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Partly sunny Map traces paths of two tornadoes School closings for area counties Gov. Sundquist assesses damage Complete report on Page 2A. Tuesday January 19, 1999 Jackson, Tennessee 40 Cents in stores 50 Cents in coin rack 0MW lITlai nJlM tmm ft- mmm mmjm Today Vvv 4 1 Scandal blunts Clinton address Impeachment scandal forms a roadblock for State of the Union initiatives to be outlined tonight. The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Clinton will present a State of the Union address tonight brimming with ideas on education, health care and other initiatives. The proposals, however, face a chilly reception from a Congress bitterly divided by the impeachment ordeal.

As Clinton's lawyers reviewed the legal defense they will begin presenting CHRIS STANFIELDThe Jackson Sun An Orchard Hill subdivision resident sobs Monday after seeing tornado damage. One year later Family and friends remember world-famous rockabilly legