vacation paradise that stretches 40
miles between Kentucky Lake and I ake Barkley. LBL
Port Royal (Covered Bridge)
has been developed by the Tennessee Valley
State Historic Area
Authority as a national demonstration in outdoor
recreation, environmental education and resource
Near Tenn. Rt. 76
mahagement, Highlights of the park include The
^ once-thriving Red River boomtown, Port Royal
Homeplace - 1850 (living-history farm and
is the site of an ongoing Tennessee state park
interpretive center), buffalo herd, Empire Farm,
development. The bridge was originally opened in
campgrounds, fishing, water sports, hunting, and
1904. The park features hiking trails, picnic facilities,
much more. I BI. Visitor Centers are located near the
fishing and canoe access. (Open daily 8 a.m. to
southern entrance and neal Information Office,
sunset; phone 615-358-9696)
TVA's Land Between the Lakes, Golden Pond, Ky.
42231; phone 502-924-5602 or 502-362-8367)
Queen of Clarksville -
Riverboat
Tennessee Welcome Center
Greeting visitors to the Clarksville area and
Riverside Dr. at McGregor Park
Tennessee is the state's newest welcome center,
The "Queen of Clarksville" is a great way to float
located on I-24. (Open daily 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; closed
into history. The 150 passenger capacity paddle-
December 25, phone 615-648-5510)
wheel riverboal, is open year-round to tourists.
^ large portion of the center Is constructed as an
Dinner cruises, brunches and special charters by
authentic lennessee log cabin. Area and regional
reservation. (Open daily with charters throughout
artifacts are displayed in this rustic setting.
the day. For more information, call 615-647-5500)
Information and literature describing things to see
and do in the Clarksville area, as well as across the
Riverview Cemetery
state, is available in the center.
Walker Street, New Providence
Other Points of Interest
Built in 1792, and placed on the National Register
of Historic Sites in 1972, Sevier Station is a small
For more information regarding the Clarksville
stone-block house used by the Valentine Sevier
area, you can contact the Chamber of Commerce,
family as a refuge against Indian attack. On
647-2331 or the Tourist Commission, 648-0001.
November 11, 1794, however, about 40 Indians
Both offices are located at 312 Madison St.
stormed the settlement at this site, killing six
members of Sevier's family. Rt. Defiance, nearby,
presently awaiting restoration, was a Civil War
outpost above the Cumberland and Red Rivers. The
fort was surrendered by the Confederates following
the fall of Ft. Donelson.
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Things To Do
and are announced through the department (APSU
Clement Auditorium).
Margaret Fort Trahern Gallery
Located in the Fine Arts Building on campus, this
The Clarksville area abounds with a variety of
gallery features a different exhibit by visiting artists
cultural and recreational activities. The following are
or students each month. The gallery is open to the
a few samples.
public from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Admission is
free.
Art Shows
Clarksville Jaycees
A monthly art show featuring an area artist is open
to the public at the Chamber of Commerce, 312
North TN State Fair-The Jaycees devote themselves
Madison SL., 5:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday 8:00 a.m.
to sponsoring this major annual event. This event is
4:30 p.m. Various media are represented. Frequent art
held early to middle May at Clarksville Fairgrounds
shows are also held at Austin Peay State University
Park.
(see Margaret Fort Trahern Gallery)
Haunted House-The group also helps in the
Halloween festivities by creating a "Haunted House"
Austin Peay State University
the last two weeks of October. Proceeds assist the
Jaycees in serving the community.
Speech and Theater Department
Christmas Parade-This event is usually held at
This department annually produces five shows
sometime during the first weeks of December and is
ranging from light comedy to "straight" theater
routed through the central business district.
musicals. Productions are scheduled for the end of
October beginning of December, mid-February,
mid-April and mid-May. Show reservations may be
Clarksville-Montgomery
made by calling 648-7378. Seasons tickets are
County Public Library
available.
Music Department
53,200-plus volumes. Reference section includes
The APSU Music Department annually sponsors
microfilmed county records dating from 1788 and
four types of activities open to the public.
microfilm copies of early area newspapers. An Area
Madrigal Feast-A celebration of Christmas in the
Resource Center (ARC), the library draws on volumes
style of the Baroque Era, held in early December,
from other libraries in the state for local loan. Other
this production using costumes, decorations, music
services include filmstrip loan, 16mm films and
and menu reflecting the period. Reservations for the
projectors, copying facilities and some telephone
event may be made by calling 648-7876 (APSU
reference work. Library user cards are available to
University Center).
any county resident age 3 or older by inquiring at
Jazz Festival-During the fourth week of March,
the desk. Phone 648-8826, located at 329 Main
the Phi Mu Alpha men's musical fraternity sponsors
Street.
a two-day jazz festival for area university jazz bands.
Tickets may be obtained through Phi Mu Alpha
Community Concert
members or the Music Department (APSU Clement
Building).
Association
Band, Orchestra and Choir-Concerts are
This organization annually sponsors four concerts
scheduled each semester (APSU Clement
by nationally- known musicians. Subscriptions to the
Auditorium).
concert series are sold each fall, and the series is
Student and guest artist recitals-Throughout the
spread over the winter months. Concerts are
year, Austin Peay music students and special guest
presented in APSU's Clement Auditorium.
artists present recitals. Recitals and concerts are free,
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Ft. Campbell Entertainment
State of Tennessee Old-Time
Services
Fiddler's Championships
The Cabaret Theatre produces eight dinner-theater
It's old-time music at its down-home best each
shows a year, one approximately every six weeks.
year in later March or early April at this two day
The theater is located at Indiana Avenue and 32nd
event. Musicians and dancers come from all parts of
Street on post. Reservations for tickets may be made
the country for competition in 13 categories. The
by calling 502-798-3833.
festival atmosphere includes competition, informal
Tryouts for the variety of musical, comedy and
jam sessions and crowd participation. Admission
dramatic plays produced are open to the public.
entitles the spectator to come and go throughout the
day. Exact time and location, tentative.
Hilldale Kiwanis Club
Threshermen's Show
Arts and Crafts Bazaar-Among its many projects,
this civic organization devotes itself to promoting the
Sponsored by the Tennessee-Kentucky Thresh-
arts with activities such as the arts and crafts bazaar
ermen's Association the third weekend of July, this
held semi-annually with dates and locations
festival is a tribute to the days when "steam was
tentative. Spring and fall bazaars are held.
king." It is held on the grounds of Bell School in
Adams, Tenn., 17 miles east of Clarksville via Tenn.
Nashville
/6. The three-day festival Includes a varied mixture
of steam engines, threshing demonstrations, craft
Within an hour's drive of Clarksville, it is the
displays, gospel and bluegrass music and antique
home of country music-the Grand Ole Opty and
displays.
Opryland, USA.
A wide variety of attractions, historical sites,
Two Rivers Gun Show
cultural activities and sports and recreation
opportunities are available in Nashville, the state
Held in August, this show and sale is sponsored
capital. Additional information may be obtained
annually by the Two Rivers Gun Club.
from the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
(615-259-4755).
Walking Horse Show
Oktoberfest
This annual event is held in July and proceeds
benefit the Special Olympics (Clarksville Fairgrounds
There is more authentic German food, beverage,
Arena).
music and dancing than you can possibly consume
during this celebration. The three day event is
sponspred by the Edelweiss Club and is held at the
Clarksville Fairgrounds.
Recreation
Roxy Theater
The Clarksville area boasts a wide variety of
Productions are staged Thursday-Sunday in this
recreational opportunities, and outstanding facilities.
downtown landmark of art deco ornamentation. A
The following are a few examples:
new show begins every fourth week; a children's
Boat Ramps/Landings (5 locations)
Saturday matinee is staged once a month; and the
McGregor Park-Riverside Drive (public)
Roxy Revue is presented every Friday and Saturday
Trice Landing-Oak Street (public)
Yacht Harbor Marina-Salem Road (private)
at 11 p.m. Call 645-7699 for seasons ticket and
individual performance information.
Conservation Club-Off 41-A by pass (private)
Clarksville Fairgrounds (public)
Bowling Alleys (2 locations)
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Community Centers (3 locations)
But the economic base of the area has expanded,
Burt-Cobb Center- 1011 Tranklin Street
and now includes a strong industrial mix and Ft.
William Kleeman Center-Cunningham Lane
Campbell military base, as well as healthy retail
Charles Crow Center--Richview Road
made and recreation business.
Among industries located in Clarksville are:
Gelf Courses (4 locations)
Mason Rudolph Golf Course-9 holes; Coll
Arme Boot Company, Inc., "World's Largest
Bootmaker"
Club Lane (public)
Swan Lake Golf Course-18 holes; Dunbar
Arcata Graphics/Baird Ward, Magazine printing
Cave Road (public)
Averitt Lumber Company, Inc., Lumber
Clarksville Country Club-18 holes; Fairway
Clarksville Products Company, Wire merchandising
materials/racks
Drive (private)
Cole Park Golf Course-18 holes; Γ1. Campbell
Conwood Corporation, Snuff
(military)
Cougar Packaging Company, Packaging materials/
corrugated products
Health & Fitness Centers (4 locations)
International Label Company, Metalized paper labels
manufacturer
Parks/Recreation Facilities (29 locations)
My Garment Company, Work clothing manufacturer
Many parks have supervised summer programs,
Jersey Miniere Zinc Company, Electrolytic zinc
picnic pavilions, hiking and other facilities.
refinery
Stadiums/Arenas (4 locations)
losten's Printing & Publishing Company, Printer of
Dunn Center-9,000 capacity; APSU campus
yearbooks
Municipal Stadium-- 10,000 capacity; APSU
Leaf Chronicle Company, Newspaper printing &
campus
publishing
Fairgrounds Park Arena-2,000 capacity; Hwy.
Mason & Hughes, Work Cluthing manufacturer
48 & 13
New Era, Stainless steel cookware finishing
Fairgrounds Park Pavilion-2,000 capacity;
Perma *View Processed Class, Appliance
Hwy. 48 & 13
components
Poser Printing Company, Business forms printer
Swimming Pools (7 locations)
Providence Cabinet Shoppe, Kitchen cabinets
Tennis Courts (5 locations)
Red River Block Company, Blocks and concrete
products
For more information, contact:
Smithfield Industries, Tool and die, precision
Clarksville Parks & Recreation Dept.
machine parts
1514 Golf Club Lane
Stone Containers, Corrugated Containers
Clarksville, Tennessee 37040
Tennessee Iron Works, Ornamental Iron
645 7476
manufacturer
Thun Inc., Bicycle parts
The Trane Company, Residential & commercial
Economy
heating & cooling units
Union Carbide Corp., Graphite electrode plant
Vulcan Corp., Rubber shoe products
Once a tobacco and agricultural center,
Vulcan Materials, Crushed stone
Clarksville still lies in the middle of rich agricultural
For a complete list of local industries and their
land, with tobacco the dominant crop and beef
locations, contact the Clarksville Area Chamber of
cattle a major portion of the agricultural economy.
Commerce, Madison Street. Some firms will arrange
tours of their plants by appointment.
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C'mon to Clarksville
ABOUT CLARKSVILLE
We welcome you to our area rich with history, attractions, a
colorful waterfront, exciting events and numerous outdoor recreational
parks and activities. Clarksville makes a wonderful "home base" while
visiting the outlying regions such as Nashville and the beautiful "Land
Between the Lakes" area.
This Visitor's Guide will help you In planning your stay In Clarksville
with listings of places to see, things to do, accommodations, shopping,
dining and other visitor services. For more Information on events and
other listings please write or call:
Alice Johnson, Tourism Director
Clarksville/Montgomery County
Tourist Commission
180 Holiday Rd.
Courtesy of A. Johnson
Clarksville, TN 37040
Clarksville lies at an elevation of 500 feet above sea level and
(615) 648-0001
enjoys an average temperature of 60.2 degrees.
Courtery of: A. Johnson
The city was founded in 1784 and named in honor of
explorer and Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark.
INDEX
Clarksville was established as a town in 1785 by the North
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Carolina Assembly and was incorporated as a town with elected
Clarksville History
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officials in the year 1819.
CLARKSVILLE AREA ATTRACTIONS
Farming is a vital part of the overall economic picture of
Queen of Clarksville
4
the Clarksville area. Tobacco continues as a major source of
Dunbar Cave
4
income and the raising of beef cattle, corn, wheat and soybeans
Beachaven Vineyards & Winery
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add substantially to the agricultural income.
Port Royal Covered Bridge
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Plummer's Store
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Austin Peay State University, a modern university with a
Fort Campbell
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rich heritage, is a regional state-supported institution of higher
Post House
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education. The university is organized into a College of Arts &
Clarkeville-Montgomery County Museum
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Science, a College of Education, a College of Business and
SIDE TRIPS
Economics, a Graduate School and a Division of Applied Arts
Jefferson Davis Monument
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& Science.
Nashville Zoo
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More than eighty churches serve the spiritual needs of nearly
Land Between the Lakes
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Fort Donelson National Battlefield
every denomination and faith.
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Red River Valley
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Today, Carksville is Tennessee's fifth largest municipality,
Bell Witch Opry and Antique Mall
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and one of the Southeast's fastest growing cities. We are
Old Time Threshing Show
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conveniently located just 45 miles North of Nashville and 251
HOTELS/MOTELS
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miles South of St. Louis, Mo.
Downtown Map
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Mild temperature
natural beauty
abundance of recreational
Historical Tour
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facilities comfortable accommodations historic
Outdoor Parks and Picnic Areas
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value wonderful attractions the greatest asset, a
Campgrounds
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Dining
community of unselfish, friendly people who welcome you to
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Public Recreational Facilities
share Clarksville
AN IDEAL PLACE TO TOUR
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Clarksville Area Map
CLARKSVILLE IS A CITY ON THE MOVEI
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Public Stadiums and Arenas
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Clarksville Attractions
Beachaven Vineyards & Winery
In the pleasant atmosphere of
Queen of Clarksville
the tudor-style winery and
surrounding vineyards, guests are
Introduced to the centuries-old art of
Located at McGregor Park on
winemaking
harvesting,
Riverside Drive. Enjoy a variety of
crushing, pressing, fermenting.
cruises on the 150 Passenger
racking, bottling and labeling. You
Paddle Wheeler departing from
can also learn how to bottle, riddle,
McGregor Park at the foot of
Courtesy of A. Johnson
Riverside Drive in downtown
and disgorge this prize-winning
Clarksville. Take a 1 and a half hour
champagne. Your visit to Beachaven will be enlightening and
memorable. Tours and tastings are free Picnic facilities are also
Cruise down the river while enjoying
available. For more information contact:
commentary on river History,
Legends, and Sights. For a night to
Courtesy of: G. Tenney
Beachaven Vineyards and Winery
remember a 2 hour Dinner/Dance Cruise featuring excellent food, live
I-24 at Dunlop Lane, Clarksville, TN 37040
music, and beverages will delight you. For more information contact:
(615) 645-8867
Two Rivers Excursions, Inc.
Port Royal Covered Bridge
P.O. Box 602, Clarksville, TN 37041-0602
(615) 647-5500
A beautiful drive through the Montgomery County countryside leads
you to Port Royal State Historical
Area, the site of a once-thriving river
Dunbar Cave
town. The Port Royal Covered
Bridge, which originally spanned the
Red River in 1904, is the picturesque
Long a source of history,
centerpiece for the park. At the turn
culture and legend, Dunbar Cave
of the century the town was a
State Natural Area Is situated on
stopping point for steamboats, and
Coursesy of: A. Johnson
110 scenic acres. Prehistoric
businesses lined the riverfront
a cannery, grist mill and logging
Indians Inhabited the cave
operation. Picnic facilities and nature trails are available. Many canoeists
entrance 10,000 years ago
at
use the park for access to the free-flowing river (canoe rentals available
the turn of the century, Dunbar
at local buisinesses).
Cave was a mineral springs
resort
Location: Take Tenn. 76 east from Clarksville toward Adams,
in the 1930s Roy Acuff
held concerts of big name bands at
Tenn.; the park is 6 miles east of I-24 (Exit 11) (Open 8 a.m.
Courtesy of: C. Dorth
to sunset) 615-358-9696.
the mouth of the Cave. A stately
old bathhouse now serves as a Visitor Center & Museum from where
Plummer's Store
guided cave tours depart. Fishing, nature trails, and an adjacent Golf
course are a part of this scenic recreational area. For more Information
Plummer's Store captures the feeling of a
and tour reservations contact:
time when life moved at a more leisurely pace.
H.B. and Mildred Plummer own the store
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area
complete with wooden floors and shelves and
401 Dunber Cave Rd.
a big gray wood stove evoking feelings of
Clarksville, TN 27040
yesteryear. Listen to stories about days gone
(615) 648-5526
by and have a few laughs as H.B. performs his
Courtesy of: A. Johnson
"Duoodie" dance with a handmade wooden doll. The store offers
merchandise that has been handcrafted such as unique birdfeeders as
well as charming toys, These items are for sale but are only a few of
the items spanning many eras Just for viewing. The of country setting
and southern hospitality will leave you feeling you've stepped back Into
the past.
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Take the Adams exit off I-24 onto Highway 76,
5
one mile on the right.
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Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Side Trips
Home of the famed 101st Air
Assault Division of the United States
Jefferson Davis Monument
Army as well as the elite 5th SFG.
M
Fort Campbell Military Reservation
The birthplace of the President of the Confederate States of America
welcomes visitors. Tours begin at
Gate 4 near the Tennessee-Kentucky
is marked by a 351-foot obelisk, with an elevator to the top for viewing
state line, followed by the Visitor
the surrounding countryside.
Jefferson Davis was elected
Center & Donald Pratt Museum.
Exhibits depict the history of Ft.
Courtesy of: U.S. Army
President of the Confederacy after
Campbell and the land it occupies; Civil War relics and a history of the
the Civil War began. Near the
101st "Screaming Eagles" and World War 1 through the present.
monument is the site of Davis' birth,
Admission to the museum is free. Location:
less than 100 miles from the
birthplace of his destined adversary,
U.S. 41-A north of Clarksville; Gate 4 is located near TN-KY
Abraham Lincoln. Picnic facilities,
state line. For museum hours contact: (502) 798-3215
a playground, and gift shop are on
the 19-acre site, 30 miles North of
Post House
Courtesy of: A. Johnson
Clarksville on KY highway 155.
Take Highway 79 to Guthrie, left on Highway 41 to Pembrook,
This building was the mid-way stagecoach stop on the route
right on Hwy. 155. Open May-Oct. 30.
between Clarksville and Hopkinsville, KY. The coaches were pulled with
four horses and the fare was $2.00. This 1830's building has been
newly renovated yet still has the ability to take you back Into yesteryear.
Nashville Zoo
It now serves the community as a
Clarksville Transit System and
tourist information center. It Is also
Lions, bulfalo, white tigers, tree
a collection point for City of
frogs, elk, clouded and show
Clarksville utilities.
leopards, lemurs, jaguars, wolves,
Iguanas, llamas, pythons, king
U.S. 41-A near TN-KY border.
cobras are only a few of the over 300
In Median across from Gate 3.
animals representing more than 115
Courtesy of: G. Mulvey
species from around the world. A 14
Clarksville-Montgomery County Museum
ft. high observation platform lets you
embark on a safari as you survey the
African Savannah. The journey
Originally constructed as a U.S. Post Office in 1898, and was used
continues to the Wilds of India, the
as the Electric Company for many years. The eclectic architecture
Eurasian Plain and the Fields of
Courtesy of J. Haynle
makes this one of the most unique
North America. Journey through the Valley of the Cats and see how
buildings in Tennessee. The popular
figers, mountain lions, caracals and lynx behave in the wild. A Children's
"Down Memory Lane" exhibit which
Petting Zoo lets children of all ages get close to some of their favorite
allows visitors to walk down an old-
animals. Marvel at 60 exhibits in the Reptile House and
don't
forget
time street, displays a fire house and
to feed the Kol fish in the fish pondi Concessions will keep you cool and
print shop, a turn-of-the-century toy
a gift shop is available for souveniers of your day in the wild. The Zoo
store, an original 1842 log house and
is only 30 minutes south of Clarksvillel
tobacco warehouse facade. Exhibits
are both historical and scientific.
Take I-24 East from Clarksville to Exit 31, follow the signs on
Exhibits change periodically. For
41A to Ridge Road. For more information call: (615) 370-3333
information contact:
Courtesy of: A. Johnson
200 S. Second St. P.O. Box 383
Clarksville, TN 37041-0383
(615) 648-5780
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Land Between the Lakes
Red River Valley Canoeing
If you like the outdoors, you'll
Spend a day adrift on the scenic
never run out of things to do in this
Red River, enjoying nature's peace
vacation paradise that attetches 40
and calm, or take a challenging float
miles between Mentucky Lake and
past the famous Bell Witch Cave. A
Lake Barkley. Developed by the
10-mile tour to Port Royal State
Tennessee Valley Authority as a
Park which Includes shuttle rides
national demonstration in outdoor
from Port Royal back to the Park is
recreation, environmental education
popular among novices. The Bell
and resource management. LBL's
Courtesy of: D. Schmitteu
Courlesy vl: A. Johnson
Witch Tour Is an exciting ride over
attractions include: The
rapids past the legendary and mysterious cave. The Keysburg Day Tour
Homeplace-1850's (a living history
is an eight-hour canoe trip which begins in Keysburg. Ky. and travels
farm with a modern indoor
back to the park in Adams. Activities adjacent to the Canoe Park
interpretive center), Bulfalo Range,
Include a Trail of Tears Indian Museum and a Wilderness school.
Woodlands Nature Center. Silo
Located 30 minutes north of Clarksville, in Adams, Tn.
Overlook, Great Western Furnace,
For reservations call (615)696-2768
three full-service campgrounds,
hunting, hiking, cycling, eagle
watching, horseback riding,
unlimited water sports and more.
Bell Witch Opry and Antique Mall
The Visitor Center is located at
Courtesy of: W. Hunter
Golden Pond, KY, in the center of
Adams is 28 miles North of Clarksville on Highway 41 and 76.
the park. For further information, stop at the welcome stations or contact:
Adams Station was established in 1858 as a work camp for immagrant
workers building the railroad.
TVA's Land Between the Lakes
Adams is known for the Infamous Bell Witch, who for years haunted
100 Van Morgan Drive
the long time resident Bell Family. A cave reported to be "playground"
Golden Pond, KY 42211-9001
of the witch is privately owned, but tours can be arranged by calling
(502) 924-5602
(615) 696-2762.
The BELL WITCH School is now the home of the BELL WITCH
Fort Donelson National Battlefield &
OPRY, a local event for "beginner" musicians every Saturday night
Cemetery
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
This National Battlefield has
The Antique Mall is a great place to spend a lazy hour or two
been beautifully preserved as the
reminiscing of days gone by.
fields where the North's first major
victory of the Civil War was fought.
Approximately 750 lives were lost on
Old Time Threshing Show
these wooded grounds near Dover,
Tenn. The Visitor Center includes
Equipment and demonstrations of yesteryear will be shown during
exhibits and audio/visual presenta-
this three day annual event held in Mid July.
Courtesy of: Fi. Donelson
tions. Uniformed Civil War Soldiers
Blacksmithing. broom making
Interpret the battle and recreate rifle and cannon firing demonstrations.
and wheat threshing, antique cars,
The River Battery where Southern gunners exchanged "Iron Valentines"
old gas engines, square dancing, arts
on Feb. 14, 1862 still remains intact. Adjacent to the Battlegrounds is
and crafts, and story telling are
the Dover Hotel, where General Simon Buckner surrendered Fort
samples of the fare you will
Donelson.
experience that will begin with a
Located: 26 miles West of Clarksville on US 79.
parade through the streets of
For further Information contact:
Adams. Located in Adams, TN on
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Highways 76 and 41.
P.O. Box 434
Courtesy of: Thresher Assn,
For more Information call:
Dover, Tennessee 37058
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696-2383
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Parks and Recreation Facilities
JUST FOR THE FUN
Stadiums & Arenas
Dunn Center
(9000 capacity)
APSU Campus
OF IT
Fairgrounds Park Area
(2000 capacity)
Hwy 48 & 13
Fairgrounds Park Pavillion
(2000 capacity)
Hwy 48 &13
Swimming Pools
(7 locations)
Tennis Courts
(40 locations)
For more information contact:
Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department
1514 Golf Club Lane, Clarksville, TN 37040 (615) 645-7476
Some of Our Annual Events
(for exact times/dates and additional events contact:
Clarksville Tourist Commission: (615) 648-0001
March- Old Time Fiddler's Championships-
Festival features many of the best "old-time"
Time
musicians in the country! A festive
atmosphere is found everywhere as musicians
compete in Informal jam sessions of 14
different categories. For information contact:
648-0001.
Courtesy of: L. Safko
June- Northern Tennessee Fair- Sponsored by the Clarksville Jaycees
at the Clarksville Fairgrounds. Held the beginning of June, complete
with rides, exhibits, entertainment, and fireworks.
July- Clarksville Walking Horse Show- held at Clarksville fairgrounds.
See these beautiful creatures from across the U.S. compete.
Clarksville Rodeo- held late July or early August. Barrel racing,
bareback riding, call roping and much more.
Fourth of July Activities- such events as an Old Time U.S.A. festival.
parades, Fort Campbell's 4th of July Celebration, community picnics
and much more.
September- Riverfest- A Celebration featuring Arts & Crafts, entertain-
ment, food and river events. Held along Clarksville's Own Riverwalk,
McGregor Park.
October- Oktoberfest-One of the most colorful fall festivals in the state.
Offering authentic German food, music, dancing and fun European-style.
Held the first of October.
December- Christmas Parade- Traditional downtown Christmas parade
features clowns, bands, floats, horses and of course, Santa Claus.
DISCOVER CLARKSVILLE!!!
Christmas festivities Include: Christmas on Public Square: Christmas
Bazaar; Arts & Crafts; and concerts.
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Tennessee's Premier Winery
H specimuitation
We extend to you a cordial invitation to visit our
vineyards & winery.
We have won 35 awards for our wines
Please pardon our pride, but we've put much of
in 4 years. 8 of those are gold medal
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ourselves into Beachaven, and we're anxious to share
winners and 2 are. "best of class."
the winemaking experience-and our prize-winning
We are a family owned and operated
products-with our guests.
business.
We're less than one hour from Nashville and the
winery is located right on I-24
SO we're easy to
BE
We OWN 16 acres of grapes in middle
find. A map is provided below for your convenience.
Tennessee and contract with growers in
the area for additional fruit yearly.
VINE
We welcome Group Tours, but please call ahead
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90% of our wine is sold from our
so we can best accommodate your special needs.
tasting room at the winery.
Common
We give free samples of our wine and
Sc Lous
Loudvale
offer free tours 7 days a week.
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We were amateur winemakers for 25
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years before becoming a commercial
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winery in 1987.
In "blind" tastings of international and
American made wines, Beachaven
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Governors
Affred TRUN Road Indianal Park
Charles Bell Lane
Blvd.
consistently rates among the highest.
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VINEYARDS & WINERY
EXITS
To
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Nashwille
OPERATING HOURS
OPEN 7 DAYS YEAR ROUND
APR.-OCT. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
NOV.-MARCH 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
(Sundays All Year Open at noon)
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Beachaven Vineyards & Winery
1100 Dunlop Lane
Clarksville, Tenn. 37040
(615) 645-8867
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We invite you to tour the
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winery and vineyards. In the
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pleasant atmosphere of the
White
tudor-style winery and the
Red
surrounding vineyards and
Champ
grounds, Beachaven guests are
Some Be
introduced to the centuries-old
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art of winemaking- harvesting,
more; som
crushing, pressing, fermenting, racking,
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Back in 1919 the hills and valleys of Tennessee
bottling and labeling.
offer a disc
were producing 1.8 million pounds of grapes. The
up of diffe
bounteous harvest was made possible by an up-
We also
accessories
and coming wine industry.
However, 1919 was also the year of Prohibition.
Beachaven
And Tennessee's grape and wine production was,
well, crushed. It wasn't until 1977 that legislation
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was passed that would pave the way for reviving
commercial winemaking in Tennessee.
Forty-five miles up the road from Nashville
there's a retired judge who is leading the
comeback of Tennessee's wine industry. He's
Make
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Judge William O. Beach, and he and his son-in-
Part of
law partner Ed Cooke opened the doors to
Beachhaven Vineyards & Winery in 1987, after
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having been prize-winning amateur winemakers
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and grape growers for many years.
In the winery's cellar you'll learn how French
will be en
method champagne is produced and see
memorab
hundreds of bottles of champagne stored "en
other poir
tirage," later to be placed in riddling racks.
so plan as
You can observe the delicate process by which
The wi
the fermentation sediment is gradually moved to
snack
the neck of the bottle in preparation for its
pleasant
explosive "dégorgement."
yourself 1
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ghis Fine Tennessee Wine
At The Winery
(And
Good Stuff, Too).
I free sampling and, of course, sales of
\ wines and champagnes.
t choose from our prize-winning
of:
Blush
. Fruit
pagnes and Sparkling Wines
leachaven selections are varietal wines:
say, Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling and
ne are blends, such as Beachaven White,
and White and Beachaven Blush. We
scount on case purchases (may be made
erent wines).
) offer wine
es, gift items and
n mementos.
: Beachaven
of Your
Itinerary.
risit to Beachaven
enlightening and
ble. And there are many
ints of interest in the area,
an entire day around your visit.
rinery picnic area is perfect for lunch or a
or merely enjoying your wine in the
t vineyard atmosphere
so, help
to the picnic area
and enjoy yourself!
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CALL:640-3100
loon Shotgun-Staft Forgatfun) day with ala
CON starstion the enter TOW for the
TREASURES MADE INC ENNESSEE Clarksville
(4) telp fund I contributration and
Museum: Continues August
information mill Buford Traxton Bobby
july/antry. Teacher
5-8900 Publics attend
permanent
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TOXY
B-Q Swan:Lake Course Lateratem after the
5-9 HOLE NONE FUNDRAISER Sunrise Rotary
theatre. Gyp
goif fournament Come have a Lbar-b-q Idinner with
Great fun forthe senous and not serious go ter Buy
information on
Grand Ole Opry.stars. $5 per ticket Tickets ontsale
one ball or sixfor $5.00 and try for that holean
one that will net 000.00. The place Barksdale
MONTH OF
with Clarksville Police Dept. DARE program or
contact Sharon at 648-7127
Elementary School, $1920 Madison Street, Aug. 5,67
YMCA offering
from Aug. 8 10-6 PM & Aug 9, 6PM. For
on fees and
$ oldest community
17-18 MUSEUM-TRIP TO MEMPHIS MUSEUM
or Ms Kay Gn
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more information contact Sandra Denney at 552-4924 or
tie Brown 8 PM:July
the Woods"
Contact Ann Berry for your reservation to join a group
431-6800.
11-13 RIVER
on times, prices and
tour for the Etruscan and Ottomant xhibits in Memphis
14-15 CLARKSVILLE RODEO Clarksville Fairgrounds
Arts,Crafts,
18 JAZZ ON THE LAWN Beachaven Winery Bring
Park Enjoy the thrill and excitement of watching real
country/weste
river on Saturi
MERY
COUNTY
your friends, a picnic and lawn chairs or pillow and enjoy
cowboys barrel racing, bareback riding, team roping, calf
3 hours of great jazz concert in the natural setting of
booths will be
$ free admission day.
roping steer wrestling. bull riding and chuck wagon
i PM Spinning and
Beachaven: Beginning at 6:30. No Admission: For
races ake your family to see a taste of the real wild
more informa
more information,
west both nights! Fun begins at 7 PM Fonrmore
7476.
information: contact Louisa Cooke at 645-8867
information please call KIWANIS CLUB chairman Jim
25 84th ANNUAL LONE OAK PICNIC Picnic
12 UNITED
Durrett at 645-7464
Supper and:
... IN TENNESSEE
Grounds, Hwy 13, Cunningham, TN. Good old
fashioned fun for the family. Live entertainment, fresh
15 JAZZ ON THE LAWN Beachaven Winery. Bring
Way fund rais
day Closed; Tuesday
open pit Bar-B-Q, games for the youngsters. A place to
your friends, a picnic and lawn chairs or pillow and enjoy
at the APSU
rday 10 AM-4 PM;
is free admission day.
meet old friends and make new ones No admission
3 hours of great jazz concert in the natural setting of
further inform
and lots of parking! Call John Davidson at 552-0444,
Beachaven Beginning at 6:30. No Admission. For
12:15
648-5780
Jeff Ransdell at 387-3707 or Ray Baggett 387-3631.
information: contact Louisa Cooke at 645-8867.
14 APSU
Theatre begin
THLEHEM CIVITIAN
15 FASHION SHOW Governors Square Mall
Halbeck at th
Blvd. Beginning at 1
See what is new in back to school fashions. Hosted by
admission
enjoy a great safe, old
AUGUST
singing, and games. Ft.
the retail clothing stores in Clarksville. Shows are at 1
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PM and 3 PM on Center Stage. See you there!
15-JAZZ ON
I Clarksville's Finest
your friends,
er hoses. If bar-b-q
24 Sep 13 APSU BIENNIAL FACULTY EXHIBIT
3 hours of 9
favorites this is the
nore info contact Scott
Trahem Gallery. A mixed media exhibit is open to the
Beachaven.
public from 94 Mon-Fri, 10-2 on Sat. and 1-4 on
information:
Sunday. No admission. For more information please
19-20 MON
Y Dunbar Cave State
call Ms. Boone at 648-7002
Montgomery
ouvin Celebrity Charity
Annual Craf
1 Ole Opry stars Emie
Crafts Assoc
mith, Jann Browne, Jim
se, Charlie Louvinl All
ROXY THEATRE
Clarksville's oldest community
theatre. "Into the Woods" 8 PM on August 1, 7. 8, 14,
21-OCT 11
gram. Parking at Trane
Transit: Transportation
15, 21, 22, 28, 29, and 2 PM August 9 & 23. For
For more it
Creative Art:
information on time, price and production; call 645-7699
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indiproduction call645-7699
SEPTEMBER Clarksv OF Campbell
ICE aned programs Formore information
registration, contact MS Page at 648-6272
ross at.798-7422
RFEST 92 McGregor Park at Riverwalk
Food Fun and special events including a
em dance Friday night Ski-show.on the
irday. Boat races at 1 PM on Sunday. All
19 set up along the scenic Riverwalk For
ation; contact Theresa Harrington: at 645-
WAY KICK-OFF APSU Armory, 6 PM
entertainment for the kick off of the United
ising campaign. Opening cermonies will be
J football game with an olympic theme. For
nation, contact Pat Pile at 647-4291
1 FACULTY RECITAL APSU Concert
jinning at 8 PM. A concert featuring Patricia
the piano will be offered to the public free of
N THE LAWN Beachaven Winery. Bring
a picnic and lawn chairs or pillow and enjoy
great jazz concert in the natural setting of
Beginning at 6:30 No Admission. For
contact Louisa Cooke at 645-8867
NTGOMERY BELL CRAFTS FAIR
y Bell State Park Inn, Dickson, TN. 12th
afts Fair sponsored by 5 Rivers Arts and
ciation. For information, call 446-3265
I ART EXHIBIT APSU Trahem Gallery.
information, please contact Center for the
ts, Shelia Boone, at 648-7002
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LOUVIN'S
FOR CIAL PROGRAMS AI
GOLF TOURNAMENT Swan Lake Golf Course
JULY
Noon Shototin stark Fortation day with Grand OR
Qty stars X the Golf course the
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information, Buford Thaxton M7 1400 IN Bobby
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B-Q Swan Lake Golf Course Late afternoon after the
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of doumament. Come have a bar b-c dinner with
Great fün for the senous and not- too
Grand Ole Oprycstars $5 per ticket. Tickets on-sale
one ball for $1.00 or SIX for $5.00 and
with Clarksville Police Dept. DARI program for
one that will net you $50,000.00 The
contact Sharon at 648-7127
Elementary School, 1920 Madison
ROXY THEATRE Clarksville's oldest community
from 3-8 PM Aug. 8, 10-6 PM & Au
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD
theatre. You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" 8 PM July
17-18 MUSEUM TRIP TO MEMPHIS MUSEUM
more information contact Sandra Den
3,4,10, 17: 18 and 2 PM July 5. Into the Woods'
Contact Ann Berry for your reservation to join a group
31-6800
8 PM: July 31 For information on times, prices and
tour for the Etruscan and Ottoman Exhibits in Memphis
productions, call 645-7699
14-15 CLARKSVILLE RODEO Clar
18 JAZZ ON THE LAWN Beachaven Winery. Bring
Park Enjoy the thrill and exciteme
CLARKSVILLE/MONTGOMERY COUNTY
your friends, a picnic and lawn chairs or pillow and enjoy
3 hours of great jazz concert in the natural setting of
cowboys barrel racing, bareback ridin
MUSEUM 14 PM First Sunday is free admission day.
Beachaven Beginning at 6:30. No Admission For
roping, steer wrestling bull riding
Guided tours at 1:30 and 2:45 PM Spinning and
information: contact Louisa Cooke at 645-8867
races Take your family to see a ta
Weaving Demonstrations For more information,
west both nights! Fun begins at
contact the museum at 648-5780
25 84th ANNUAL LONE OAK PICNIC Picnic
information please call KIWANIS CI
Durrett at 645-7464
1 - 30 TREASURES MADE IN TENNESSEE
Grounds, Hwy 13, Cunningham, TN. Good old
Clarksville Museum: Hours: Monday Closed; Tuesday
fashioned fun for the family. Live entertainment, fresh
15 JAZZ ON THE LAWN Beachai
10 AM-8 PM Wednesday Saturday 10 AM-4 PM;
open pit Bar-B-Q, games for the youngsters. A place to
meet old friends and make new ones. No admission
your friends a picnic and lawn chairs
Sunday 1 PM-4 PM; First Sunday is free admission day.
3 hours of great jazz concert in the
12:18
For more info, contact Ann Berry 648-5780
and lots of parking! Call John Davidson at 552-0444,
Beachaven Beginning at 6:30 No
Jeff Ransdell at 387-3707 or Ray Baggett 387-3631.
information: contact Louisa Cooke at I
4 HOME TOWN USA-ST. BETHLEHEM CIVITIAN
PARK Bellamy Rd. off Warfield Blvd. Beginning at 1
15 FASHION SHOW Governors S
PM. Bring the whole family and enjoy a great safe, old
AUGUST
See what is new in back to school fa
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fashioned 4th of July with lots of singing, and games. Ft.
the retail clothing stores in Clarksville
Campbell Static Displays and Clarksville's Finest
PM and 3 PM on Center Stage. See
Fireman will compete with water. hoses If bar-b-q
chicken and hot dogs are your favorites this is the
24 Sep 13 APSU BIENNIAL FACU
placelli Admission is free: For more info contact Scott
Trahem Gallery, A mixed media ext
Milligan at 553-0080
public from 94 Mon-Fri, 10-2 on
Sunday No admission. For more
11 COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW Dunbar Cave State
call Ms. Boone at 648-7002.
Park 8 PM $7 each. Charlie Louvin Celebrity Charity
Country Music Show with Grand Ole Opry stars Emie
Ashworth, Speck Rhodes, Lori Smith, Jann Browne, Jim
Vest, Alex Houston and, of course, Charlie Louvinl All
ROXY THEATRE Clarksville's oldest community
proceeds go to the D.A.R.E. program. Parking at Trane
theatre. "Into the Woods" 8 PM on August 1, 7, 8, 14,
Plant #2 and ride the Clarksville Transit Transportation
15, 21, 22, 28, 29, and 2 PM August 9 & 23. For
begins at 6:30
information on time, price and production, call 645-7699.
MUSEUM
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YMCA offering varied F
9,26 PM. For
on fees and registration
nney at 552-4924 or
or Ms. Kay Gross at 79
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arksville Fairgrounds
Arts Crafts Food, Fir
ent of watching real
country/westem dance
ng, team roping, calf
river on Saturday Boa
and chuck wagon
booths will be set up 8
aste of the real wild
more information, com
7 PM: For:more
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CLUB chairman Jim
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Supper and entertainm
aven Winery. Bring
Way fund raising camp
S or pillow and enjoy
at the APSU football ga
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further information, cont
lo Admission. For
645-8867.
14 APSU FACULT
Theatre beginning at 8
Square Mall
Halbeck at the piano wi
ashions. Hosted by
admission.
lle. Shows are at 1
: you there!
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your friends, a picnic an
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3 hours of great jazz [
chibit is open to the
Beachaven. Beginning
Sat. and 1-4 on
information: contact Lou
: information please
19-20 MONTGOMERY
Montgomery Bell State
Annual Crafts Fair spr
Crafts Association. For
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Creative Arts, Shelia Bo
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24 ANNUAL AUTUMN VINEYARD PARTY Beachaven
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Wedo been downland Gales
Winery Cozy bontre within the sights
openial Time inals Testing & doe
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Clarksville Speedway
Free Admission
Time:Trial Eliminations at 8 pm $1,000 to will bracket cars
Bir AP MIDICOMMIT TEE CONCERT Concert
1-2- DCTOBERFEST
Clarksvile Fairgrounds
The AP MIDI Committee WE perform works ranging
hursday & Friday, destivities begin at
new Laga electric gultars with the Matest
p.m. Saturday at 2 p.m Grab
instruments res and open to the public 648-7002
your favorite fraulien, jump your
Gederhausen and join in the festival
VETERANSIDAY PARADE 10:30 an IT
of traditional Cerman food, music
20 FACULTY RECITAL Concert Theatre, APSUP 8 pm Featuring
Uniform Past & Present Contact Mayors Office 6
dancing and lots of fun! R Admission
Jeffrey Wood, Piano, the program will consist of works by Janacek, Liszl
15 $4.00 for adults, $1.00 for children
and Chopin. Bamey: Crockarell, bantene, and Usa Conklin-Bishop,
9
CONCERT APSU Mass Communication
12 and under. Contact Karina Long
mezzo soprano, will also be featured. Free and open to the public
APSU Jazz Combo will present a wide range of &
358-5119
be bop to fusion under the direction of David Steing
to the public 648-7002
31 EXHIBICION DE ARQUITECTURA ESPANOLA APSU
12:21
Woodward Library A display of Spanish architecture from the Spanish
10 CONCERT ARTIST SERIES APSU/Cor
Embassy will be on exhibit throughout the month. Guided tours may be
The 1992-1993 Concert Artist Series opens with the
arranged by calling Shella Boone, 648-7002
and unusally brilliant Saturday Brass: Quintet A
$7.00 Adult, $5.00 for Senior Citizens & students.
4 CLARKSVILLE/MIONTGOMERY CO. MUSEUM Free Sunday 1-4
p.m. For special programs for children, please contact the museum at
16 - 30, SCULPTURE EXHIBIT Trahem Gallar
09/28/92
648-5780.
Creighton Michael will be on display 9 - 4 p.m. Mon
Sat; 1 4 Sunday. Free Admission.
5 BOY SCOUT ADVENTURE DAY Clarksville Fairgrounds. Join in a
30 HALLOWEEN PARTY Clarksville-Montgomery County Museum,
fun-filled day of high adventure activities for boys, ages 10-18 Scouts
16 22 PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS, Trahem The
6:00-8:00 p.m. for children 10 years old and under: Bring your little
admitted free, Non-scouts, $2.80 For more information contact Mr.
FAIR" presents a chance to step back in time and €
"monsters" and enter them in a costume parade! 50 cents admission to
Caballaro at 552-2721
drama; music and spectacle of medieval festivities.
include a bag of goodies! Reservations not required
acepted beginning Nov. 9 by calling 648-7002
7 11 THE CRUCIBLE" Trahsm Theatre, APSU, 8 p.m. For
30 HALLOWEEN PARTY YMCA Bldg 4199, Ft. Campbell A
licket information, contact the APSU Music Ticket Office at 648-7379
21 22 QUEEN CITY CLASSIC SOCCE
halloween party for the entire family, with a haunted house, games, food,
between 2 and 5:30 p.m.
Fairgrounds Park. Over 1.000 young soccer playe
fun and a hayride. Cost is $1.00 plus a bag of candy. For more info call
Tennessee and surrounding states will participate in
Betsy Shelton 647-2376.
Sponsored by the Montgomery County Soccer Assc
9: "CELEBRATE THE ARTS GALA APSU Concert Theatre 8 p.m.
invited to come out and "scream for your team". Nc
Annual musical fund raiser for the arts, featuring the APSUlule Singers,
31 APSU PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE HALLOWEEN CONCERT
annual Tournament
Jeez Collegians, Jazz Combo and AP MIDI Committee Reservations
Concert Theatre, Mass Comm Bkig. 8:00 p.m. On this specky night, join
required, 648-7001; $75.00 & $30.00
APSU as ghosts and ghouls are awakened by these fine musicians for a
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"trightfully" entertaining evening. Admission is free.
Children's fall festival. Admission is free but
accompanied by an adult
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wind downtown from APSU in this to
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For more information contact Edward
premier tair draws top quality artists
at this multi-handcrafted event of
5 PM on Saturday, 12-5 PM on Sun
7 HOLIDAY. CRAFTS BAZZAR/F
coremony with carols and refreshme
Immediately. following be -- will the
be the APSU Chamber Singers
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light hearted entertainment, buffi
6:30 p.m. This 19th annual holiday !
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About Clarksville
Other Points of Interest.
It all started with 2 flatboat flotilla that brought daring settlers
There are many interesting places of historic significance
to the confluence of the Cumberland and Red Rivers in 1780. And
throughout Clarksville and Montgomery County that aren't
over 200 years later, the city of Clarksville, Tenn., is a living
indicated on these maps. The following are a few points of
tribute to the remarkable sequence of events that make her so
interest that you might want to know about.
Clarksvi
unique.
W.B. Allen Homes (also known as Allendale) . off
In January 1784, John Montgomery and Martin Armstrong, two
Peachers Mill Rd. Two historic homes occupy this land that has
North Carolinians, purchased 2 640-acre plot of land and set aside
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been in the same family since the late 1700s. A log cabin dates to
200 acres in town lots. On Dec. 29. 1785, the state of North
Montgomery County, To
1796, and 2 brick Federal style home was built CA. 1858.
Carolina established these lots as the town of Clarksville, named
to honor Gen. George Rogers Clark of Revolutionary War fame.
Bethel United Methodist Charch - U.S. 41.4 near Post
Clarksville was designated county seat of what was known as
House. Congregation has worshipped on this site for well over
Tennessee County in 1788. When Tennessee achieved statehood
100 years.
in 1796, Clarksville became the seat of Montgomery County.
Bethlehem United Methodist Church - Gbolson Rd
Clarksville was incorporated as a "town" in 1819, and later as a
Congregation organized in 1836 in log church on current site,
EDSEER YOURS OF
"city" in 1855.
present church built in 1899. Interesting cemetery is adjacent to
Clarksville is 2 history-rich city that stretches majestically atop
church.
VISA the Clarksville
the steep blaffs overlooking the Cumberland and Red Rivers. This
Camp Boone - U.S. 79 (35 mi. south of Tenn.-Ky. border).
Montgomery County Touris
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD
city rose to prominence as a major tobacco port in the early
Established in 1861 as a staging area and training camp for
1800s, only to be economically devastated by the Civil War. But
Kentuckians who desired to enlist in the Confederacy.
Holiday Road of
the resourcefulness of its residents led to a strong recovery that
boosted the "Queen City of the Cumberland" into the age of
'Cloverlands - Tenn. 48 (near Ky-Tenn. bonder). Central part
at-Exit
industrialization.
of residence dates to ca 1820; wings added later.
Much of the 200 years of our proud past are preserved for your
Grace Chapel - Rossview area Organized in 1886 by the
You can browse through
pleasure. Many of the points of interest included on these maps
Episcopal Church
will help you relate to the events and places that shaped
Meddoo Presbyterian Church Tenn. 12. Organized ca.
selection.of pamphlets abo
Clarksville's storied heritage.
1807; not original building
things to sec and do W
Contact the Clarksville/Montgomery County Tourist
Commission for complete details of things to see and do in the
Peacher's Mill - Peacher's Mill Rd (near Peacher's Mill Creek).
Built ca. 1832 25 Wheatley's Mill Later operated by Peter Peacher
an our area
area.
and brothers as a flour and woolen mill; also cloth and garment
manufacturer. Ruins still exist.
"Smith-Hoffman Home "A" and Beech Sts., New Providence
area Built by William Crosby Smith in 1858 on a site near present
Trice's Landing, from where Mr. Smith exported tobacco. It was
Public Recreational Facilities
purchased in 1912 by Mason Hoffman, whose descendants still
We're
reside there
Bost (3 Incotions)
Spring Creak Baptist Church Tenn. 48. The county's first
Feigrounds Hwys ans
Baptist Church, organized in 1808. Elder Reuben Ross became
Tour-r-r-r-if
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Gregor Park-Riverside Drive
Thise anding Street
pastor in 1810 and served for 29 years. His philosophies and
Community Centern (3 locations)
observations about early 19th century life are preserved in the
Burt Franklin Street
Recollections of the Life and Times of Elder Reuben Ross
Kleenan Cunningham Lane
Streight Raid - Tenn. 149 in Palmyra. A retaliatory raid by
Come Reducter:Road
Union forces on April 11, 1863, destroyed the town of Paimyra
Self Country 3 forations)
Sanford Wilson Home - Fredonia. This architecturally
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Mason Endolph Golf Course 9 holes; par 69
5,810 yards; 1524 Golf Club Lane
significant Federal style two-story home has 16-inch thick walls.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Swan Lake Golf Course holes; par 71;
6661 yards Dumber Care Road
0 Denotes inclusion on National
contact
Cole Park Golf Course 28 holes, par 74
Register of Historic Places.
6615 yards; R. Campbell, Gate: I
Clarksville/Montgomery Co
Recreation Facilities (29 locations)
Tourist Commission
Arenue
Doon Center- capacity; APSIL campus
180 Holiday Road
Fairgrounds Park Arena 2,000 capacity. Highways & 13
Clarksville, TN 37043
Fairgrounds Park Pavillion $2,000 capacity:
Highways 48 & 13
615/648-0001
Municipal Stadium 10,000 capacity, APSU Leampus
Intervity Book a locations)
Terms Consto (5 locations)
For More information, Contact:
Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department;
1514 Golf Child In Clarksville, Tenn: 37040
Valuable research and input for this brocbure was provided by
(615) 645-7476
members of the Clarksville Bicentennial Commission: Landmark
Tours Committee Mrs. Crystallie Allen, chairperson; Historic
Register Tours Committee Mrs. Rachel Cotbam, chairperson; and
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Rendezvous
With Destiny
General Order Number
in whose molding we expect to have
Five, which gave birth to the
our share, is in the hands of the
division, reads, "The 101st
soldiers of the 101st Airborne
Airborne Division, activated at
Division."
Camp Clairborne, Louisiana,
The 101st Airborne Division was
has no history, but il has a
reactivated as a training unit at
rendezvous with destiny. Like
Camp Breckinridge, Ky,, in 1948 and
the early American pioneers
again in 1950. It was reactivated
whose invincible courage was
again in 1954 at Ft. Jackson, S.C., and
the foundation stone of this
in March 1956, the 101st was
nation, we have broken with
transferred, less personnel and
the past and its traditions in
equipment to FL Campbell, Ky., to
order to establish our claim to
be reorganized as a combat division.
the future.
In the mid-60s, the 1st Brigade
"Due to the nature of our
and support troops were deployed
armament, and the tactics in
to the Republic of Vietnam, followed
which we shall perfect
by the rest of the division in late
ourselves, we shall be called
1967. In the almost seven years of
upon to carry out operations of
combat in Vietnam, elements of the
far-reaching military
101st participated in as many as 15
importance and we shall
campaigns, earning additional
he 101st Airborne Division
habitually go into action when the
laurels to their proud name.
(Air Assault) has exemplified
need is immediate and extreme.
In January 1991, the 101st once
the epilome of military
"Let me call your attention to the
again had their "Rendezvous with
professionalism since the unit's
fact that our badge is the great
Destiny" in Traq during the deepest
activation August 15, 1942.
American engle. This is a fitting
combat air assault into enemy
On August 19, 1942, the first
emblem for a division that will crush
territory in the history of the world.
commander, Maj. Gen. William C.
its enemies by falling upon them like
Miraculously, the 101st sustained no
Lee, promised his new recruits that
a thunderbolt from the skies.
soldiers killed in action during the
the 101st has no history, but it has a
"The history we shall make, the
100 hour war and captured
"rendezvous with destiny."
record of high achievement we hope
thousands of enemy prisoners of
As a division, the 101st has never
to write in the annals of the American
war.
failed that prophecy. During World
Army and the American people,
In 1968, the 101st took on the
War II, the 101st Airborne Division
depends wholly and completely on
structure and equipment of an
led the way on D-Day in the night
the men of this division. Each
airmobile division. Today the 101st
drop prior to the invasion. When
individual, each officer and each
stands as the Army's and world's
surrounded at Bastogne, Brig. Gen.
enlisted man, must therefore regard
only air assault division with
Anthony McAuliffe answered
himself ns a necessary part of a
unequaled strategic and tactical
"NUTS", and the Screaming Eagles
complex and powerful instrument for
mobility.
fought on until the siege was lifted.
the overcoming of the enemies of the
In quest of its rendezvous with
For their valiant efforts and heroic
nation. Each, in his own job, must
destiny, the division has been chosen
deeds during World War 11, the
realize that he is not only a means, but
to develop and exploit the doctrine
101st Airborne Division was
an indispensable means for obtaining
of the air assault Tomorrow's
awarded four campaign streamers
the goal of victory. It is, therefore, not
Division in Today's Army.
and two Presidential Unit Citations.
too much to say that the future itself,
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Fort Campbell
Then And Now
ort Campbell, Ky., is named
the Army Chief of Staff Gen.
On Aug. 18, 1969, the U.S. Army
in honor of Brig. Gen. William
Maxwell D. Taylor, presented the
Training Center and Headquarters,
Bowen Campbell, the last
colors of the 101st Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell was combined.
Whig Governor of Tenncssee. He
to Maj. Gen. T.L. Sherbourne, the
was elected Colonel of the First
The 173rd Airborne Brigade got
first commander of the new ROTAD
its official homecoming ceremonies
Tennessee Voluntcers, the "Bloody
airborne division. This was the
Sept. 2, 1971, welcomed by
First," and is remembered in history
official ceremony reactivating the
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird.
as he led his regiment in the
famed Screaming Eagles of World
The 173rd was redesignated as the
storming of Monterey in 1846 with
War II.
3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne
the cry, "Boys, Follow Me!"
On May 2, 1966, Third Army
Division (Airmobile).
The post is located between
General Order 161 directed the
On April 6, 1972, the 101st
Hopkinsville, Ky., and Clarksville,
activation of a Basic Combat Training
Airborne Division (Airmobile) was
Tenn. The site was selected on July
Center at Ft. Campbell. On july 6,
officially welcomed back to its
16, 1941, with construction
barely two months after its initial
home station in ceremonies
beginning Feb. 4, 1942. Within a
activation, Ft. Campbell's Army
attended by Vice President Spiro T.
year, the reservation designated as
Training Center received its first 220
Agnew and Army Chief of Staff
Camp Campbell was developed to
newly-inducted soldiers. Basic
Gen. William C. Westmorcland.
accommodate one armored division
Combat Training began on schedule
and various support troops or a
On April 15, 1972, the U.S. Army
July 11 with a full complement of
Training Center was inactivated.
total of 23,000 men.
1,100 trainees
Early in the summer of 1942, the
The 1st Brigade was sent for duly
post's initial cadre, one officer and
in Vietnam in July 1965. After the
19 enlisted men, arrived from Ft.
war escalated, the rest of the division
Knox, Ky. From that time until the
joined the "Always First Brigade."
end of World War II, Camp
The 6th Infantry Division was
Campbell was the training ground
reactivated at Ft. Campbell on Nov.
for the 12th, 14th and 20th Armored
24, 1966, and inactivated July 25,
Divisions, Headquarters IV
1968.
Armored Corps and the
26th Infantry Division.
In the spring of 1949,
the 11th Airborne
Division arrived at
THE roar AIRBORNE DIVISION
Campbell following
HAS NO HISTORY. BUT IT WAS
. REWDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY
occupation duty in Japan.
MLI WILLIAM c LEE
The 11th was in residence
here until early 1956.
In April 1950, the post
became a permanent
installation and was
redesignated Ft.
Campbell.
On Sept. 21, 1956,
Secretary of the Army
Wilbur M. Brucker and
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from the 101st Airborne Division to
Citation for its D-Day actions.
deploy to Vietnam. During the six
The unit next participated in the
and one-half year campaign there,
airborne invasion of Holland and
MILITARY UNITS
the 327th participated in over 40
fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
combat operations.
The unit was inactivated after the
During the recent Operation
war.
The 101st Airborne Division (Air
Desert Storm the 327th Inf. Rgt. was
In 1948, the 502nd Infantry was
Assault) is formed of three brigades
again "Always First" as it led the
redesignated the 502nd Airborne
plus Division Artillery, Division
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Infantry and activated at Camp
Support Command, the 101st
in the largest and longest air assault
Breckinridge, Ky., functioning there
Aviation Brigade, 101st Support
in history into Iraq.
and at Ft. Jackson as a training
Group (Corps) and several separate
Today, the "Always First" Brigade
regiment until 1956.
commands.
continues to train soldiers to be
The unit moved to Ft. Campbell,
physically, technically and
Ky., as a line regiment in the 101st
psychologically prepared to meet the
Airborne Division in 1957. There it
st Brigade
rigors of combat.
was redesignated as the 502nd
Units:
The "Always First" Brigade
Infantry.
consists of three battalions: the 1st,
HHC, 1st Brigade
The 2nd Battalion deployed to
2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 327th
1st Battalion, 327th Infantry
Vietnam in the 101st's 1st Brigade
Infantry Regiment. This unit has an
Regiment
in 1965 and was reorganized as an
extensive combat background that
2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry
airborne infantry unit in 1968. The
began soon after its inception in
Regiment
1st Battalion joined the 2nd in 1967
August 1917.
3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry
as an airmobile infantry unit. The
The 327th Regiment fought with
Regiment
two battalions participated in 15
distinction throughout World War
Vietnam campaigns.
I, to include the Meuse-Argonne
The 502nd Infantry Regiment
Campaign.
2nd Brigade
was reorganized June 1984 with the
In World War II, the 327th was
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions
designated as a Glider Infantry
Constituted in February of 1942 as
assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 101st
Regiment for the 101st Airborne
the 502nd Parachute Infantry and
Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell
Division. The unit saw widespread
activated at Ft. Benning, this unit was
and the 4th, 5th, and 6th Battalions
action throughout the war to
assigned to the 101st Airborne
in the Berlin Brigade, West Berlin,
include operations Overlord and
Division in August of that same year.
Germany.
Market-Garden. In addition, the
the 502nd was shipped overseas in
"The Strike Brigade" is trained to
maintain combat readiness needed
327th played a key role at Bastogne
1943 and participated in the
in halting the Ardennes offensive.
Normandy invasion June 6, 1944. The
to deploy rapidly anywhere in the
The 1st Brigade, consisting of the
3rd Battation mounted a memorable
world, to fight and win, and to
1st and 2nd Br., 327th Inf. and 2nd
bayonet charge at Carentan and the
sustain combat operations.
Bn., 502nd Inf., was the first unit
Regiment won a Presidential Unit
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Units:
qualified brigade in the
HHC, 2nd Brigade
Division. The 1st and 2nd
1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry
Battalions, 503rd Infantry
Regiment
and the 3rd Battalion, 187th
2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry
Infantry became its three
Regiment
organic battalions. The
3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry
"Rakkason" Brigade was
Regiment
regimentalized in 1985. The
1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions
3rd Brigade
of the 187th Infantry
Regiment are stationed at Ft.
Europe during World War II and 12
"Rakkasan Brigade" traces its
Campbell.
campaigns during the Vietnam
lineage back to the organization of
In 1974, the Brigade lost its jump
War.
the headquarters of the 160th
status. That October, the Airmobile
During the Battle of the Bulge in
Infantry Brigade, an element of the
designations were changed to Air
1944, when the division was
80th Division, organized at Camp
Assault.
surrounded at Bastogne, it was the
Lee, Va., in August 1917.
Today, the "Rakkasan" Brigade
Division Artillery commander,
The 3rd Brigade has traditionally
trains to maintain combat readiness
Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe,
been composed of three infantry
commensurate with its mission to
serving as the acting division
battalions. From 1964 to 1971 the
deploy rapidly anywhere in the
commander, who defiantly
three battalions were the 3rd
world, to fight and win, and to
answered "Nuts!" to the German
Battalion, 187th Infantry, and the
sustain combat operations.
demand to surrender.
1st and 2nd Battalions, 506th
Units:
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions
Infantry. Prepared for both
HIIC, 3rd Brigade
of the 320th Field Artillery
conventional and unconventional
1st Battalion, 187th Infantry
Regiment of Division Artillery trace
war contingencies, the Brigade
Regiment
their histories back to World War I
deployed to Vietnam in December
2nd Battalion, 187th Infantry
combat with the 82nd Infantry
1967 during Operation Eagle
Regiment
Division, World War II combat with
Thrust.
3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry
the 82nd Airborne Division and
Separated in 1968 from the
Regiment
Victnam action for the 1st and 2nd
remainder of the Division, the
Battalions.
Brigade fought with the 9th
The mission of the "Air Assault
Infantry Division, the 4th Infantry
ivision Artillery
Artillery" is to provide close and
Division and the 25th Infantry
continuous fires in support of the
Division. The Brigade rejoined the
Division Artillery traces its history
division's scheme of maneuver and
101st in August 1968 as the 3rd
to the 176th Field Artillery Brigade
to integrate all fire support
Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
organized on June 24, 1921. The
planning and coordination within
(Airmobile).
"Guns of Glory" assumed its present
the division.
On Nov. 20, 1971, the Brigade
designation on Aug. 15, 1942, when
Division Artillery consists of a
returned home to Ft. Campbell. It
the 101st Airborne Division was
headquarters and headquarters
was reorganized from elements of
organized.
battery, three direct support
the 173rd Airborne Brigade
Division Artillery's campaign
(105mm towed howitzer)
(Separate), as the only parachute
credits Include four campaigns in
battalions, a field artillery
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detachment (target acquisition) and
a 155mm towed howitzer battery to
provide general support fires to the
division.
Since October of 1986, the three
direct support battalions have been
regimentally affiliated with the
320th Field Artillery Regiment.
Overseas element of the regiment is
Battery E in Berlin. The 155mm
battery is Battery C, 5th Battalion,
8th Field Artillery Regiment.
Units:
1st Battalion, 320th Field
Artillery Regiment
2nd Battalion, 320th Field
Artillery Regiment
3rd Battalion, 320th Field
Artillery Regiment
Battery C, 5th Battalion, 8th
Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Detachment
(Target Acquisition)
Division Support
Command
The 101st Airborne Division (Air
maintenance, medical and
was redesignated the 101st
Assault) Support Command was
administration
to the division. In
Aviation Group the following year.
initially activated on July 1, 1956, at
addition, the DISCOM also provides
With the emergence of airmobile
Ft. Campbell, Ky., as the 101st
administrative and special court
battle doctrine, the 101st Aviation
Airborne Division Support Group,
martial authority support to HHC
Group began delivering soldiers to
consisting of the 326th Medical
Division and the 101st Division
the battlefield by helicopter.
Company, the 426th Quartermaster
Band.
In 1972, the 101st Aviation
Company, the 801st Maintenance
Units:
Group returned to Ft. Campbell
Battalion, the 101st Parachute
HHC, Division Support
with other division units. The unit
Support and Maintenance
Command
continued to lead the way in Army
Company and Headquarters,
8th Battalion, 101st Aviation
aviation innovation as its battalions
Headquarters Service Company
Regiment
became the first to transition to the
and Band.
326th Medical Battalion
Black Hawk and Chinook
In April 1957, the Support Group
426th Supply and
helicopters.
underwent organizational changes
Transportation Battalion
Today, the Brigade continuously
with the 426th Quartermaster
801st Maintenance Battalion
deploys its units throughout the
Company becoming a Supply and
Company H, 159th Aviation
United States, from the deserts of
Transportation Company, and the
Regiment
the National Training Center to the
Band and Parachute Maintenance
63rd Chemical Company
flood-ravaged valleys of the
Company separating from the
101st Personnel Service
Appalachians. The unit also
Group. Additions to the Support
Company
deploys overseas in support of
Group were the 101st
101st Finance Support Unit
many exercises. The 101st Aviation
Administration Company and
42nd Ordnance Detachment
Group became the 101st Aviation
Company B, 313th Army Security
46th Ordnance Detachment
Brigade in August 1986 and units of
Agency Battalion.
53rd Quartermaster Detachment
the Brigade became regimentally
In February 1964, the Support
95th Ordnance Detachment
affiliated in October 1987.
Group was reorganized and
140th Ordnance Detachment
The mission of the 101st Aviation
redesignated the 101st Airborne
170th Ordnance Detachment
Brigade is to deploy worldwide and
Division Support Command and
plan, coordinate, and execute
given the nickname "Lifeliners."
aviation operations as an integrated
The mission of the 3,000 soldiers
Aviation Brigade
maneuver element of the Combined
of the Division Support Command
On July 1, 1968, at Camp Eagle in
Arms Team. It also locales,
is to provide all logistical support -
the Republic of Vietnam, the 160th
identifies and destroys enemy
ground and air direct support
Aviation Group was constituted. It
forces in joint, combined or
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unilateral operations and provides
and organized as a TOE unit on Oct.
total fighting force. Their ability to
the means to deliver the men and
1, 1990, as 101sr Support Group
support and equip other divisional
material of the 101st Airborne
(Corps).
units greatly enhances its
Division (Air Assoult) into battle.
The 101st SG (C) has a combined
capabilities. These units are the
Units:
strength of approximately 3,000
326th Engineer Battalion; 501st
1st Battalion, 101st Aviation
soldiers and is comprised of the
Signal Battalion; the Law
Regiment
major non-divisional units.
Enforcement Command; the 311th
2nd Battalion, 101st Aviation
The SG (C) is involved in virtually
Military Intelligence Battalion; and
Regiment
every aspect of support provided to
the 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense
3rd Battalion, 101st Aviation
the Division. This ranges from
Artillery.
Regiment
personnel assigned to the various
Campbell Army Airfield is the
4th Battalion, 101st Aviation
installation support directorates to
home of several U.S. Air Force
Regiment
soldiers assigned to SG(C)'s combat
tenant units working diligently to
3th Battalion, 101st Avintion
and combat service support
keep the aircraft of the division
Regiment
battalions and companies.
flying safely.
6th Battalion, 101st Aviation
This multi-faceted support
They include Detachment 1,
Regiment
includes receiving and processing all
436th Military Airlift Wing; 21st
7th Battalion, 101st Aviation
replacements to Ft. Campbell,
Tactical Air Support Squadron;
Regiment
providing local and line haul
Detachment 1, 5th Weather
9th Battalion, 101st Aviation
transportation support, operating the
Squadron; and Detachment 5, 507th
Regiment
Departure/Arrival Airfield Control
Tactical Air Command, USAF.
2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry
Group, providing direct and general
Other tenant units serving Ft.
Regiment
maintenance support, furnishing
Campbell and the division are the
medical support to the installation
902nd Military Intelligence Group;
101 st Support Group
hospital and training for soldiers al
Field Office, 3rd Region, U.S. Army
(Corps)
Fort Campbell's Noncommissioned
Criminal Investigation Division
Officers Academy.
Command; Co. A, 1st Bn., 58th
The 101st Support Group (Corps)
Units:
Avn. Rgt.: and the U.S. Army 2nd
was originally constituted July 1,
HHC, U.S. Army Garrison
Judicial Circuit Detachment.
1942, as the 1580th Service
NCO Academy
Command. After many
20th Replacement Detachment
redesignations, the "Support The
29th Transportation Battalion
5th Special Forces Group
Eagle" Group was organized as the
86th Evacuation I lospital
(Airborne)
U.S. Army Carrison on March 1.
561st Supply and Service
Battalion
The 5th Special Forces Group
1953, as Headquarters, Special
61st Medical Detachment (LB)
(Airborne) was activated in
Troops in 1960, as Headquarters
Command in 1970, and in March
September 1961 at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
in late 1962, just a year after the 5th
1979 as Headquarters
Command/Bagle Support Brigade.
Separate Units
Group was organized, elements of
the 5th began serving temporary
On May 25, 1939, the Brigade was
There are several separate
duty tours in the Republic of
again redesignated as the 101st
commands attached to the division
Vietnam. Full deployment of the
Corps Support Group (Provisional),
which form an integral part of the
5th was completed by February
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1965 with its headquarters located
On June 10, 1988, the colors of the
1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces
at Nha Trang. The Group
5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Group (Airborne)
conducted combat operations and
were encased at a ceremony marking
2nd Battalion, 5th Special
led indigenous forces of the civilian
its departure from Ft. Bragg to its
Forces Group (Airborne)
irregular defense groups. The 5th's
new home at Ft. Campbell. The
3rd Battalion, 5th Special
colors were returned to Ft. Bragg on
colors were officially uncased at Ft.
Forces Group (Airborne)
March 5, 1971, ending almost a
Campbell on June 16, 1988. The 5th
Support Company, 5th Special
decade of combat operations.
Special Forces Group maintains a
Forces Group (Airborne)
Despite being one of the smallest
high state of combat readiness and
units engaged in the Vielnam
has deployed teams throughout
conflict, the Group colors fly 20
Africa, the Middle East and
The Air Assault School
campaign streamers, and its
Southwest Asia. The 5th stands ready
soldiers are among the most
The Air Assault Course, taught at
to answer the call of freedom any
Ft. Campbell's Air Assault School,
decorated in our nation's military
time and any where in the world.
history. Sixteen Medals of Honor
Units:
has been called the 10 toughest days
in the Army. Since it was
were awarded, eight of those
HUC, 5th Special Forces Group
posthumously.
established in January 1974, the
(Airborne)
The Special Forces soldier is a
school has graduated more than
highly skilled teacher and trainer.
90,000 U.S. and foreign military
personnel and civilians.
The goal is for each Special Forces
The grueling course is
qualified soldier to be 3n expert in
one field and cross trained in the
designed to train soldiers in all
following fields: weapons,
facets of air assault operations
engineering, communications,
unique to the free world's only
air assault division.
medical aid, and operations-
intelligence. He's area oriented,
Enrollment is on a quola
most likely having served some
basis to both on- and off-post
units. Prior to arrival the
time in his area of interest, and is
soldiers must meet the
capable of speaking the local
height/weight standards of AR
language. I lis capability to
600-9 and have
accomplish a wide variety of
missions with a minimum of U.S.
successfullycompleted the APFT
personnel is perhaps his greatest
SCHOOL
for the 17-21 age group within
value.
30 days of the class start date.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Whom It May Concern
FROM: Brad Kirtley Brad Rully
Sports Information Director
SUBJECT: Info regarding Austin Peay
DATE: September 28, 1992
Our famous slogan is "Let's Go Peay" (Dick Vitale calls it one of his top
three favorite slogans in college basketball)
Our nickname is the "Governors."
Last season, after 23 consecutive losses, we put together a "Guaranteed Win"
campaign for the 1991 football season. We guaranteed one victory for 1991 and
broke the streak in the season's first game against Western Kentucky and went
on to a 5-6 season. Our coach, Roy Gregory, agreed to this promotion despite
battling abdominal cancer (Lymphoma discovered during Spring 1991) and several
chemo treatments. He recovered. and was named Tennessee Sportswriters Football
Coach of the Year.
This season we finally got the other monkey off our back by defeating
Southeast Missouri (SEMO), 21-16, Saturday night. It ended an 18-game road
losing streak, dating back to Nov. 12, 1988.
Our men's basketball team again became famous in 1987 by upsetting seventh
ranked Illinois in first-round NCAA tournament play.
The Dunn Center's basketball arena was named Dave Aaron Arena on Jan. 18,
1988, after its long-time coach and athletic director Dave Aaron, who died
last spring.
Our volleyball team became the first non-Kentucky team to capture the Ohio
Valley Conference championship last fall and is off to a 12-3 start this
season. The coach is Cheryl Holt.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Whom It May Concern
FROM: Brad Kirtley
Sports Information Director
SUBJECT: Info regarding Austin Peay/Clarksville
DATE: September 28, 1992
Clarksville is former home of professional golfer Mason Rudolph and 1956 &
1960 Olympian Wilma Rudolph, who won three golds in 1960.
Pat Head Summitt, Tennessee basketball coach, grew up down the road in
Henrietta.
Home of Acme Boot, Co., largest bootmaker in the country and host to annual
Acme Boot Showdown.
Clarksville is the Queen City.
Ranked as one of the top 100 desirable cities in which to live.
Second fastest growing county in the southeast.
If you have any further questions, telephone Brad Kirtley, (615) 648-7561.
Fax number is (615) 648-7562.
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Clarksville, Tennessee
C
larksville's history has been colorful and
Mental Health Center. animal shelter, the criminal justice
eventful from the days of Indian massacres
complex, and tourist commission. There is a planning com-
to present days of peace and prosperity. It
mission and zoning regulations are in place. A substantial
was founded in 1784 and named for General Rogers
contributing factor to the area's growth is the cordial, coop-
Clark. frontier fighter and Revolutionary War hero.
erative relationship between the city and county govern-
ments.
In 1785, Clarksville was established as a town by the
North Carolina Assembly. Tennessee was granted
Education
statehood in 1796. and Clarksville was incorporated
Area residents, through the unified
as a town with elected officials in the year 1819.
school system, have the advantages of a
The beautiful, healthful City of Clarksville is
trend-setting program in their elementary
filled with civic-minded people who are interested
and secondary schools, and one of the
in its progress. It has long been recognized for its
state's best universities. The architec-
many attractive homes and treelined residential
tural design of the schools has brought
areas. In recent years, there has been a tremendous
visitors from many states and several foreign countries to
increase in the construction of new homes, influ-
see the outstanding approach. The school program has two
enced by as steady economy and job security.
distinct goals: To serve the needs of students planning to
Clarksville is a city of low-cost yet luxury living.
attend college through a well-rounded college preparatory
program: and to meet the needs of students who will be
Facts
going to work after finishing secondary school.
Public School System: A unified city/county school sys-
Here's a quick look at your area to acquaint
tem oversees public education in Clarksville and Montgom-
you with local facilities, government,
ery County. The county's 12 elementary schools have a
combined enrollment of 7,306 with a student/teacher ratio of
education and more.
27:1. The four middle/junior high schools have a total enroll-
ment of 3,211 with a student/teacher ratio of 30:1 and the
Location
four high schools have a combined enrollment of 4,157 with
Clerksville, county seat of Montgomery County, is located
a student/teacher ratio of 30:1.
approximately 250 miles from a point which is the population
Private/Parochial Schools: There are three private/paro-
center of the United States. Conveniently located 45 miles
chial schools with a combined enrollment of 657 and a stu-
from Nashville, Clarksville covers 549 square miles. The city
dent/teacher ratio of 15:1.
is served by several major highways and interstate 24.
Voc-Tech: Vocational-technical educational programs
are offered in local high schools and the vocational-technical
Population
center.
in the 1990 census. Clarksville's population was 75.494.
Austin Peay State University: A modern university with
Montgomery County's 1990 census population was 100,498.
a rich heritage, Austin Peay is a regional, state supported in-
stitution of higher education with an enrollment of approxi-
Climate
mately 6,400. The university is organized into four colleges:
College of Education. College of Business, College of Arts
The annual average temperature is
and Sciences and College of Graduate and Professional
60.2 degrees with the monthly average
Programs. The university is continually expanding and im-
high temperature of 47.6 degrees in
proving its attractive campus.
January and 90.2 degrees in July. The
monthly average low temperature in
Business and Industry
January is 29 degrees and 89 degrees in
July, The annual average rainfall is 48.92
Working with business and industry
inches and average snowfall 7.4 inches.
to find just the right location is nothing
The prevailing winds are southerly and the average elevation
new for Clarksville, Tennessee. The
is 500 feet. The mean length of freeze-free days is 208.
state's 17AM largest city, much of
Clarksville's impressive growth in recent
Government
years is a direct result of companies
choosing Clarksville as a good place to do business.
The City of Clarksville is governed by a mayor-council
There is a bushel basket full of reasons why more and
elected to represent the number of wards into which the city
more companies are considering Clarksville, but one reason
is divided. the Commissioner of Finance and Revenue, City
that stands above the rest is LOCATION.
Within one-day
Engineer, City Clerk and an elected City Judge. All city de-
delivery of 76% of major U.S. markets (about 200 miles from
partments are under the supervision of designated depart-
U.S. population center).
Accessible to the interstate high-
ment heads. This government team works cooperatively with
ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY
way system, via 1-24, for shipping in all directions. Of all
the County Executive and Board of County Commissioners.
middle Tennessee cities, Clarksville is nearest the Missis-
Joint efforts include: Clarksville-Montgomery County Re-
sippi River System with its strategic location on the Cumber-
gional Planning Commission. Industrial Development Board,
civil defense, public library, hospital board, Clarksville-
land River. Major outdoor recreational areas are right on
Clarksville's doorstep yet less than an hour from the Nash-
Montgomery County Unified School System. Harriet Cohn
ville International Airport.
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FACTS
Many national and International companies already real-
Health Care
ize the advantages of a Clarksville location. with 5,500
people employed by these plants. representing an annual
Established in 1954. Clarksville Memorial Hospital has
payroll in excess of $96,000,000.
grown into a progressive health care facility serving the
The Montgomery County Industrial Development Board is
needs of Clarksville and surrounding counties. As a fully
very active in the areas of assisting industry and recruiting
accredited acute-care hospital, it offers the latest in techno-
new business.
logical and medical expertise. Some 80 physicians on staff
Industry: Local industrial support services include tool &
represent over 20 specialties. Recent enhancements to the
die, heat treating. foundry. heavy hardware. sheet metal.
hospital include the expansion of outpatient services and
lubricants and welding supplies.
same-day surgery and the addition of a comprehensive
Financial: The area has four banks with combined as-
cancer center.
sets of $1,797,715,915 and two savings and loan associa-
Modern facilities and professional staff personnel are of-
tions with combined assets of $51,837,000.
fered at the Clarksville Montgomery County Health Depart-
Natural Resources: Natural resources include limestone,
ment and the Harriet Cohn Mental Health Center. Clarksville
Iron ore and hardwood.
also has three privately-owned nursing homes for the care of
Agriculture: While no longer dominating the economic
the aged. The Cumberland Dialysis Center offers service to
scene, agriculture in the Clarksville area is still a vital part of
kidney patients.
the overall plature. The raising of beef cattle and more than
two score Grade A dairies make the cattle industry an im-
Transportation
portant segment in the area's agricultural economy.
Residents of Clarksville have available to them the
Tobacco, which was a flourishing crop even before the
Clarksville Transit System. which serves all areas of the city.
naming of Montgomery County, continues as a major source
in addition, long distance bus service serves the city, as well
of Income, both to farmers and those engaged in the mar-
as rail and several motor freight lines, three of which main-
keting of It. The Clarksville dark-fired tobacco market is one
tain terminals in the city. Water transportation offers a con-
of the largest in the world. Adding a substantial share to the
venient means of moving goods to major cities to the north
agricultural income are com, wheat and soybeans.
and south as barge and towboat traffic move along the
Industrial Site: Clarksville/Montgomery County Business
Cumberland River.
Park has 668 available acres for development. It is located
Highways: Serving the area are U.S. Highways 79, 41-A.
at the northeast edge of the Clarksville city limits adjacent to
and state highways 12, 48, 13. 149 and 76. The local high-
Highways 79 and Interstate 24. Rail lines are adjacent and
way system provides convenient access to the interstate
full utilities are available. Costs per acre and utilities are
highway system via I-24.
negotiable.
Air Transportation: Clarksville-Outlaw Field features two
Selected Montgomery County
asphalt runways, one of 6,000 feet and one 4,000 feet, high
Intensity approach lights and a retating beacon. Services
Economic Indicators
available at the field include: Avgas/jet fuel 80 and 100 OC-
tane. major repair. taxi/rentals/courtesy car.
Entimated County Available Labor: As of 4/68 the total
The nearest available commercial service is in Nashville
available labor force numbered 2,210 (1,300 male and 910
(45 miles) with over 200 flights daily by most major carriers.
female). The estimated available labor force for the sur-
Two commuter flights daily are available locally, along
rounding area is 9,341. The number of high school gradu-
with air express and air freight service.
ates in 1986 was 868 with 41.47% college bound.
Railroads: The area is served by R.J. Corman Railroad.
Labor Force Estimates: The civilian labor force in 1987
There is no local piggy back ramp and the nearest ramp is in
numbered 33,530. Unemployment was 1,840 for an unem-
Nashville (45 miles).
ployment percentage of 5.5%.
Navigable Waterway: The Cumberland River offers con-
Per Capita Income: $10,609 in 1986.
venient water transportation with the nearest port facility
Retail Sales: Total retail sales were $464,537,000 in
located 45 miles away in Nashville. Channel depth is nine
1987.
feet.
County 10-Year Growth Report: For the years 1979-
1988 eight new plants valued at $97,500,000 and five OX-
Common Curriers: There are five motor freight compa-
nies serving the county with three terminal facilities.
pansions valued at $7,500,000 were completed.
Bus Service: Greyhound.
Churches
Package Delivery: Several courier services offer pack-
age service to the area, as well as inter-city courier service.
The more than 150 churches serve the spiritual needs of
UPS service is available with a local terminal.
nearly every denomination and faith. The ministerial associa-
tion is active and comprised of ministers of all denomina-
Organizations
tions, races and creeds within the community. Although
The social and charitable needs of the community are
there are no temples or synagogues in Clarksville, members
met by the numerous civic. service and fraternal organiza-
of the Jewish faith may attend any of several located in
tions. Among these is the Clarksville Area Chamber of Com-
nearby Nashville (40 miles).
merce, which has a progressive record of community serv-
ice since its beginning in 1905.
The newest addition to the many services offered for
Montgomery County residents is the Clarksville Information
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and Referral Service. This agency can provide free assis-
Roxy Thestre: Clarksville's oldest non-profit community
tance in linking people with appropriate clubs. agencies,
theatre is now in its 8th year and has celebrated over 100
programs. services. etc. Just dial 552-INFO.
productions of live theatre on the corner of Franklin and First
in historic City Centre, Clarksville. Housed in an "Art Mcdern"
Fort Campbell
theatre built in 1947, this comer has always been a place of
entertainment from its first incarnation as The Lillian built in
In the northern portion of Clarksville and Montgomery
County lies the large military community of Fort Campbell,
1912. destroyed by fire and rebullt in 1947 as the Roxy.
original home of the famed 101st Airborne Division. The
This community theatre presents plays. musicals and
military reservation encompasses 105,000 acres. two-thirds
classics each weekend with special day performances for
of which are in Tennessee. Fort Campbell grew to maturity
school groups. For reservations and information call the box-
in World Wer II, and is now a permanant post in the national
office at 615-645-7699.
defense program. There are more than 20,000 military per-
Community Concert Association: Additional opportunities
sonnel stationed at Fort Campbell representing an annual
are offered by the the Community Concert Association, which
features some of the world's most famous artists.
payroll exceeding $485, 111.
The Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library: In
Media
addition to an extensive collection of books. the Clarksville-
Montgomery Public Library has an excellent reference
Newspapers: Local newspapers include the Leaf
section and a spendid collection of genealogical material.
Chronical (daily) circulation 19,500 and the Montgomery
The library. has recently renovated 50% more space so that
County News (weekly) circulation 1,000.
more citizens can utilize the facilities that the city and county
Redio Stations: More than 19 radio stations can be re-
are SO proud to support.
celved in Montgomery County.
Television Stations: Five channeis in Nashville. Cable
service is available with 31 channels.
History and Recreation
Clarksville is a history-rich city that stretches majestically
Police and Fire Protection
atop the steep bluffs overlooking the Cumberland and Red
Rivers. Much of Clarksville's Downtown Historic District is on
Police: Law enforcement personnel number over 125
and include 78 cars,
the National Register of Historic Places the county court-
Fire: The county fire defense system consists of 122 full-
house, the public square, churches with elegant stained
time firemen and over 200 volunteers. There are 23 units of
glass and dominant spires, and 19th century businesses
fire-fighting equipment and the insurance rating is Class 4.
houses. The old federal building has been developed as a
city/county museum. Something special is almost always
Utilities
cookin' in the Clarksville area. In April don't miss the excit-
ment of southern folk music. The Clarksville Walking Horse
Water: The Cumberland River is a dependable source
Show highlights the month of July, along with the Thresher-
of water, easily meeting the area's 16 million GPD capacity.
men's Show in nearby Adams. The Jaycee Montgomery
Current consumption is 10.5 million GPD with a storage ca-
County Fair shines at summer's end, and there's more food,
pacity of 12 million gallons.
drink and dance than you can consume during the Oktober-
Sewage: Sewage treatment for the area is activated
fest in autumn.
sludge sprinkler with a capacity of 7.2 million GPD. Current
The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department: The
usage is 5.5 million GPD. City sewer coverage is 90% and
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department maintains an
storm sewer coverage is 10%. Solid waste is disposed at
excellent staff and a modern year-round program of recrea-
the city/county landfill.
tion for all age groups. The city offers parks and recreation
Electricity: Provided by the Cumberland Electric Mem-
facilities at 29 locations including: two golf courses, seven
bership Cooperative and the Clarksdale Department of
swimming pools, three community centers, and the modem
Electricity. The source company is TVA. Both residential
sports complex, which offers eight tennis courts. two
and commercial electric rates are TVA GP-11.
handball courts and three softball fields. Major facilities
Gas: Natural Gas is supplied by the City of Clarksville.
included at Fairgrounds Park are an outstanding recreation
The source company is the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Com-
center, two large pionic sheiters, fishing piers, equipped play
pany, BTU content per cubic foot is 1,030. There are six
areas and a spacious pavillion.
fuel oil suppliers and three suppliers of LP gas.
Hunting, Flehing and Watersports: Clarksville is the "Gate-
Arts & Entertainment
way" to the Land between the Lakes, within sixty minutes
drive of four major lakes. Ideally situated near Barkley.
With the establishment of Austin Peay State University as a
Cheatham, Old Hickory and Percy Priest Lakes. it is a
Center for the Creative Arts, many expanded cultural op-
fisherman's paradise and a playground for watersports
portunities have been brought to the citizenry of the region,
enthusiasts. Excellent hunting conditions also attract out-
including the residency of renowned artists as Arthur Kop-
doorsmen from all over the United States.
pett and Tom Orland.
Fort Campbell: Officials at Fort Campbell. Kentucky, wel-
come visitors at any time. The post museum, located at 26th
TO
Street and Tennessee Avenue, is one of many interesting
PRIMINED
places to visit there. Visitors enter at Gate 4. Highway 41-A
North.
Opryland: Tourists from all over the world are attracted to
Opryland, USA, in nearby Nashville. This amusement park
draws tourists in numbers comparable to Disneyland and
SOUTH
Disney World.
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48TH STORY of Level 1 printed in FULL format.
Copyright 1992 The Times Mirror Company
Los Angeles Times
August 4, 1992, Tuesday, Home Edition
SECTION: World Report; Page 3; Column 1; World Report
LENGTH: 699 words
HEADLINE: MARKET SCENE;
SOUTHEAST ASIA NATIONS SCRAMBLING TO GOBBLE UP U.S. FIRMS;
THAILAND, SINGAPORE AND OTHERS ARE HOPING TO SECURE THEIR MARKETS BY INVESTING
IN THE WEST.
BYLINE: By CHARLES P. WALLACE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BANGKOK, Thailand
BODY:
The headquarters of Thailand's Unicord Co. are in a nondescript suite of
offices on a rundown side street in Bangkok - a far cry from the boardrooms of
giant multinational companies where most major mergers and acquisitions are
carried out. But Unicord has carved a special niche for itself in Southeast Asia
by becoming the region's largest investor in the United States.
While most investment dollars are flowing from the United States to Southeast
Asia, there is a small but growing flow of investment going in the other
direction as the Asian companies, looking to secure their markets, snap up
companies in the United States. As in the past, most Asian investment in the
United States still comes from such North Asian countries as Japan, Taiwan and
South Korea. But now Southeast Asia is joining the scramble.
Unicord, which was founded with only $400,000 in 1978, became the Southeast
Asian leader in the field in 1989 when it bought San Diego-based Bumble Bee
Seafoods Inc., the third-largest seller of canned tuna fish in the United States
with annual sales of $400 million. Unicord paid $269 million for the firm, which
had been put up for sale by Pillsbury, a U.S. subsidiary of the British
conglomerate Grand Metropolitan.
Before the Bumble Bee purchase, Unicord had been the world's largest supplier
of tuna, but it was at the mercy of industry middlemen who bought the fish for
resale to the leading brands. At the same time, Bumble Bee had to pay premium
prices to guarantee a supply of the prime cuts of meat.
"Now Unicord can be assured of a distribution network in the United States,
while Bumble Bee is sure of its supply," said Unicord Chairman Kamchorn
Sathirakul, a former governor of the Bank of Thailand. "Now we've become a truly
integrated, global business." Unicord's strong point had been low wages at its
Thailand factory, where it employs 7,000 people to process raw tuna. But because
of tariffs on canned seafood imports, Unicord built an automated tuna cannery
near Sante Fe Springs outside Los Angeles.
"Thai companies, especially in the food-processing business, are aggressively
seeking out U.S. companies which control their markets in order to lock up a
foothold in fortress Europe and fortress U.S.A., said Graham Catterwell, an
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analyst at Crosby Securities in Bangkok.
Other major investments have included a ceramic-tile factory in
Clarksville, Tenn. set up by Siam Cement, Thailand's leading industrial
company, and the Melrose Hotel in Dallas, purchased in April by a consortium led
by the Bangkok-based Dusit Thani Hotel Group.
In all of 1988, Thailand had a capital outflow - investments overseas - of
just 615 million baht, less than $25 million. By 1991, the figure had reached
$137 million in the first six months of the year.
The same picture exists elsewhere in the region. Singapore soft-drinks giant
Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd. paid $52 million to buy Chun King, a maker of Chinese food,
from RJR Nabisco Inc. By buying Chun King, Yeo acquired a distribution network
throughout the United States in addition to a well-known brand name.
The Chun King purchase was also the first time the Singapore government had
helped a private company finance a takeover in the U.S. market.
In April, 1989, Trade and Industry Minister Lee Hsien Loong had urged local
companies to "go international" and promised government support for investments
that generate spinoffs for the Singaporean economy.
So when Yeo bought Chun King, the Singapore government's secretive investment
arm, Temasek Holdings, contributed half of the purchase price. Eventually,
Temasek will sell its shares to Yeo.
In another government-backed investment, a subsidiary of Singapore Aerospace
called Mobile Aerospace Engineering Inc. set up a $20-million facility in
Mobile, Ala., to refurbish commercial aircraft.
The Singapore government is also looking beyond the United States. In 1990 it
spent nearly $440 million to buy Brierly Investments, a New Zealand holding
company, and its British Hotel subsidiary.
"Apart from a good return, Temasek looks for good contacts and connections
which it can pass on to Singapore companies," Finance Minister Richard Hu said.
SUBJECT: UNITED STATES -- FOREIGN INVESTMENTS - SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES
- TRADE -- SOUTHEAST ASIA
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30TH STORY of Level 1 printed in FULL format.
Copyright 1992 Star Tribune
Star Tribune
August 25, 1992, Metro Edition
SECTION: Marketplace; Column six; Pg. 1D
LENGTH: 1511 words
HEADLINE: The ethics business;
Former newsletter has evolved into a slick magazine with big intentions
BYLINE: John J. Oslund; Staff Writer
KEYWORD: marjorie kelly miriam kniaz
BODY:
Business Ethics magazine is:
A) A nonprofit periodical published by social activists preaching
soft-headed notions to soulless corporations.
B) A crusading muckraker staffed by hard-nosed investigative reporters who
skewer their corporate targets.
C) A glossy bimonthly founded by cool-headed businesswomen whose financial
goal is to cash out with $ 2 million by 1997.
D) None of the above.
The correct answer is C.
But don't expect Business Ethics cofounders Marjorie Kelly and Miriam Kniaz,
who publish the 10,000-circulation magazine in Chaska to apologize for their
desire to prosper from the ethics business. They have already wrestled with that
philosophical alligator. And they won.
Since its founding in 1987, Business Ethics has grown from a black-and-white
newsletter to a glossy magazine with a growing and unusually loyal base of
subscribers who are very willing to pay $ 49 for six issues a year.
Kelly and Kniaz say they believe that running a for-profit business that has
to pay its bills, meet a payroll and deal with the same ethical questions as
their readers gives them a strategic edge. In other words, their capitalism
gives them their credibility.
Yet there's no lack of crusader spirit at the magazine. Kelly holds a
master's degree in magazine journalism from the University of Missouri. And like
many journalists, she wants "to make a difference."
"I figured the best way to do that was to get my hands on the biggest lever
I could," she wrote in the July/August issue. "That lever was business. Because
business holds more worldly power today than government, education, religion or
any other institution. And it reacts faster.
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Star Tribune, August 25, 1992
During the 1980s, ethical vacuums were at the core of many economic
calamities from insider trading scandals to S&L failures to the Exxon Valdez oil
spill. Moreover, the exploding quality, employee-involvement and empowerment
movements demand an unprecedented degree of openness and honesty within a
company - - processes that often expose internal ethical shortcomings.
Meanwhile, the secret to publishing a successful new magazine, experts say,
is finding a field about to take off. If that's true, then Kelly and Kniaz
should do all right because the business ethics field hasn't merely taken off,
it has nearly achieved orbit.
Many business schools around the country implanted ethics courses in their
core curriculums. Several universities have endowed chairs in ethics at their
business schools, including the University of Minnesota and the University of
St. Thomas. Across the country, there are more than 100 organizations devoted to
studying ethics across a spectrum of fields from religion to business, law,
politics and medicine.
"Our goal is to make this a major national magazine," said Kelly, 39, who
amassed $ 20,000 from savings and her family to launch the publication five
years ago.
Today, demand for the magazine seems obvious. But in 1987, junk bond king
Michael Milken was at the height of his power, the savings and loan scandal was
quietly underway and business was generally booming. Even then, Kelly saw a
niche.
She also believes that corporate behavior is more effectively modified with
honey than with vinegar. "I am never going to be doing an expose on an oil
company in Guatemala. There is 50 much of that [kind of journalism] out there.
There is no niche for us," she said.
Her niche is helping to identify solutions to common ethical problems faced
by the magazine's readers, who are typically baby-boomer professionals
responsible for dealing with employees (or vendors) and significant sums of
money within their companies.
The magazine "finds an interesting niche between scholarship and news
reporting, said Ken Goodpaster, Koch Chair of Business Ethics at the University
of St. Thomas in St. Paul. "I think Marjorie and company have found a way to
stretch business idealism
without coming across as destructive critics.
That kind of voice, I believe, is desirable and needed."
Kelly strives to avoid a holier-than-thou tone and recognizes that even
companies with the worst reputations are capable of ethical behavior. She would
not refuse accurate, genuine ads from known polluters, for example.
"I don't think of socially responsible companies as a closed club," she
said. "And we don't check IDs at the door. If an oil company wanted to run an ad
I would take that ad."
Kelly assumes that her readers want to do the right thing, but that can be
hard to accomplish in a large company. One of the magazine's most popular
features is "What would you do?" - actual case studies of ethical dilemmas with
experts who describe how they would have handled the situation.
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Recent topics: A 52-year-old middle manager is fired by his 32-year-old
female boss shortly after he took a controversial ethical stand on a company
sales policy. In another case, a purchasing manager is pressured to buy products
from a company whose president is best friends with the manager's CEO.
Other features include Trend Watch, a news digest of ethical highlights from
corporate America; the Deal Page, which monitors the social investing scene, and
the Enlightened Manager, which recently admonished executives to "quit taking
your work so seriously. Stop trying to control the universe and have a little
fun."
"The magazine has gotten constantly better," said Kent Hodgson, an avid
reader and the author of "A Rock and a Hard Place," a recently published book on
ethics.
Hodgson said he's particularly impressed with Kelly's essays, also a
standing feature. "She talks from the heart about what she is feeling," he said.
Kelly's recent musings include "The Ethics of Prosperity," "Why the World
Hates Business" and "Can You Be Too Rich?".
Here are a few samples:
"The young Catholic girl I once was would have found it odd that financial
prosperity can be an ethical duty."
"Capitalism not only professes indifference to the human condition, it
shouts and sneers indifference. This is what enrages people
"We must allow ourselves an ethically earned prosperity, for denying it to
ourselves will not enrich anyone else."
Kelly is one of eight children from an entrepreneurial family in Columbia,
Miss. Her father owned a printing firm, her grandfather a tool and die company.
Degree in hand, Kelly left Columbia, Mo., to spend a year as a reporter at the
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, a small daily in the heart of Tennessee's
tobacco-growing country. Then she moved to Madison, Wis., where she worked for a
newsletter publisher, Magna Publications.
Kelly met Kniaz at a poetry workshop in Madison. Kelly quit Magna in 1987
and launched Business Ethics as a newsletter published in a spare bedroom. When
Kelly bought a new computer, she called Kniaz - a PC wizard - to get it running.
"I am the type of person who likes to help people," said Kniaz, whose title
is chief operating officer. "And Marjorie needed a lot of help." So she stuck
around. Kniaz, 28, is an incurable entrepreneur who sold the first ads printed
in the Madison West High School paper. She studied American Institutions at the
University of Wisconsin.
The company soon moved to Minnesota on the advice of a venture capitalist
who said interest in ethical business practices is keen in the Twin Cities area.
(Minnesota is the only state that's home to two endowed chairs in business
ethics.)
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Star Tribune, August 25, 1992
During the infancy of most magazines, large amounts of money are invested in
building the subscriber base and in establishing editorial credibility. Business
Ethics is no exception - it has lost money in four of the past five years as it
financed the direct-mail marketing plan and built the editorial staff.
Last year, the magazine lost $ 112,000 on revenues of $ 188,000. But annual
revenues have nearly doubled each year since 1988 and advertising sales have
increased fivefold since 1989, when the first ads were sold.
Cash flow is strong, Kelly said. About 60 percent of the magazine's revenues
come from subscriptions, 30 percent from advertising and 10 percent from other
sources, such as subscriber list rental.
The staff has grown from two (Kelly and Kniaz) to four full-time and three
part-time workers. Craig Cox, former editor of City Pages, a Minneapolis-based
alternative weekly, recently became managing editor.
The magazine is located in the business incubator of the University of St.
Thomas in Chaska, which helps control overhead costs.
To make the magazine grow aggressively, Kelly is raising capital from
investors through private placements - about $ 200,000 of a planned $ 500,000
has been raised. The plan calls for reaching 100,000 in circulation in five
years and eventually selling the business.
In the meantime, Kelly and Kniaz will continue their efforts to do well by
doing good.
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SUBJECT: business; ethics; magazine; profile
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43RD STORY of Level 1 printed in FULL format.
Copyright 1992 Business Wire, Inc.
Business Wire
August 13, 1992, Thursday
DISTRIBUTION: Business Editors
LENGTH: 754 words
HEADLINE: Pricor announces first quarter results
DATELINE: MURFREESBORO, Tenn.
BODY:
Hubert L. McCullough, chairman and chief executive officer of Pricor Inc.
(NASDAQ/NMS: PRCO), Thursday announced results for the first quarter of fiscal
1993.
Operating revenues for the first quarter, which ended June 30, 1992, were
$7,652,000, a 5 percent increase over operating revenues of $7,299,000 for the
first quarter last year. Operating contribution increased 41 percent for the
latest quarter to $1,508,000 from $1,069,000 the prior year.
Pricor had net income of $20,000, or 0 cents per share, for the latest
quarter compared with a net loss of $125,000, or 2 cents per share, for the
first quarter of fiscal 1992.
The gain in operating revenues was the result of increased revenues from the
treatment and corrections operations offset partially by a decrease in revenues
from the education operations. Improved census levels at certain California
treatment facilities and the opening of the Clarksville, Tennessee Diagnostic
Center helped advance treatment revenues.
The increase in corrections revenues came primarily from the company's
correction facility in Angelina County, Texas which became operational in June
1991. Pricor's contract to operate this facility was recently terminated
effective July 31, 1992. The decrease in education revenues was due
predominately to the closure of two California facilities.
The increase in operating contribution led to an operating profit margin of
20 percent compared with 15 percent for the comparable quarter last year. This
improvement in profitability resulted primarily from expense reductions,
principally personnel related, at certain of the company's treatment facilities.
Commenting on the announcement, McCullough said: "We are pleased with
Pricor's return to profitability for the latest quarter. We look forward to
expanding our efforts for at-risk youth as part of Advocate Corporation of
America, pursuant to a definitive merger agreement we signed with Cumberland
Health Systems subsequent to the end of the latest quarter."
Pricor Inc. operates and manages special education schools, residential and
non-residential treatment centers and adult and juvenile correctional facilities
for local, state and federal government. The company operates facilities in
Alabama, California, Louisiana, Tennessee and Virginia.
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PRICOR INC.
Financial Highlights
Three Months Ended
June 30,
1992
1991
Operating revenues
$
7,652,000
$
7,299,000
Operating contribution
1,508,000
1,069,000
Selling, general and
administrative expenses
1,172,000
1,131,000
Net income (loss)
$
20,000
$
(125,000)
Net income (loss) per
common share
$
0.00
$
(0.02)
Weighted average common
shares outstanding
6,138,000
6,117,000
June 30,
March 31,
1992
1992
Cash and short-term investments
$
521,000
$
637,000
Current assets
5,684,000
5,825,000
Total assets
$ 30,508,000
$ 30,606,000
Current liabilities
$ 12,963,000
$ 13,058,000
Long-term debt
1,336,000
1,359,000
Stockholders' equity
15,584,000
15,564,000
Total liabilities and stockholders'
equity
$ 30,508,000
$ 30,606,000
CONTACT: Pricor Inc., Murfreesboro
Hubert L. McCullough, 615/896-3100
ORGANIZATION: PRICOR
TICKER-SYMBOL: PRCO
GEOGRAPHIC: TENNESSEE
INDUSTRY: EARNINGS
CO: PRICOR INC;
TS: PRCO (NASDAQ);
IND: 391 PERSONAL SERVICES;
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The Associated Press
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materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The
Associated Press.
August 12, 1992, Wednesday, PM cycle
SECTION: Political News
LENGTH: 443 words
HEADLINE: Gore Receives Royalties From Germanium Mine Under His Farm
BYLINE: By PHIL WEST, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: CARTHAGE, Tenn.
KEYWORD: Gore-Mine Money
BODY:
Vice presidential nominee Al Gore has received more than $ 6,000 for
germanium mined from underneath his Tennessee farm, and he may earn more from a
company that sells the element used in infrared devices and fiber optics.
More than 230 miles of zinc mines wind 1,300 feet underground and, in some
places, more than 100 feet high, beneath rolling hills dotted with farms and
stands of hardwood forests.
Gore almost got nothing for the germanium, which comes from the zinc ore
shipped from three Smith County mines to a Clarksville, Tenn. refinery 100
miles away.
He and his wife, Tipper, along with his parents Albert and Pauline Gore, sued
Union Zinc. Inc., a subsidiary of Belgian-owned ACEC Union Miniere, S.A., in
1991, seeking royalties they said they were owed for germanium taken from the
zinc.
The younger Gores settled for $ 6,012 in past royalties for germanium. The
couple also are guaranteed 4 percent of all future profits from germanium taken
from underneath their farm, Gore lawyer Bill McCarty said.
Al Gore Jr. was paid $ 14,921 in mineral royalties for 1991 - before the
lawsuit was settled in May, according to his Senate public financial disclosure
report.
So far this year, the amount of germanium royalties due the Gores has not
succeeded the credits they already have been paid by Union Zinc, McCarty said.
"For him, germanium may never have make a financial difference. Production
royalties need to be above yearly rent for it to make a difference," McCarty
said.
The elder Gores received more than $ 23,000 along with assurances they will
get 4 percent of germanium taken from underneath their 230 acres.
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The Gore families lived on two separate farms - Al on the east side of the
Caney Fork River and his parents on the west side. The Democratic running mate's
farm initially was 88 acres, but a road was cut through it, reducing its size to
79.4 acres, to provide access to the Elmwood zinc mine.
Germanium is a key component in fiber optics and infrared devices for missile
systems and the Army's Apache helicopters and M-1 tanks.
Only parts of the Smith County zinc mining operation are visible from above
ground. Huge dump trucks drive into the mouth of the mines. Those mines run for
about 13 miles - at a depth of 1, 200-1, 300 feet underneath the earth's surface
in Smith county. The zinc is hauled out of the mines by either dump trucks or
railroads.
Zinc ore - which contains germanium and traces of 20 other elements - is
separated, leaving only limestone rock as a byproduct. The limestone rock is
used to build highways, for railroad beds or for spreading on farm fields to
enrich their lime content.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press secretary
(Alcoa, Tennessee)
For Immediate Release
September 29, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT KNOXVILLE AIRPORT WELCOME
McGhee-Tyson Airport
Alcoa, Tennessee
12:11 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. what a great Tennessee
welcome.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: This is fantastic. Thank you,
Knoxville. Thank you very, very much. Thank you, Knoxville,
Tennessee. This is fantastic.
And let me thank Naomi Judd for being with us. I'm
the guy who's honored. What a wonderful entertainer and a great
personality and a wonderfully strong character we have standing
here today in Naomi Judd. (Applause.)
And may I salute your former -- some of you all's
former president of the great university here -- our marvelous
Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander. (Applause.) And another
Tennessean known nationally as a true leader, a true, honest,
decent, strong leader in a Congress that was crying out for it --
and still is -- I'm talking about Howard Baker. (Applause.)
And, you know, you hear a lot of calls -- everyplace
I go, people have brooms and they're yelling, "Clean House, clean
House. Change the Congress" And if we had more congressmen like
Jimmy Duncan -- (applause) -- and more like Don sundquist and
Jimmy Quillen with us here today, we wouldn't have to clean
House. But since we do, help us clean House and get this country
moving again.
May I salute another old friend, longtime friend for
Barbara and me -- Victor Ashe, the Mayor of this city.
(Applause.) And also I understand our County Executive Dwight
Kessel is here. And that brings me also to another special
friend who's taking it out on the trail for me -- Ricky skaggs.
I'm just delighted to be with him. (Applause.)
And standing over here, another good one, another
great one -- T.G. sheppard. Thank you very much for being with
us. (Applause.)
Now, first let me start with a word about the polls
and the talking heads. (Laughter.) Every one of them said that
Tennessee would lose to Georgia, and every one of them said that
Tennessee would lose to Florida. (Applause.) So much for the
polls, and so much for the talking heads. Enough of it. We're
going to win this election. (Applause.)
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a
simple question: What kind of America do you want for the young
people. that are here today? And I'll tell you what kind of an
America I want and am working for -- an America that is not just
a military superpower, but the greatest economic superpower in
the entire world. And that means more jobs for the American
people. (Applause.)
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- 2 -
And I have laid out a comprehensive Agenda for
American Renewal -- a specific, integrated agenda to create
first $10-trillion economy. And we can get that happening by
moving to change the Congress and moving forward with my program.
(Applause.)
The Democrats don't like my evening talking about
it, but I am very proud of our record in ending and winning the
Cold War, proud of the way the sons and daughters of Tennessee
performed in the sands of Saudi Arabia. (Applause.) It was a
proud moment, not a moment to be forgotten. (Applause.)
And the Clinton ticket feels that they ought not to
-- I ought not to talk about foreign policy. I want to use my
experience to lead the way to new markets for American products
because that is how we are going to create good American jobs --
the same leadership that changed the world. Now let's make
America better and renewed. (Applause.)
But, look, we all know that if we're going to
compete abroad and do this --- what I talking about -- with
markets, we've got to make changes at home. It's small business
that creates two-thirds of the new jobs in the new economy. And
Governor Clinton promises small business higher taxes and more
red tape --
AUDIENCE: BOOO --
THE PRESIDENT: -- and I promise relief from
regulation and taxation and, yes, relief from these crazy
lawsuits that are killing us in this country. (Applause.)
And if we're going to compete in this new world, in
this new economy, we must reform our schools. And I am very
proud of our great secretary of Education Lamar Alexander.
(Applause.) I am proud of our national America 2000 program;
proud that we're raising standards; proud that we're freeing up
the teachers -- and God bless them all -- freeing them up from
regulation and red tape; and proud that we are designing totally
new schools for a new century. And I thank our Secretary. And I
thank these communities in Tennessee that are working to rebuild
American education. (Applause.)
Lamar and I want to go further. The parents of
today's volunteers have the power to choose the best college for
their kids. And I want that same choice for elementary and high
school. And my G.I. Bill for Kids will give parents and
fundamental resources they need and the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether they're public, private or
religious. (Applause.)
Now, these are some of my 1deas and what we're
fighting for and what this election is about. And I'm proud of
our record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if candidate
Clinton wants to talk about the past, then I say I'm ready. And
let's take a look at what's been going on in Arkansas.
(Applause.) Sorry to ruin your day, but we've got to look at the
record. (Applause.)
There's a lot you don't know about this man, and the
more you find out, the more you know is that he's wrong for
America. (Applause.) we cannot take a risk with this great
country of ours. And take a look at the issue of education. As
long as I'm standing here with some greats on education, let me
put it this way: Governor Clinton was part of the national
summit which set our education goals. And I've given him credit
for being -- participating in that, and so has Lamar Alexander.
But in Arkansas, his rhetoric does not match his
record. He talks about a high-tech economy that Arkansas is 48th
in the percent of students that high school diplomas. And three
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- 3 -
out of every four Arkansas high school graduates spend his first
year in college relearning what they were supposed to learn in
high school. And I think America must do must do a lot better
than that. (Applause.)
I think of Tennessee as a fair-play state when it
comes to race. And it's the same thing on every issue with him.
Governor Clinton says he's for civil rights. But Arkansas
doesn't even have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for a
clean environment. But the Institute of Southern Studies ranks
Arkansas 50th -- 50th in environmental policies. It's the only
place where mother fish teach baby fish to jog instead of to
swim. (Laughter.) It's 50 polluted in that river over there.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton says he's been tough on crime. But
in the '80s Arkansas's crime increases far outstripped the
nation. And the Little Rock police say it all because they have
endorsed me for President of the United States of America.
(Applause.)
And now let's take a look at the economy. I know
America has had some tough times. I know families are concerned,
worried about the next job. Those out of work worried about how
they're going to get back to work. But understand, we are being
affected by a global economic slowdown. It isn't just the United
states. Look at Europe. Look at Canada. Look at other
countries around the world. And our competitors in Europe would
trade places with us in a minute. And, yes, Governor Clinton
offers America the European social welfare state policies --
AUDIENCE: BOOO --
THE PRESIDENT: -- more government, more special
interest spending, more regulation, and more taxes on the middle
class. And we cannot let him do that to the taxpayers in this
country. (Applause.)
This is not simply campaign rhetoric. As Governor,
he raised and extended the sales tax, including a tax on baby
formula, vegetables and other groceries. He raised the gas tax.
He taxed mobile homes. And for those of you ESPN watchers, he
even taxed cable TV. And then he put a tax on beer just for an
add-on.
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: I knew the college crowd wouldn't
like that too much. (Laughter.)
Governor Clinton now says, well, he's seen the
light. And in this campaign he's proposing at least -- and look
at the record -- $150 billion in new taxes, plus at least a $220
billion in new federal spending. But don't worry, he says, I'll
get it all from the rich, from the top two percent.
But the problem is -- here's the truth -- to get the
money that he needs for this plan -- everybody's that's analyzed
it says this: the $150 billion that he's promised -- billion
dollars that he's promised in new taxes, Governor Clinton would
have to get his money from every taxpayer and every individual
with taxable income over $36,000. And these are not people. that
you see out there on "The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous."
They deserve a break, not a tax increase. (Applause.)
And the problem is, this is just for openers. He'll
need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for every one of
these programs that he's proposed. And there's an old saying:
when you go hunting for ducks, hunt where the ducks are. Well,
he's hunting for ways to pay for all of his promises, and he's
going to go right smack to the middle class, because that's where
the bucks are. so watch your wallets. watch your pocketbooks.
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- 4 -
He's coming right after you. And don't let him say anything
different. (Applause.)
And on this one -- on this one don't have to take my
word for it. Go right to his neighborhood. Go to Pine Bluff and
listen to the Fine Bluff Commercial. And here's what it says.
"If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as
Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle
class the hardest." And he's going to treat the middle class the
way Johnny Majors' team treated Cincinnati last saturday.
(Applause.) Exactly. The Volunteers pounced on the Bearcats,
and he's going to pounce on your wallet. Look at the record. We
cannot let this happen to America. (Applause.)
I'll give you a factual example. Let's say you're a
nurse just starting out with about $22,000 a year in taxable
income. Governor Clinton would have you fork over another $430 a
year to the tax man. And I say that you ought to be able to use
that to help your kids' education, or pay the mortgage on the
house -- and not send it to the IRS in Washington, D.C.
(Applause.)
But he says, hey, forget about this, forget my
record, forget the facts, don't talk about Arkansas and my record
there. I am a different kind of Democrat. But what is different
about him? George McGovern -- Bill Clinton ran Texas for him in
1972. He learned his liberalism from George McGovern. And in
that campaign he was out there for George McGovern. Then Jimmy
Carter -- Bill Clinton wore the same moderate costume, but at
least Carter meant it, even though he brought us the highest
Misery Index in recent -- modern times.
And then Michael Dukakis -- Clinton nominated him in
an endless nomination speech, I might say. (Laughter.) And then
he praised the Massachusetts Miracle right before it went south
and the economy collapsed. America does not need this kind of
different Democrat. There are some wonderful Democrats out
there, but we don't need this kind -- this McGovern, Carter,
Dukakis Democrat. (Applause.)
Now, Governor Clinton wants you to trust that
America's economy is going to improve if you turn full control of
your paycheck over to the crew that already runs the United
states Congress. And he wants to tax and spend government
planners, those kind of planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
And they tried this 12 years ago. And we ended up
with double-digit inflation; we had interest rates sometimes as
high as 18 percent; and we had a Misery Index over 21 percent --
unemployment and inflation added together. And it took years to
ring inflation and high interest rates out of the American
economy. And I want to strengthen our economy and protect your
paycheck from the ravages of inflation. We cannot go the tax-
and-spend route anymore. (Applause.)
And it all boils down to this. At this time in our
history we simply cannot take the risk of Governor Clinton in the
White House. (Applause.)
You know, I've been in the oval Office and I've
faced some tough decisions. It's not easy; you cannot be on all
sides of every question when you're a President of the United
states. And I stand before you today admitting mistakes, but
saying I called them as I saw them. I hope I brought the
character and integrity to this high office that you can respect
and appreciate. (Applause.)
And so I came here to ask for your support so that
we can get to work with the new members of Congress -- Democrat
and Republican alike -- to fix the problems that stand in the way
of this country; so that we can reform our health care system and
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- 5 -
we can literally reinvent our schools; and so that we can retrain
the workers from one generation and create jobs for the next; so
that we can cut government spending and taxes and get this
economy moving again; and that we can pass an amendment to limit
the terms of members of the United States Congress and give the
government back to the people. (Applause.)
NOW, if you want a guy that has a statistic for
every problem, your man is the Governor of Arkansas. He's got
more statistics that there are problems -- 38 percent of this, 28
percent of that. But he's got to face up to the fact that as
President you can't have it always, you've got to make the tough
calls.
And if you're looking for a leader of experience, a
leader ideas, a leader who shares your values, and a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Alcoa; a leader you can trust, then I know
that I can count on your support. And I need it to be President
of the United States for four more years. (Applause.)
Let me say this: I am very proud of the sons and
daughters of Tennessee that have worn the uniform of the United
states of America. You are a great and proud Volunteer state.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton wants us to forget that we have
changed the world. And I am not going to let him forget that the
young men and women that fought in Desert Storm helped us change
the world and make it much more peaceful for every young person
here today. (Applause.)
I ask for your trust. I ask for your trust, and I
will not betray it. I ask for your vote. And I hope I have
earned it.
He can talk about the United states being lower than
Germany and someplace above sri Lanka. And I'll end this way:
We are the most decent, fairest, strongest country on the face of
the Earth. (Applause.) Let's not tear it down, let's build it
up. (Applause.) We are Americans. (Applause.)
And may God bless you all. And thank you very, very
much. (Applause.) Thank you so much. (Applause.)
END
12:30 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Alcoa, Tennessee)
For Immediate Release
September 29, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT KNOXVILLE AIRPORT WELCOME
McGhee-Tyson Airport
Alcoa, Tennessee
12:11 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. What a great Tennessee
welcome.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: This is fantastic. Thank you,
Knoxville. Thank you very, very much. Thank you, Knoxville,
Tennessee. This is fantastic.
And let me thank Naomi Judd for being with us. I'm
the guy who's honored. what a wonderful entertainer and a great
personality and a wonderfully strong character we have standing
here today in Naomi Judd. (Applause.)
And may I salute your former -- some of you all's
former president of the great university here -- our marvelous
Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander. (Applause.) And another
Tennessean known nationally as a true leader, a true, honest,
decent, strong leader in a Congress that was crying out for it --
and still is -- I'm talking about Howard Baker. (Applause.)
And, you know, you hear a lot of calls -- everyplace
I go, people have brooms and they're yelling, "Clean House, clean
House. Change the Congress" And if we had more congressmen like
Jimmy Duncan -- (applause) -- and more like Don sundquist and
Jimmy Quillen with us here today, we wouldn't have to clean
House. But since we do, help us clean House and get this country
moving again.
May I salute another old friend, longtime friend for
Barbara and me -- Victor Ashe, the Mayor of this city.
(Applause.) And also I understand our County Executive Dwight
Kessel is here. And that brings me also to another special
friend who's taking it out on the trail for me -- Ricky skaggs.
I'm just delighted to be with him. (Applause.)
And standing over here, another good one, another
great one -- T.G. sheppard. Thank you very much for being with
us. (Applause.)
NOW, first let me start with a word about the polls
and the talking heads. (Laughter.) Every one of them said that
Tennessee would lose to Georgia, and every one of them said that
Tennessee would lose to Florida. (Applause.) So much for the
polls, and so much for the talking heads. Enough of it. We're
going to win this election. (Applause.)
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a
simple question: What kind of America do you want for the young
people that are here today? And I'll tell you what kind of an
America I want and am working for -- an America that is not just
a military superpower, but the greatest economic superpower in
the entire world. And that means more jobs for the American
people. (Applause.)
MORE
- 2 -
And I have laid out a comprehensive Agenda for
American Renewal -- a specific, integrated agenda to create
first $10-trillion economy. And we can get that happening by
moving to change the Congress and moving forward with my program.
(Applause.)
The Democrats don't like my evening talking about
it, but I am very proud of our record in ending and winning the
Cold War, proud of the way the sons and daughters of Tennessee
performed in the sands of Saudi Arabia. (Applause.) It was a
proud moment, not a moment to be forgotten. (Applause.)
And the Clinton ticket feels that they ought not to
-- I ought not to talk about foreign policy. I want to use my
experience to lead the way to new markets for American products
because that is how we are going to create good American jobs --
the same leadership that changed the world. Now let's make
America better and renewed. (Applause.)
But, look, we all know that if we're going to
compete abroad and do this --- what I talking about -- with
markets, we've got to make changes at home. It's small business
that creates two-thirds of the new jobs in the new economy. And
Governor Clinton promises small business higher taxes and more
red tape --
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: -- and I promise relief from
regulation and taxation and, yes, relief from these crazy
lawsuits that are killing us in this country. (Applause.)
And if we're going to compete in this new world, in
this new economy, we must reform our schools. And I am very
proud of our great secretary of Education Lamar Alexander.
(Applause.) I am proud of our national America 2000 program;
proud that we're raising standards; proud that we're freeing up
the teachers -- and God bless them all -- freeing them up from
regulation and red tape; and proud that we are designing totally
new schools for a new century. And I thank our Secretary. And I
thank these communities in Tennessee that are working to rebuild
American education. (Applause.)
Lamar and I want to go further. The parents of
today's volunteers have the power to choose the best college for
their kids. And I want that same choice for elementary and high
school. And my G.I. Bill for Kids will give parents and
fundamental resources they need and the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether they're public, private or
religious. (Applause.)
Now, these are some of my ideas and what we're
fighting for and what this election is about. And I'm proud of
our record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if candidate
Clinton wants to talk about the past, then I say I'm ready. And
let's take a look at what's been going on in Arkansas.
(Applause.) Sorry to ruin your day, but we've got to look at the
record. (Applause.)
There's a lot you don't know about this man, and the
more you find out, the more you know is that he's wrong for
America. (Applause.) We cannot take a risk with this great
country of ours. And take a look at the issue of education. As
long as I'm standing here with some greats on education, let me
put it this way: Governor Clinton was part of the national
summit which set our education goals. And I've given him credit
for being -- participating in that, and so has Lamar Alexander.
But in Arkansas, his rhetoric does not match his
record. He talks about a high-tech economy that Arkansas is 48th
in the percent of students that high school diplomas. And three
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- 3 -
out of every four Arkansas high school graduates spend his first
year in college relearning what they were supposed to learn in
high school. And I think America must do must do a lot better
than that. (Applause.)
I think of Tennessee as a fair-play state when it
comes to race. And it's the same thing on every issue with him.
Governor Clinton says he's for civil rights. But Arkansas
doesn't even have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for a
clean environment. But the Institute of Southern Studies ranks
Arkansas 50th -- 50th in environmental policies. It's the only
place where mother fish teach baby fish to jog instead of to
swim. (Laughter.) It's 50 polluted in that river over there.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton says he's been tough on crime. But
in the '80s Arkansas's crime increases far outstripped the
nation. And the Little Rock police say it all because they have
endorsed me for President of the United States of America.
(Applause.)
And now let's take a look at the economy. I know
America has had some tough times. I know families are concerned,
worried about the next job. Those out of work worried about how
they're going to get back to work. But understand, we are being
affected by a global economic slowdown. It isn't just the United
states. Look at Europe. Look at Canada. Look at other
countries around the world. And our competitors in Europe would
trade places with us in a minute. And, yes, Governor Clinton
offers America the European social welfare state policies --
AUDIENCE: BOOO --
THE PRESIDENT: -- more government, more special
interest spending, more regulation, and more taxes on the middle
class. And we cannot let him do that to the taxpayers in this
country. (Applause.)
This is not simply campaign rhetoric. As Governor,
he raised and extended the sales tax, including a tax on baby
formula, vegetables and other groceries. He raised the gas tax.
He taxed mobile homes. And for those of you ESPN watchers, he
even taxed cable TV. And then he put a tax on beer just for an
add-on.
AUDIENCE: BOOO --
THE PRESIDENT: I knew the college crowd wouldn't
like that too much. (Laughter.)
Governor Clinton now says, well, he's seen the
light. And in this campaign he's proposing at least -- and look
at the record -- $150 billion in new taxes, plus at least a $220
billion in new federal spending. But don't worry, he says, I'll
get it all from the rich, from the top two percent.
But the problem is -- here's the truth -- to get the
money that he needs for this plan -- everybody's that's analyzed
it says this: the $150 billion that he's promised -- billion
dollars that he's promised in new taxes, Governor Clinton would
have to get his money from every taxpayer and every individual
with taxable income over $36,000. And these are not people. that
you see out there on "The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous."
They deserve a break, not a tax increase. (Applause.)
And the problem is, this is just for openers. He'll
need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for every one of
these programs that he's proposed. And there's an old saying:
When you go hunting for ducks, hunt where the ducks are. well,
he's hunting for ways to pay for all of his promises, and he's
going to go right smack to the middle class, because that's where
the bucks are. So watch your wallets. watch your pocketbooks.
MORE
- 4 -
He's coming right after you. And don't let him say anything
different. (Applause.)
And on this one -- on this one don't have to take my
word for it. Go right to his neighborhood. Go to Pine Bluff and
listen to the Pine Bluff Commercial. And here's what it says.
"If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as
Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle
class the hardest." And he's going to treat the middle class the
way Johnny Majors' team treated Cincinnati last saturday.
(Applause.) Exactly. The Volunteers pounced on the Bearcats,
and he's going to pounce on your wallet. Look at the record. We
cannot let this happen to America. (Applause.)
I'll give you a factual example. Let's say you're a
nurse just starting out with about $22,000 a year in taxable
income. Governor Clinton would have you fork over another $430 a
year to the tax man. And I say that you ought to be able to use
that to help your kids' education, or pay the mortgage on the
house -- and not send it to the IRS in Washington, D.C.
(Applause.)
But he says, hey, forget about this, forget my
record, forget the facts, don't talk about Arkansas and my record
there. I am a different kind of Democrat. But what is different
about him? George McGovern -- Bill Clinton ran Texas for him in
1972. He learned his liberalism from George McGovern. And in
that campaign he was out there for George McGovern. Then Jimmy
Carter -- Bill Clinton wore the same moderate costume, but at
least Carter meant it, even though he brought us the highest
Misery Index in recent -- modern times.
And then Michael Dukakis -- Clinton nominated him in
an endless nomination speech, I might say. (Laughter.) And then
he praised the Massachusetts Miracle right before it went south
and the economy collapsed. America does not need this kind of
different Democrat. There are some wonderful Democrats out
there, but we don't need this kind -- this McGovern, Carter,
Dukakis Democrat. (Applause.)
Now, Governor Clinton wants you to trust that
America's economy is going to improve if you turn full control of
your paycheck over to the crew that already runs the United
states Congress. And he wants to tax and spend government
planners, those kind of planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
And they tried this 12 years ago. And we ended up
with double-digit inflation; we had interest rates sometimes as
high as 18 percent; and we had a Misery Index over 21 percent --
unemployment and inflation added together. And it took years to
ring inflation and high interest rates out of the American
economy. And I want to strengthen our economy and protect your
paycheck from the ravages of inflation. We cannot go the tax-
and-spend route anymore. (Applause.)
And it all boils down to this. At this time in our
history we simply cannot take the risk of Governor Clinton in the
White House. (Applause.)
You know, I've been in the Oval Office and I've
faced some tough decisions. It's not easy; you cannot be on all
sides of every question when you're a President of the United
States. And I stand before you today admitting mistakes, but
saying I called them as I saw them. I hope I brought the
character and integrity to this high office that you can respect
and appreciate. (Applause.)
And so I came here to ask for your support so that
we can get to work with the new members of Congress -- Democrat
and Republican alike -- to fix the problems that stand in the way
of this country; 50 that we can reform our health care system and
MORE
- S -
we can literally reinvent our schools; and so that we can retrain
the workers from one generation and create jobs for the next; so
that we can cut government spending and taxes and get this
economy moving again; and that we can pass an amendment to limit
the terms of members of the United States Congress and give the
government back to the people. (Applause.)
NOW, if you want a guy that has a statistic for
every problem, your man is the Governor of Arkansas. He's got
more statistics that there are problems -- 38 percent of this, 28
percent of that. But he's got to face up to the fact that as
President you can't have it always, you've got to make the tough
calls.
And if you're looking for a leader of experience, a
leader ideas, a leader who shares your values, and a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Alcoa; a leader you can trust, then I know
that I can count on your support. And I need it to be President
of the United States for four more years. (Applause.)
Let me say this: I am very proud of the sons and
daughters of Tennessee that have worn the uniform of the United
states of America. You are a great and proud Volunteer state.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton wants us to forget that we have
changed the world. And I am not going to let him forget that the
young men and women that fought in Desert storm helped us change
the world and make it much more peaceful for every young person
here today. (Applause.)
I ask for your trust. I ask for your trust, and I
will not betray it. I ask for your vote. And I hope I have
earned it.
He can talk about the United states being lower than
Germany and someplace above Sri Lanka. And I'll end this way:
We are the most decent, fairest, strongest country on the face of
the Earth. (Applause.) Let's not tear it down, let's build it
up. (Applause.) We are Americans. (Applause.)
And may God bless you all. And thank you very, very
much. (Applause.) Thank you so much. (Applause.)
END
12:30 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Alcoa, Tennessee)
For Immediate Release
September 29, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT KNOXVILLE AIRPORT WELCOME
McGhee-Tyson Airport
Alcoa, Tennessee
12:11 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. What a great Tennessee
welcome.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: This is fantastic. Thank you,
Knoxville. Thank you very, very much. Thank you, Knoxville,
Tennessee. This is fantastic.
And let me thank Naomi Judd for being with us. I'm
the guy who's honored. what a wonderful entertainer and a great
personality and a wonderfully strong character we have standing
here today in Naomi Judd. (Applause.)
And may I salute your former -- some of you all's
former president of the great university here -- our marvelous
Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander. (Applause.) And another
Tennessean known nationally as a true leader, a true, honest,
decent, strong leader in a Congress that was crying out for it --
and still is -- I'm talking about Howard Baker. (Applause.)
And, you know, you hear a lot of calls -- everyplace
I go, people have brooms and they're yelling, "Clean House, clean
House. Change the Congress" And if we had more congressmen like
Jimmy Duncan -- (applause) -- and more like Don Sundquist and
Jimmy Quillen with us here today, we wouldn't have to clean
House. But since we do, help us clean House and get this country
moving again.
May I salute another old friend, longtime friend for
Barbara and me -- Victor Ashe, the Mayor of this city.
(Applause.) And also I understand our County Executive Dwight
Kessel is here. And that brings me also to another special
friend who's taking it out on the trail for me -- Ricky skaggs.
I'm just delighted to be with him. (Applause.)
And standing over here, another good one, another
great one -- T.G. sheppard. Thank you very much for being with
us. (Applause.)
NOW, first let me start with a word about the polls
and the talking heads. (Laughter.) Every one of them said that
Tennessee would lose to Georgia, and every one of them said that
Tennessee would lose to Florida. (Applause.) so much for the
polls, and so much for the talking heads. Enough of it. We're
going to win this election. (Applause.)
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a
simple question: What kind of America do you want for the young
people that are here today? And I'll tell you what kind of an
America I want and am working for -- an America that is not just
a military superpower, but the greatest economic superpower in
the entire world. And that means more jobs for the American
people. (Applause.)
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- 2 -
And I have laid out a comprehensive Agenda for
American Renewal -- a specific, integrated agenda to create
first $10-trillion economy. And we can get that happening by
moving to change the Congress and moving forward with my program.
(Applause.)
The Democrats don't like my evening talking about
it, but I am very proud of our record in ending and winning the
Cold War, proud of the way the sons and daughters of Tennessee
performed in the sands of Saudi Arabia. (Applause.) It was a
proud moment, not a moment to be forgotten. (Applause.)
And the Clinton ticket feels that they ought not to
-- I ought not to talk about foreign policy. I want to use my
experience to lead the way to new markets for American products
because that is how we are going to create good American jobs --
the same leadership that changed the world. Now let's make
America better and renewed. (Applause.)
But, look, we all know that if we're going to
compete abroad and do this --- what I talking about -- with
markets, we've got to make changes at home. It's small business
that creates two-thirds of the new jobs in the new economy. And
Governor Clinton promises small business higher taxes and more
red tape --
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: -- and I promise relief from
regulation and taxation and, yes, relief from these crazy
lawsuits that are killing us in this country. (Applause.)
And if we're going to compete in this new world, in
this new economy, we must reform our schools. And I am very
proud of our great secretary of Education Lamar Alexander.
(Applause.) I am proud of our national America 2000 program;
proud that we're raising standards; proud that we're freeing up
the teachers -- and God bless them all -- freeing them up from
regulation and red tape; and proud that we are designing totally
new schools for a new century. And I thank our Secretary. And I
thank these communities in Tennessee that are working to rebuild
American education. (Applause.)
Lamar and I want to go further. The parents of
today's volunteers have the power to choose the best college for
their kids. And I want that same choice for elementary and high
school. And my G.I. Bill for Kids will give parents and
fundamental resources they need and the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether they're public, private or
religious. (Applause.)
Now, these are some of my 1deas and what we're
fighting for and what this election is about. And I'm proud of
our record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if candidate
Clinton wants to talk about the past, then I say I'm ready. And
let's take a look at what's been going on in Arkansas.
(Applause.) Sorry to ruin your day, but we've got to look at the
record. (Applause.)
There's a lot you don't know about this man, and the
more you find out, the more you know is that he's wrong for
America. (Applause.) we cannot take a risk with this great
country of ours. And take a look at the issue of education. As
long as I'm standing here with some greats on education, let me
put it this way: Governor Clinton was part of the national
summit which set our education goals. And I've given him credit
for being -- participating in that, and so has Lamar Alexander.
But in Arkansas, his rhetoric does not match his
record. He talks about a high-tech economy that Arkansas is 48th
in the percent of students that high school diplomas. And three
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- 3 -
out of every four Arkansas high school graduates spend his first
year in college relearning what they were supposed to learn in
high school. And I think America must do must do a lot better
than that. (Applause.)
I think of Tennessee as a fair-play state when it
comes to race. And it's the same thing on every issue with him.
Governor Clinton says he's for civil rights. But Arkansas
doesn't even have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for a
clean environment. But the Institute of Southern Studies ranks
Arkansas 50th -- 50th in environmental policies. It's the only
place where mother fish teach baby fish to jog instead of to
swim. (Laughter.) It's 50 polluted in that river over there.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton says he's been tough on crime. But
in the '80s Arkansas's crime increases far outstripped the
nation. And the Little Rock police say it all because they have
endorsed me for President of the United States of America.
(Applause.)
And now let's take a look at the economy. I know
America has had some tough times. I know families are concerned,
worried about the next job. Those out of work worried about how
they're going to get back to work. But understand, we are being
affected by a global economic slowdown. It isn't just the United
states. Look at Europe. Look at Canada. Look at other
countries around the world. And our competitors in Europe would
trade places with us in a minute. And, yes, Governor Clinton
offers America the European social welfare state policies --
AUDIENCE: B000 --
THE PRESIDENT: -- more government, more special
interest spending, more regulation, and more taxes on the middle
class. And we cannot let him do that to the taxpayers in this
country. (Applause.)
This is not simply campaign rhetoric. As Governor,
he raised and extended the sales tax, including a tax on baby
formula, vegetables and other groceries. He raised the gas tax.
He taxed mobile homes. And for those of you ESPN watchers, he
even taxed cable TV. And then he put a tax on beer just for an
add-on.
AUDIENCE: B000 --
THE PRESIDENT: I knew the college crowd wouldn't
like that too much. (Laughter.)
Governor Clinton now says, well, he's seen the
light. And in this campaign he's proposing at least -- and look
at the record -- $150 billion in new taxes, plus at least a $220
billion in new federal spending. But don't worry, he says, I'll
get it all from the rich, from the top two percent.
But the problem is -- here's the truth -- to get the
money that he needs for this plan -- everybody's that's analyzed
it says this: the $150 billion that he's promised -- billion
dollars that he's promised in new taxes, Governor Clinton would
have to get his money from every taxpayer and every individual
with taxable income over $36,000. And these are not people. that
you see out there on "The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous."
They deserve a break, not a tax increase. (Applause.)
And the problem is, this is just for openers. He'll
need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for every one of
these programs that he's proposed. And there's an old saying:
When you go hunting for ducks, hunt where the ducks are. well,
he's hunting for ways to pay for all of his promises, and he's
going to go right smack to the middle class, because that's where
the bucks are. So watch your wallets. watch your pocketbooks.
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- 4 -
He's coming right after you. And don't let him say anything
different. (Applause.)
And on this one -- on this one don't have to take my
word for it. Go right to his neighborhood. Go to Pine Bluff and
listen to the Fine Bluff Commercial. And here's what it says.
"If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as
Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle
class the hardest." And he's going to treat the middle class the
way Johnny Majors' team treated Cincinnati last saturday.
(Applause.) Exactly. The volunteers pounced on the Bearcats,
and he's going to pounce on your wallet. Look at the record. We
cannot let this happen to America. (Applause.)
I'll give you a factual example. Let's say you're a
nurse just starting out with about $22,000 a year in taxable
income. Governor Clinton would have you fork over another $430 a
year to the tax man. And I say that you ought to be able to use
that to help your kids' education, or pay the mortgage on the
house -- and not send it to the IRS in Washington, D.C.
(Applause.)
But he says, hey, forget about this, forget my
record, forget the facts, don't talk about Arkansas and my record
there. I am a different kind of Democrat. But what is different
about him? George McGovern -- Bill Clinton ran Texas for him in
1972. He learned his liberalism from George McGovern. And in
that campaign he was out there for George McGovern. Then Jimmy
Carter -- Bill Clinton wore the same moderate costume, but at
least Carter meant it, even though he brought us the highest
Misery Index in recent -- modern times.
And then Michael Dukakis -- Clinton nominated him in
an endless nomination speech, I might say. (Laughter.) And then
he praised the Massachusetts Miracle right before it went south
and the economy collapsed. America does not need this kind of
different Democrat. There are some wonderful Democrats out
there, but we don't need this kind -- this McGovern, Carter,
Dukakis Democrat. (Applause.)
Now, Governor Clinton wants you to trust that
America's economy is going to improve 1f you turn full control of
your paycheck over to the crew that already runs the United
states Congress. And he wants to tax and spend government
planners, those kind of planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
And they tried this 12 years ago. And we ended up
with double-digit inflation; we had interest rates sometimes as
high as 18 percent; and we had a Misery Index over 21 percent --
unemployment and inflation added together. And it took years to
ring inflation and high interest rates out of the American
economy. And I want to strengthen our economy and protect your
paycheck from the ravages of inflation. We cannot go the tax-
and-spend route anymore. (Applause.)
And it all boils down to this. At this time in our
history we simply cannot take the risk of Governor Clinton in the
White House. (Applause.)
You know, I've been in the Oval Office and I've
faced some tough decisions. It's not easy; you cannot be on all
sides of every question when you're a President of the United
States. And I stand before you today admitting mistakes, but
saying I called them as I saw them. I hope I brought the
character and integrity to this high office that you can respect
and appreciate. (Applause.)
And so I came here to ask for your support so that
we can get to work with the new members of Congress -- Democrat
and Republican alike -- to fix the problems that stand in the way
of this country; so that we can reform our health care system and
MORE
- S -
we can literally reinvent our schools; and so that we can retrain
the workers from one generation and create jobs for the next; so
that we can cut government spending and taxes and get this
economy moving again; and that we can pass an amendment to limit
the terms of members of the United States Congress and give the
government back to the people. (Applause.)
NOW, if you want a guy that has a statistic for
every problem, your man is the Governor of Arkansas. He's got
more statistics that there are problems -- 38 percent of this, 28
percent of that. But he's got to face up to the fact that as
President you can't have it always, you've got to make the tough
calls.
And if you're looking for a leader of experience, a
leader ideas, a leader who shares your values, and a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Alcoa; a leader you can trust, then I know
that I can count on your support. And I need it to be President
of the United states for four more years. (Applause.)
Let me say this: I am very proud of the sons and
daughters of Tennessee that have worn the uniform of the United
states of America. You are a great and proud Volunteer state.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton wants us to forget that we have
changed the world. And I am not going to let him forget that the
young men and women that fought in Desert storm helped us change
the world and make it much more peaceful for every young person
here today. (Applause.)
I ask for your trust. I ask for your trust, and I
will not betray it. I ask for your vote. And I hope I have
earned it.
He can talk about the United states being lower than
Germany and someplace above sri Lanka. And I'll end this way:
We are the most decent, fairest, strongest country on the face of
the Earth. (Applause.) Let's not tear it down, let's build it
up. (Applause.) we are Americans. (Applause.)
And may God bless you all. And thank you very, very
much. (Applause.) Thank you so much. (Applause.)
END
12:30 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press secretary
(Alcoa, Tennessee)
For Immediate Release
September 29, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT KNOXVILLE AIRPORT WELCOME
McGhee-Tyson Airport
Alcoa, Tennessee
12:11 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. What a great Tennessee
welcome.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: This is fantastic. Thank you,
Knoxville. Thank you very, very much. Thank you, Knoxville,
Tennessee. This is fantastic.
And let me thank Naomi Judd for being with us. I'm
the guy who's honored. what a wonderful entertainer and a great
personality and a wonderfully strong character we have standing
here today in Naomi Judd. (Applause.)
And may I salute your former -- some of you all's
former president of the great university here -- our marvelous
Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander. (Applause.) And another
Tennessean known nationally as a true leader, a true, honest,
decent, strong leader in a Congress that was crying out for it --
and still is -- I'm talking about Howard Baker. (Applause.)
And, you know, you hear a lot of calls -- everyplace
I go, people have brooms and they're yelling, "Clean House, clean
House. Change the Congress" And if we had more congressmen like
Jimmy Duncan -- (applause) -- and more like Don Sundquist and
Jimmy Quillen with us here today, we wouldn't have to clean
House. But since we do, help us clean House and get this country
moving again.
May I salute another old friend, longtime friend for
Barbara and me -- Victor Ashe, the Mayor of this city.
(Applause.) And also I understand our County Executive Dwight
Kessel is here. And that brings me also to another special
friend who's taking it out on the trail for me -- Ricky skaggs.
I'm just delighted to be with him. (Applause.)
And standing over here, another good one, another
great one -- T.G. sheppard. Thank you very much for being with
us. (Applause.)
NOW, first let me start with a word about the polls
and the talking heads. (Laughter.) Every one of them said that
Tennessee would lose to Georgia, and every one of them said that
Tennessee would lose to Florida. (Applause.) So much for the
polls, and so much for the talking heads. Enough of it. We're
going to win this election. (Applause.)
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a
simple question: What kind of America do you want for the young
people that are here today? And I'll tell you what kind of an
America I want and am working for -- an America that is not just
a military superpower, but the greatest economic superpower in
the entire world. And that means more jobs for the American
people. (Applause.)
MORE
- 2 -
And I have laid out a comprehensive Agenda for
American Renewal -- a specific, integrated agenda to create
first $10-trillion economy. And we can get that happening by
moving to change the Congress and moving forward with my program.
(Applause.)
The Democrats don't like my evening talking about
it, but I am very proud of our record in ending and winning the
Cold War, proud of the way the sons and daughters of Tennessee
performed in the sands of Saudi Arabia. (Applause.) It was a
proud moment, not a moment to be forgotten. (Applause.)
And the Clinton ticket feels that they ought not to
-- I ought not to talk about foreign policy. I want to use my
experience to lead the way to new markets for American products
because that is how we are going to create good American jobs --
the same leadership that changed the world. Now let's make
America better and renewed. (Applause.)
But, look, we all know that if we're going to
compete abroad and do this --- what I talking about -- with
markets, we've got to make changes at home. It's small business
that creates two-thirds of the new jobs in the new economy. And
Governor Clinton promises small business higher taxes and more
red tape --
AUDIENCE: BOOO --
THE PRESIDENT: -- and I promise relief from
regulation and taxation and, yes, relief from these crazy
lawsuits that are killing us in this country. (Applause.)
And if we're going to compete in this new world, in
this new economy, we must reform our schools. And I am very
proud of our great secretary of Education Lamar Alexander.
(Applause.) I am proud of our national America 2000 program;
proud that we're raising standards; proud that we're freeing up
the teachers -- and God bless them all -- freeing them up from
regulation and red tape; and proud that we are designing totally
new schools for a new century. And I thank our Secretary. And I
thank these communities in Tennessee that are working to rebuild
American education. (Applause.)
Lamar and I want to go further. The parents of
today's volunteers have the power to choose the best college for
their kids. And I want that same choice for elementary and high
school. And my G.I. Bill for Kids will give parents and
fundamental resources they need and the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether they're public, private or
religious. (Applause.)
Now, these are some of my 1deas and what we're
fighting for and what this election is about. And I'm proud of
our record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if candidate
Clinton wants to talk about the past, then I say I'm ready. And
let's take a look at what's been going on in Arkansas.
(Applause.) Sorry to ruin your day, but we've got to look at the
record. (Applause.)
There's a lot you don't know about this man, and the
more you find out, the more you know is that he's wrong for
America. (Applause.) We cannot take a risk with this great
country of ours. And take a look at the issue of education. As
long as I'm standing here with some greats on education, let me
put it this way: Governor Clinton was part of the national
summit which set our education goals. And I've given him credit
for being -- participating in that, and so has Lamar Alexander.
But in Arkansas, his rhetoric does not match his
record. He talks about a high-tech economy that Arkansas is 48th
in the percent of students that high school diplomas. And three
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- 3 -
out of every four Arkansas high school graduates spend his first
year in college relearning what they were supposed to learn in
high school. And I think America must do must do a lot better
than that. (Applause.)
I think of Tennessee as a fair-play state when it
comes to race. And it's the same thing on every issue with him.
Governor Clinton says he's for civil rights. But Arkansas
doesn't even have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for a
clean environment. But the Institute of Southern Studies ranks
Arkansas 50th -- 50th in environmental policies. It's the only
place where mother fish teach baby fish to jog instead of to
swim. (Laughter.) It's 50 polluted in that river over there.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton says he's been tough on crime. But
in the '80s Arkansas's crime increases far outstripped the
nation. And the Little Rock police say it all because they have
endorsed me for President of the United States of America.
(Applause.)
And now let's take a look at the economy. I know
America has had some tough times. I know families are concerned,
worried about the next job. Those out of work worried about how
they're going to get back to work. But understand, we are being
affected by a global economic slowdown. It isn't just the United
states. Look at Europe. Look at Canada. Look at other
countries around the world. And our competitors in Europe would
trade places with us in a minute. And, yes, Governor Clinton
offers America the European social welfare state policies --
AUDIENCE: BOOO --
THE PRESIDENT: -- more government, more special
interest spending, more regulation, and more taxes on the middle
class. And we cannot let him do that to the taxpayers in this
country. (Applause.)
This is not simply campaign rhetoric. As Governor,
he raised and extended the sales tax, including a tax on baby
formula, vegetables and other groceries. He raised the gas tax.
He taxed mobile homes. And for those of you ESPN watchers, he
even taxed cable TV. And then he put a tax on beer just for an
add-on.
AUDIENCE: BOOO --
THE PRESIDENT: I knew the college crowd wouldn't
like that too much. (Laughter.)
Governor Clinton now says, well, he's seen the
light. And in this campaign he's proposing at least -- and look
at the record -- $150 billion in new taxes, plus at least a $220
billion in new federal spending. But don't worry, he says, I'll
get it all from the rich, from the top two percent.
But the problem is -- here's the truth -- to get the
money that he needs for this plan -- everybody's that's analyzed
it says this: the $150 billion that he's promised -- billion
dollars that he's promised in new taxes, Governor Clinton would
have to get his money from every taxpayer and every individual
with taxable income over $36,000. And these are not people. that
you see out there on "The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous."
They deserve a break, not a tax increase. (Applause.)
And the problem is, this is just for openers. He'll
need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for every one of
these programs that he's proposed. And there's an old saying:
When you go hunting for ducks, hunt where the ducks are. Well,
he's hunting for ways to pay for all of his promises, and he's
going to go right smack to the middle class, because that's where
the bucks are. so watch your wallets. watch your pocketbooks.
MORE
- 4 -
He's coming right after you. And don't let him say anything
different. (Applause.)
And on this one -- on this one don't have to take my
word for it. Go right to his neighborhood. Go to Pine Bluff and
listen to the Pine Bluff Commercial. And here's what it says.
"If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as
Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle
class the hardest." And he's going to treat the middle class the
way Johnny Majors' team treated Cincinnati last saturday.
(Applause.) Exactly. The Volunteers pounced on the Bearcats,
and he's going to pounce on your wallet. Look at the record. We
cannot let this happen to America. (Applause.)
I'll give you a factual example. Let's say you're a
nurse just starting out with about $22,000 a year in taxable
income. Governor Clinton would have you fork over another $430 a
year to the tax man. And I say that you ought to be able to use
that to help your kids' education, or pay the mortgage on the
house -- and not send it to the IRS in Washington, D.C.
(Applause.)
But he says, hey, forget about this, forget my
record, forget the facts, don't talk about Arkansas and my record
there. I am a different kind of Democrat. But what is different
about him? George McGovern -- Bill Clinton ran Texas for him in
1972. He learned his liberalism from George McGovern. And in
that campaign he was out there for George McGovern. Then Jimmy
Carter -- Bill Clinton wore the same moderate costume, but at
least Carter meant it, even though he brought us the highest
Misery Index in recent -- modern times.
And then Michael Dukakis -- Clinton nominated him in
an endless nomination speech, I might say. (Laughter.) And then
he praised the Massachusetts Miracle right before it went south
and the economy collapsed. America does not need this kind of
different Democrat. There are some wonderful Democrats out
there, but we don't need this kind -- this McGovern, Carter,
Dukakis Democrat. (Applause.)
Now, Governor Clinton wants you to trust that
America's economy is going to improve if you turn full control of
your paycheck over to the crew that already runs the United
states Congress. And he wants to tax and spend government
planners, those kind of planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
And they tried this 12 years ago. And we ended up
with double-digit inflation; we had interest rates sometimes as
high as 18 percent; and we had a Misery Index over 21 percent --
unemployment and inflation added together. And it took years to
ring inflation and high interest rates out of the American
economy. And I want to strengthen our economy and protect your
paycheck from the ravages of inflation. We cannot go the tax-
and-spend route anymore. (Applause.)
And it all boils down to this. At this time in our
history we simply cannot take the risk of Governor Clinton in the
White House. (Applause.)
You know, I've been in the oval Office and I've
faced some tough decisions. It's not easy; you cannot be on all
sides of every question when you're a President of the United
States. And I stand before you today admitting mistakes, but
saying I called them as I saw them. I hope I brought the
character and integrity to this high office that you can respect
and appreciate. (Applause.)
And so I came here to ask for your support so that
we can get to work with the new members of Congress -- Democrat
and Republican alike -- to fix the problems that stand in the way
of this country; so that we can reform our health care system and
MORE
- S -
we can literally reinvent our schools; and so that we can retrain
the workers from one generation and create jobs for the next; so
that we can cut government spending and taxes and get this
economy moving again; and that we can pass an amendment to limit
the terms of members of the United States Congress and give the
government back to the people. (Applause.)
NOW, if you want a guy that has a statistic for
every problem, your man is the Governor of Arkansas. He's got
more statistics that there are problems -- 38 percent of this, 28
percent of that. But he's got to face up to the fact that as
President you can't have it always, you've got to make the tough
calls.
And if you're looking for a leader of experience, a
leader ideas, a leader who shares your values, and a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Alcoa; a leader you can trust, then I know
that I can count on your support. And I need it to be President
of the United States for four more years. (Applause.)
Let me say this: I am very proud of the sons and
daughters of Tennessee that have worn the uniform of the United
states of America. You are a great and proud Volunteer state.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton wants us to forget that we have
changed the world. And I am not going to let him forget that the
young men and women that fought in Desert storm helped us change
the world and make it much more peaceful for every young person
here today. (Applause.)
I ask for your trust. I ask for your trust, and I
will not betray it. I ask for your vote. And I hope I have
earned it.
He can talk about the United states being lower than
Germany and someplace above sri Lanka. And I'll end this way:
We are the most decent, fairest, strongest country on the face of
the Earth. (Applause.) Let's not tear it down, let's build it
up. (Applause.) we are Americans. (Applause.)
And may God bless you all. And thank you very, very
much. (Applause.) Thank you so much. (Applause.)
END
12:30 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Alcoa, Tennessee)
For Immediate Release
September 29, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT KNOXVILLE AIRPORT WELCOME
McGhee-Tyson Airport
Alcoa, Tennessee
12:11 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. What a great Tennessee
welcome.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: This is fantastic. Thank you,
Knoxville. Thank you very, very much. Thank you, Knoxville,
Tennessee. This is fantastic.
And let me thank Naomi Judd for being with us. I'm
the guy who's honored. what a wonderful entertainer and a great
personality and a wonderfully strong character we have standing
here today in Naomi Judd. (Applause.)
And may I salute your former -- some of you all's
former president of the great university here -- our marvelous
Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander. (Applause.) And another
Tennessean known nationally as a true leader, a true, honest,
decent, strong leader in a Congress that was crying out for it --
and still is -- I'm talking about Howard Baker. (Applause.)
And, you know, you hear a lot of calls -- everyplace
I go, people have brooms and they're yelling, "Clean House, clean
House. Change the Congress" And if we had more congressmen like
Jimmy Duncan -- (applause) -- and more like Don Sundquist and
Jimmy Quillen with us here today, we wouldn't have to clean
House. But since we do, help us clean House and get this country
moving again.
May I salute another old friend, longtime friend for
Barbara and me -- Victor Ashe, the Mayor of this city.
(Applause.) And also I understand our County Executive Dwight
Kessel is here. And that brings me also to another special
friend who's taking it out on the trail for me -- Ricky skaggs.
I'm just delighted to be with him. (Applause.)
And standing over here, another good one, another
great one -- T.G. sheppard. Thank you very much for being with
us. (Applause.)
NOW, first let me start with a word about the polls
and the talking heads. (Laughter.) Every one of them said that
Tennessee would, lose to Georgia, and every one of them said that
Tennessee would lose to Florida. (Applause.) So much for the
polls, and so much for the talking heads. Enough of it. We're
going to win this election. (Applause.)
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a
simple question: What kind of America do you want for the young
people that are here today? And I'll tell you what kind of an
America I want and am working for -- an America that is not just
a military superpower, but the greatest economic superpower in
the entire world. And that means more jobs for the American
people. (Applause.)
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And I have laid out a comprehensive Agenda for
American Renewal -- a specific, integrated agenda to create
first $10-trillion economy. And we can get that happening by
moving to change the Congress and moving forward with my program.
(Applause.)
The Democrats don't like my evening talking about
it, but I am very proud of our record in ending and winning the
Cold War, proud of the way the sons and daughters of Tennessee
performed in the sands of Saudi Arabia. (Applause.) It was a
proud moment, not a moment to be forgotten. (Applause.)
And the Clinton ticket feels that they ought not to
-- I ought not to talk about foreign policy. I want to use my
experience to lead the way to new markets for American products
because that is how we are going to create good American jobs --
the same leadership that changed the world. Now let's make
America better and renewed. (Applause.)
But, look, we all know that if we're going to
compete abroad and do this --- what I talking about -- with
markets, we've got to make changes at home. It's small business
that creates two-thirds of the new jobs in the new economy. And
Governor Clinton promises small business higher taxes and more
red tape --
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: -- and I promise relief from
regulation and taxation and, yes, relief from these crazy
lawsuits that are killing us in this country. (Applause.)
And if we're going to compete in this new world, in
this new economy, we must reform our schools. And I am very
proud of our great secretary of Education Lamar Alexander.
(Applause.) I am proud of our national America 2000 program;
proud that we're raising standards; proud that we're freeing up
the teachers -- and God bless them all -- freeing them up from
regulation and red tape; and proud that we are designing totally
new schools for a new century. And I thank our Secretary. And I
thank these communities in Tennessee that are working to rebuild
American education. (Applause.)
Lamar and I want to go further. The parents of
today's volunteers have the power to choose the best college for
their kids. And I want that same choice for elementary and high
school. And my G.I. Bill for Kids will give parents and
fundamental resources they need and the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether they're public, private or
religious. (Applause.)
Now, these are some of my 1deas and what we're
fighting for and what this election is about. And I'm proud of
our record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if candidate
Clinton wants to talk about the past, then I say I'm ready. And
let's take a look at what's been going on in Arkansas.
(Applause.) Sorry to ruin your day, but we've got to look at the
record. (Applause.)
There's a lot you don't know about this man, and the
more you find out, the more you know is that he's wrong for
America. (Applause.) we cannot take a risk with this great
country of ours. And take a look at the issue of education. As
long as I'm standing here with some greats on education, let me
put it this way: Governor Clinton was part of the national
summit which set our education goals. And I've given him credit
for being -- participating in that, and so has Lamar Alexander.
But in Arkansas, his rhetoric does not match his
record. He talks about a high-tech economy that Arkansas is 48th
in the percent of students that high school diplomas. And three
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out of every four Arkansas high school graduates spend his first
year in college relearning what they were supposed to learn in
high school. And I think America must do must do a lot better
than that. (Applause.)
I think of Tennessee as a fair-play state when it
comes to race. And it's the same thing on every issue with him.
Governor Clinton says he's for civil rights. But Arkansas
doesn't even have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for a
clean environment. But the Institute of Southern Studies ranks
Arkansas 50th -- 50th in environmental policies. It's the only
place where mother fish teach baby fish to jog instead of to
swim. (Laughter.) It's so polluted in that river over there.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton says he's been tough on crime. But
in the '80s Arkansas's crime increases far outstripped the
nation. And the Little Rock police say it all because they have
endorsed me for President of the United States of America.
(Applause.)
And now let's take a look at the economy. I know
America has had some tough times. I know families are concerned,
worried about the next job. Those out of work worried about how
they're going to get back to work. But understand, we are being
affected by a global economic slowdown. It isn't just the United
states. Look at Europe. Look at Canada. Look at other
countries around the world. And our competitors in Europe would
trade places with us in a minute. And, yes, Governor Clinton
offers America the European social welfare state policies --
AUDIENCE: BOOO --
THE PRESIDENT: -- more government, more special
interest spending, more regulation, and more taxes on the middle
class. And we cannot let him do that to the taxpayers in this
country. (Applause.)
This is not simply campaign rhetoric. As Governor,
he raised and extended the sales tax, including a tax on baby
formula, vegetables and other groceries. He raised the gas tax.
He taxed mobile homes. And for those of you ESPN watchers, he
even taxed cable TV. And then he put a tax on beer just for an
add-on.
AUDIENCE: B000 --
THE PRESIDENT: I knew the college crowd wouldn't
like that too much. (Laughter.)
Governor Clinton now says, well, he's seen the
light. And in this campaign he's proposing at least -- and look
at the record -- $150 billion in new taxes, plus at least a $220
billion in new federal spending. But don't worry, he says, I'll
get it all from the rich, from the top two percent.
But the problem is -- here's the truth -- to get the
money that he needs for this plan -- everybody's that's analyzed
it says this: the $150 billion that he's promised -- billion
dollars that he's promised in new taxes, Governor Clinton would
have to get his money from every taxpayer and every individual
with taxable income over $36,000. And these are not people. that
you see out there on "The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous."
They deserve a break, not a tax increase. (Applause.)
And the problem is, this is just for openers. He'll
need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for every one of
these programs that he's proposed. And there's an old saying:
when you go hunting for ducks, hunt where the ducks are. well,
he's hunting for ways to pay for all of his promises, and he's
going to go right smack to the middle class, because that's where
the bucks are. so watch your wallets. Watch your pocketbooks.
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He's coming right after you. And don't let him say anything
different. (Applause.)
And on this one -- on this one don't have to take my
word for it. Go right to his neighborhood. Go to Pine Bluff and
listen to the Pine Bluff Commercial. And here's what it says.
"If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as
Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle
class the hardest." And he's going to treat the middle class the
way Johnny Majors' team treated Cincinnati last saturday.
(Applause.) Exactly. The Volunteers pounced on the Bearcats,
and he's going to pounce on your wallet. Look at the record. We
cannot let this happen to America. (Applause.)
I'll give you a factual example. Let's say you're a
nurse just starting out with about $22,000 a year in taxable
income. Governor Clinton would have you fork over another $430 a
year to the tax man. And I say that you ought to be able to use
that to help your kids' education, or pay the mortgage on the
house -- and not send it to the IRS in Washington, D.C.
(Applause.)
But he says, hey, forget about this, forget my
record, forget the facts, don't talk about Arkansas and my record
there. I am a different kind of Democrat. But what is different
about him? George McGovern -- Bill Clinton ran Texas for him in
1972. He learned his liberalism from George McGovern. And in
that campaign he was out there for George McGovern. Then Jimmy
Carter -- Bill Clinton wore the same moderate costume, but at
least Carter meant it, even though he brought us the highest
Misery Index in recent -- modern times.
And then Michael Dukakis -- Clinton nominated him in
an endless nomination speech, I might say. (Laughter.) And then
he praised the Massachusetts Miracle right before it went south
and the economy collapsed. America does not need this kind of
different Democrat. There are some wonderful Democrats out
there, but we don't need this kind -- this McGovern, Carter,
Dukakis Democrat. (Applause.)
Now, Governor Clinton wants you to trust that
America's economy is going to improve if you turn full control of
your paycheck over to the crew that already runs the United
states Congress. And he wants to tax and spend government
planners, those kind of planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
And they tried this 12 years ago. And we ended up
with double-digit inflation; we had interest rates sometimes as
high as 18 percent; and we had a Misery Index over 21 percent --
unemployment and inflation added together. And it took years to
ring inflation and high interest rates out of the American
economy. And I want to strengthen our economy and protect your
paycheck from the ravages of inflation. We cannot go the tax-
and-spend route anymore. (Applause.)
And it all boils down to this. At this time in our
history we simply cannot take the risk of Governor Clinton in the
White House. (Applause.)
You know, I've been in the Oval Office and I've
faced some tough decisions. It's not easy; you cannot be on all
sides of every question when you're a President of the United
States. And I stand before you today admitting mistakes, but
saying I called them as I saw them. I hope I brought the
character and integrity to this high office that you can respect
and appreciate. (Applause.)
And so I came here to ask for your support so that
we can get to work with the new members of Congress -- Democrat
and Republican alike -- to fix the problems that stand in the way
of this country; so that we can reform our health care system and
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we can literally reinvent our schools; and 80 that we can retrain
the workers from one generation and create jobs for the next; so
that we can cut government spending and taxes and get this
economy moving again; and that we can pass an amendment to limit
the terms of members of the United States Congress and give the
government back to the people. (Applause.)
NOW, if you want a guy that has a statistic for
every problem, your man is the Governor of Arkansas. He's got
more statistics that there are problems -- 38 percent of this, 28
percent of that. But he's got to face up to the fact that as
President you can't have it always, you've got to make the tough
calls.
And if you're looking for a leader of experience, a
leader ideas, a leader who shares your values, and a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Alcoa; a leader you can trust, then I know
that I can count on your support. And I need it to be President
of the United states for four more years. (Applause.)
Let me say this: I am very proud of the sons and
daughters of Tennessee that have worn the uniform of the United
states of America. You are a great and proud Volunteer state.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton wants us to forget that we have
changed the world. And I am not going to let him forget that the
young men and women that fought in Desert storm helped us change
the world and make it much more peaceful for every young person
here today. (Applause.)
I ask for your trust. I ask for your trust, and I
will not betray it. I ask for your vote. And I hope I have
earned it.
He can talk about the United states being lower than
Germany and someplace above sri Lanka. And I'll end this way:
We are the most decent, fairest, strongest country on the face of
the Earth. (Applause.) Let's not tear it down, let's build it
up. (Applause.) we are Americans. (Applause.)
And may God bless you all. And thank you very, very
much. (Applause.) Thank you so much. (Applause.)
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12:30 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Clarksville, Tennessee)
For Immediate Release
September 29, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT CLARKSVILLE COMMUNITY WELCOME
Austin Peay state University
Clarksville, Tennessee
4:04 P.M. CDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Naomi. And may I welcome
just a few people -- first, our Secretary of Education, a great
Tennessean, Lamar Alexander. What a job he's doing for
education. (Applause.) And Senator Howard Baker -- great
American leader. (Applause.) Congressman Sundquist, your great
Congressman, 1s here with us today. (Applause.) And Congressman
Duncan.
And may I salute the president, President Oscar
Page, and thank him for this hospitality; and Coach Ray Gregory.
(Applause.) Coach Gregory, congratulations on being named
Tennessee Football Coach of the Year. A great honor.
(Applause.)
And may I also salute my introducer, Naomi. I'm
very, very proud that she's been with us today. (Applause.) And
thank Ricky -- Ricky Skaggs, who you heard from, who's a
wonderful entertainer and a good friend to Barbara and me. And
my special appreciation to a great friend and a great
entertainer, the legendary, one and only Crystal Gayle. Crystal,
thank you so much. (Applause.)
Four years ago -- and Crystal's sister, Peggy sue,
is here -- and four years ago we went on a bus trip across
Illinois. And we won the state. So this is a good omen -- we
are going to win Tennessee. (Applause.)
Before I make a few campaign remarks I have a few
things to say about a topic that's been on a lot of minds
recently. And I hope you'll bear with me because I want to talk
to you and to the rest of the nation from this wonderful campus
about presidential debates. (Applause.)
Two weeks ago, I proposed to Governor Clinton that
we debate. And I proposed that we do 50 on the same terms and
conditions that have been used in prior presidential debates, and
that the vice presidential candidates do so as well. And
Governor Clinton has failed to respond to this proposal. But, in
fact, it is reported that he is afraid for his campaign to sit
down with out campaign to negotiate arrangements for the debate.
And I have debated in all of my prior campaigns
for President. And I continue to think that it's important that
debates be held. You see, I believe strongly that it is not up
to any self-appointed body to determine the basis on which
debates will be held, but rather up to the candidates themselves.
And this basic principle was expressly recognized by both
national political parties when the resolution establishing the
Commission on Debates was first adopted.
And because of the importance of this election, the
strength of my convictions about what is right for this country,
and my belief that a Clinton presidency would be wrong for
America -- (applause) -- I think it is important that voters have
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an opportunity to see and hear from the candidates themselves in
publicly-televised debates. And I also believe that the
candidates should not be afraid to accept and respond to
questions from the press during the course of presidential
debates. (Applause.)
Americans will go to the polls five weeks from
today. And I regret that Governor Clinton has not accepted the
traditional approach to presidential debates, the approach that's
been in effect for many, many years. But nevertheless, in order
to move this process forward, I hereby challenge my opponent to a
debate on every Sunday evening between October 11th and November
1st. (Applause.)
And this would mean that there would be four
televised presidential debates, more than ever held in any
presidential election. And if ROSS Perot decides to enter the
race, (Applause.) I'd be pleased to see him included in these debates.
Now, furthermore, to allow these arrangements to
move forward quickly, I would be willing to see two of the
debates proceed under the format which has been used in all these
previous presidential elections, and two proceed under this
debates with one based on each format.
five-week period, there should be at least two vice presidential
single moderator format. In addition, I think that during the
accept this proposal, since his campaign chairman has indicated
And I feel quite confident that Goveror Clinton will
-- "with moderators, without moderators, in a studio, out of
in the past that Governor Clinton would debate -- and now I quote
that there will be organizations willing to sponsor these no
studio, three questioners, one questioner." so I have doubt a
will debates. And if Governor Clinton is serious about debating he
the officials to meet promptly with my campaign officials campaign to work out
accept this challenge and he will instruct his
(Applause.) details directly between the parties. Let's get it on.
What campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple Well,
this debates? What are we going to be talking about in them?
And what are we going to be talking about in these
will school, for all the young people here today? And
kind of America do we want for the graduates of this question: great
of tell you that America is in decline. And I would my opponent
America what anyone would tell you on the streets of Europe or remind Asia him --
world. And I'm tired of hearing Clinton drag down the United
dynamic -- (applause) -- the most dynamic nation in the entire
is still the most respected, the most admired, the most
States of America. (Applause.)
And sleep it's free from the nightmares of nuclear war. (Applause.) our
can that we led the way in reducing nuclear weapons SO that proud kids
And I'm proud, I am proud of our leadership;
-- am proud of how we stood up to saddam Hussein, kicking Campbell him
and I a fitting place to say this, right near Fort --
Campbell's 101st Airborne. (Applause.)
(applause) -- proud of the Screaming Eagles from Fort
America. no other nation can match the courage of the men and
And in the sands of Saudi Arabia, they showed that
high-growth new global economic competition, to create a high-tech, to work
win the And now our challenge is to put our talents women of to
American And I have laid out my agenda, detailed your
classmates. economy with good jobs for you and all
to create Renewal -- a specific, comprehensive, Agenda agenda for
economy. (Applause.)
in American the world's very first $10-trillion integrated
international leadership, to open up new markets for experience, American
And I want to use this international
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products, because that is how we will create good jobs for
American workers.
Small business will create two-thirds of the new
jobs in the new economy. And Governor Clinton promises small
business higher taxes and more red tape. And I promise relief
from taxation, regulation, and litigation. Get the regulations
off (Applause.) the back of the small businesspeople in this country.
And with Lamar's -- Lamar Alexander's leadership and
assistance, we're proud that today half the students in four-
year colleges across Tennessee receive federal grants or loans.
And no one told you what college you had to go to. You had the
freedom to choose your school. (Applause.) And now we are
fighting to reinvent America's elementary and high schools by
giving every parent the right to choose their children's schools
-- public, private or religious. (Applause.)
And we have a good plan to give government vouchers
to soldiers and others caught in the transition of the economy so
that they may learn new skills and find the dignity work.
And here's something else I want: to limit the
terms of members of the United States Congress. (Applause.)
Governor Clinton says he's the candidate of change, but he
opposed this, the most profound change offered this year.
Presidents serve limited terms. The same rule ought to apply to
the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. (Applause.) so let's
approve term limits and give Congress back to the American
people. (Applause.)
And I might add this -- that 1f we had more
congressmen like Don Sundquist up there, everybody wouldn't be
yelling at me "clean House." (Applause.) But while we're at it,
let's have that little chant: "Clean House." We've got to get
rid of that old 38-year-old governance that has controlled
Congress for 38 years. Let's change it. You want to make real
change in America? Help me change the Congress and move this
country forward. (Applause.)
These are just some of my ideas and some of what I'm
fighting for. And I'm proud of my record, and I'll stand by it
in November. But if candidate Clinton wants to talk about the
past, (Applause.) I say okay, let's look at what's going on in Arkansas.
The people there -- and I know them; I've been there
many, many times; lived next door -- they are decent and hard-
working people. But the more you know about their Governor, the
more you know that he's wrong for America. (Applause.) Governor
Clinton says he's for civil rights. But Arkansas doesn't even
have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for high-tech, but
under Bill Clinton, Arkansas has been falling behind in high
school. Three out of every four Arkansas graduates spend their
first year in college relearning what they were supposed to learn
in (Applause.) high school. And that is not fair to the people of Arkansas.
Bill Clinton says he wants to get tough on crime.
But his crime rate rises faster than the nation's. And I support
the law enforcement officers all across the country. (Applause.)
And I am very proud that the police in Little Rock, Arkansas,
endorse me for President of the United States of America.
(Applause.) America deserves better than that sorry Arkansas
record of Governor Clinton. (Applause.)
Look at the economy, the major issue in this
campaign. I know America's endured some tough economic times.
Families are hurting. But understand, we are being affected --
and all students know this -- by a global economic slowdown. Our
competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute.
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And yet Governor Clinton offers America the European social
welfare state policies -- more government, more special interest
spending, and more taxes on the middle class. And that is not
good for America.
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: As Governor -- I know I hate to ruin
a beautiful afternoon like this, but listen to this one -- as
Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax,
including a tax on baby formula, vegetables and other groceries.
He raised the gas tax. He taxed mobile homes and cable TV. And,
oh, yes, he slapped a tax on beer.
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: Yes. I had a feeling that would not
very popular here. (Applause.) And now the Governor says he's
seen the light. In this campaign he's proposing at least $150
But don't worry, he says, "I'll get it all from the rich" --
billion in new taxes, plus at least $220 billion in new spending.
people who make it over $200,000, the top two percent.
he needs for his plan, the $150 billion he's promised in new
But here's the truth and problem: To get the money
taxes, Governor Clinton would have to get his money from
start of his tax campaign against the middle class. Governor
individual with taxable income over $36,600. And that's just every the
all the programs that he's promised.
Clinton will need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for
Bluff Commercial, says that if Congress follows Bill Clinton's
And the newspaper in his own backyard, the Pine
example, it would pass a tax program that would hit the middle
class the hardest. These are not people, Governor Clinton, on
"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." These are your parents --
work hard and pay the bills and sweat it out at tax time. And
your parents, my friends. (Applause.) These are the people that
they deserve a break, not a new tax. (Applause.)
you graduate, you get your first job with about, say, $22,000 in
And let me give you one example. Let's say after
taxable income. Governor Clinton could have you fork over
be another 430 bucks a year to the tax man. And I say ought to
IRS in Washington, D.C. (Applause.)
lake on vacation or send it -- not have to send it back to the
able to use that money to pay the rent or spend a you week at the
United states, I don't think we can take the risk on a tax-and-
And so, at this time in the great history of the
the spend Oval candidate with no experience. And, you see, I've been in
And, admit of course, I've made mistakes. And when I make mistake
Office, and I have faced some very tough decisions.
the it. But I believe I've been a good leader, willing a to make I
right for America.
tough calls -- (applause) -- and I'm a leader whose ideas are
problems support 80 that we can get to work with a new Congress to fix the
And I stand before you today, asking for your
reform that stand in the way of this country; so that
create schools; so that we can retrain workers from one generation
our health care system; that we can literally reinvent we can our
and taxes jobs for the next; so that we can cut government spending and
and get this economy moving again. (Applause.)
leader are looking for a leader of experience, a leader of ideas,
This is the agenda that I have to offer. And if you
America's who shares your values, and a leader who understands a that
Clarksville real strength is not in government, but in places like
November 3rd. (Applause.)
-- then I know I can count on your support on
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I have only one regret today -- and that is that the
but greatest First Lady this country -- well, I'd better be careful,
Barbara the Bush. And I see a sign over here that's talking about
our great First Lady is not with me. I'm very proud of
kids in the lobby there at the Diplomatic Entrance to the White
holds an AIDS baby in her arms, or when she sits and reads with
family. I think that my wife has done an awful lot when she
House, to show what we mean as a family when we say, let's
discipline. Help them. (Applause.)
strengthen the American family. Read to the kids. Teach them
that it through some very, very tough times. And one of the things We
I've been privileged to be your President. did
I'm shaped my life is that I served my country in uniform. And
here very, very proud of that. (Applause.) And H salute
great country. (Applause.)
from Fort Campbell and elsewhere who are also serving those their
that is tearing down this country. We are the
And don't listen, don't listen to the other side
Let's keep it that way.
strongest, fairest, freest country on the face of greatest, the Earth.
a States of America. Thank you very, very much. (Applause.) United What
May God bless you all. And may God bless the
great rally -- thank you all. (Applause.)
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4:25 P.M. CDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press secretary
(Alcoa, Tennessee)
For Immediate Release
September 29, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT KNOXVILLE AIRPORT WELCOME
McGhee-Tyson Airport
Alcoa, Tennessee
12:11 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. What a great Tennessee
welcome.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: This is fantastic. Thank you,
Knoxville. Thank you very, very much. Thank you, Knoxville,
Tennessee. This is fantastic.
And let me thank Naomi Judd for being with us. I'm
the guy who's honored. what a wonderful entertainer and a great
personality and a wonderfully strong character we have standing
here today in Naomi Judd. (Applause.)
And may I salute your former -- some of you all's
former president of the great university here -- our marvelous
Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander. (Applause.) And another
Tennessean known nationally as a true leader, a true, honest,
decent, strong leader in a Congress that was crying out for it --
and still is -- I'm talking about Howard Baker. (Applause.)
And, you know, you hear a lot of calls -- everyplace
I go, people have brooms and they're yelling, "Clean House, clean
House. Change the Congress" And if we had more congressmen like
Jimmy Duncan -- (applause) -- and more like Don Sundquist and
Jimmy Quillen with us here today, we wouldn't have to clean
House. But since we do, help us clean House and get this country
moving again.
May I salute another old friend, longtime friend for
Barbara and me -- Victor Ashe, the Mayor of this city.
(Applause.) And also I understand our County Executive Dwight
Kessel is here. And that brings me also to another special
friend who's taking it out on the trail for me -- Ricky skaggs.
I'm just delighted to be with him. (Applause.)
And standing over here, another good one, another
great one -- T.G. sheppard. Thank you very much for being with
us. (Applause.)
Now, first let me start with a word about the polls
and the talking heads. (Laughter.) Every one of them said that
Tennessee would lose to Georgia, and every one of them said that
Tennessee would lose to Florida. (Applause.) So much for the
polls, and so much for the talking heads. Enough of it. We're
going to win this election. (Applause.)
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a
simple question: What kind of America do you want for the young
people that are here today? And I'll tell you what kind of an
America I want and am working for -- an America that is not just
a military superpower, but the greatest economic superpower in
the entire world. And that means more jobs for the American
people. (Applause.)
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And I have laid out a comprehensive Agenda for
American Renewal -- a specific, integrated agenda to create
first $10-trillion economy. And we can get that happening by
moving to change the Congress and moving forward with my program.
(Applause.)
The Democrats don't like my evening talking about
it, but I am very proud of our record in ending and winning the
Cold War, proud of the way the sons and daughters of Tennessee
performed in the sands of Saudi Arabia. (Applause.) It was a
proud moment, not a moment to be forgotten. (Applause.)
And the Clinton ticket feels that they ought not to
-- I ought not to talk about foreign policy. I want to use my
experience to lead the way to new markets for American products
because that is how we are going to create good American jobs --
the same leadership that changed the world. Now let's make
America better and renewed. (Applause.)
But, look, we all know that if we're going to
compete abroad and do this --- what I talking about -- with
markets, we've got to make changes at home. It's small business
that creates two-thirds of the new jobs in the new economy. And
Governor Clinton promises small business higher taxes and more
red tape --
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: -- and I promise relief from
regulation and taxation and, yes, relief from these crazy
lawsuits that are killing us in this country. (Applause.)
And if we're going to compete in this new world, in
this new economy, we must reform our schools. And I am very
proud of our great Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander.
(Applause.) I am proud of our national America 2000 program;
proud that we're raising standards; proud that we're freeing up
the teachers -- and God bless them all -- freeing them up from
regulation and red tape; and proud that we are designing totally
new schools for a new century. And I thank our Secretary. And I
thank these communities in Tennessee that are working to rebuild
American education. (Applause.)
Lamar and I want to go further. The parents of
today's volunteers have the power to choose the best college for
their kids. And I want that same choice for elementary and high
school. And my G.I. Bill for Kids will give parents and
fundamental resources they need and the right to choose the best
schools for their kids -- whether they're public, private or
religious. (Applause.)
Now, these are some of my 1deas and what we're
fighting for and what this election is about. And I'm proud of
our record, and I'll stand by it in November. But if candidate
Clinton wants to talk about the past, then I say I'm ready. And
let's take a look at what's been going on in Arkansas.
(Applause.) Sorry to ruin your day, but we've got to look at the
record. (Applause.)
There's a lot you don't know about this man, and the
more you find out, the more you know is that he's wrong for
America. (Applause.) We cannot take a risk with this great
country of ours. And take a look at the issue of education. As
long as I'm standing here with some greats on education, let me
put it this way: Governor Clinton was part of the national
summit which set our education goals. And I've given him credit
for being -- participating in that, and so has Lamar Alexander.
But in Arkansas, his rhetoric does not match his
record. He talks about a high-tech economy that Arkansas is 48th
in the percent of students that high school diplomas. And three
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out of every four Arkansas high school graduates spend his first
year in college relearning what they were supposed to learn in
high school. And I think America must do must do a lot better
than that. (Applause.)
I think of Tennessee as a fair-play state when it
comes to race. And it's the same thing on every issue with him.
Governor Clinton says he's for civil rights. But Arkansas
doesn't even have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for a
clean environment. But the Institute of Southern Studies ranks
Arkansas 50th -- 50th in environmental policies. It's the only
place where mother fish teach baby fish to jog instead of to
swim. (Laughter.) It's so polluted in that river over there.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton says he's been tough on crime. But
in the '80s Arkansas's crime increases far outstripped the
nation. And the Little Rock police say it all because they have
endorsed me for President of the United States of America.
(Applause.)
And now let's take a look at the economy. I know
America has had some tough times. I know families are concerned,
worried about the next job. Those out of work worried about how
they're going to get back to work. But understand, we are being
affected by a global economic slowdown. It isn't just the United
States. Look at Europe. Look at Canada. Look at other
countries around the world. And our competitors in Europe would
trade places with us in a minute. And, yes, Governor Clinton
offers America the European social welfare state policies --
AUDIENCE: B000 --
THE PRESIDENT: -- more government, more special
interest spending, more regulation, and more taxes on the middle
class. And we cannot let him do that to the taxpayers in this
country. (Applause.)
This is not simply campaign rhetoric. As Governor,
he raised and extended the sales tax, including a tax on baby
formula, vegetables and other groceries. He raised the gas tax.
He taxed mobile homes. And for those of you ESPN watchers, he
even taxed cable TV. And then he put a tax on beer just for an
add-on.
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: I knew the college crowd wouldn't
like that too much. (Laughter.)
Governor Clinton now says, well, he's seen the
light. And in this campaign he's proposing at least -- and look
at the record -- $150 billion in new taxes, plus at least a $220
billion in new federal spending. But don't worry, he says, I'll
get it all from the rich, from the top two percent.
But the problem is -- here's the truth -- to get the
money that he needs for this plan -- everybody's that's analyzed
it says this: the $150 billion that he's promised -- billion
dollars that he's promised in new taxes, Governor Clinton would
have to get his money from every taxpayer and every individual
with taxable income over $36,000. And these are not people that
you see out there on "The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous."
They deserve a break, not a tax increase. (Applause.)
And the problem is, this is just for openers. He'll
need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for every one of
these programs that he's proposed. And there's an old saying:
When you go hunting for ducks, hunt where the ducks are. Well,
he's hunting for ways to pay for all of his promises, and he's
going to go right smack to the middle class, because that's where
the bucks are. So watch your wallets. Watch your pocketbooks.
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He's coming right after you. And don't let him say anything
different. (Applause.)
And on this one -- on this one don't have to take my
word for it. Go right to his neighborhood. Go to Pine Bluff and
listen to the Pine Bluff Commercial. And here's what it says.
"If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as
Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle
class the hardest." And he's going to treat the middle class the
way Johnny Majors' team treated Cincinnati last Saturday.
(Applause.) Exactly. The Volunteers pounced on the Bearcats,
and he's going to pounce on your wallet. Look at the record. We
cannot let this happen to America. (Applause.)
I'll give you a factual example. Let's say you're a
nurse just starting out with about $22,000 a year in taxable
income. Governor Clinton would have you fork over another $430 a
year to the tax man. And I say that you ought to be able to use
that to help your kids' education, or pay the mortgage on the
house -- and not send it to the IRS in Washington, D.C.
(Applause.)
But he says, hey, forget about this, forget my
record, forget the facts, don't talk about Arkansas and my record
there. I am a different kind of Democrat. But what is different
about him? George McGovern -- Bill Clinton ran Texas for him in
1972. He learned his liberalism from George McGovern. And in
that campaign he was out there for George McGovern. Then Jimmy
Carter -- Bill Clinton wore the same moderate costume, but at
least Carter meant it, even though he brought us the highest
Misery Index in recent -- modern times.
And then Michael Dukakis -- Clinton nominated him in
an endless nomination speech, I might say. (Laughter.) And then
he praised the Massachusetts Miracle right before it went south
and the economy collapsed. America does not need this kind of
different Democrat. There are some wonderful Democrats out
there, but we don't need this kind -- this McGovern, Carter,
Dukakis Democrat. (Applause.)
Now, Governor Clinton wants you to trust that
America's economy is going to improve if you turn full control of
your paycheck over to the crew that already runs the United
states Congress. And he wants to tax and spend government
planners, those kind of planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
And they tried this 12 years ago. And we ended up
with double-digit inflation; we had interest rates sometimes as
high as 18 percent; and we had a Misery Index over 21 percent --
unemployment and inflation added together. And it took years to
ring inflation and high interest rates out of the American
economy. And I want to strengthen our economy and protect your
paycheck from the ravages of inflation. We cannot go the tax-
and-spend route anymore. (Applause.)
And it all boils down to this. At this time in our
history we simply cannot take the risk of Governor Clinton in the
White House. (Applause.)
You know, I've been in the oval Office and I've
faced some tough decisions. It's not easy; you cannot be on all
sides of every question when you're a President of the United
States. And I stand before you today admitting mistakes, but
saying I called them as I saw them. I hope I brought the
character and integrity to this high office that you can respect
and appreciate. (Applause.)
And so I came here to ask for your support so that
we can get to work with the new members of Congress -- Democrat
and Republican alike -- to fix the problems that stand in the way
of this country; so that we can reform our health care system and
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we can literally reinvent our schools; and so that we can retrain
the workers from one generation and create jobs for the next; 50
that we can cut government spending and taxes and get this
economy moving again; and that we can pass an amendment to limit
the terms of members of the United States Congress and give the
government back to the people. (Applause.)
NOW, if you want a guy that has a statistic for
every problem, your man is the Governor of Arkansas. He's got
more statistics that there are problems -- 38 percent of this, 28
percent of that. But he's got to face up to the fact that as
President you can't have it always, you've got to make the tough
calls.
And if you're looking for a leader of experience, a
leader ideas, a leader who shares your values, and a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Alcoa; a leader you can trust, then I know
that I can count on your support. And I need it to be President
of the United States for four more years. (Applause.)
Let me say this: I am very proud of the sons and
daughters of Tennessee that have worn the uniform of the United
states of America. You are a great and proud Volunteer state.
(Applause.)
Governor Clinton wants us to forget that we have
changed the world. And I am not going to let him forget that the
young men and women that fought in Desert storm helped us change
the world and make it much more peaceful for every young person
here today. (Applause.)
I ask for your trust. I ask for your trust, and I
will not betray it. I ask for your vote. And I hope I have
earned it.
He can talk about the United states being lower than
Germany and someplace above sri Lanka. And I'll end this way:
We are the most decent, fairest, strongest country on the face of
the Earth. (Applause.) Let's not tear it down, let's build it
up. (Applause.) We are Americans. (Applause.)
And may God bless you all. And thank you very, very
much. (Applause.) Thank you so much. (Applause.)
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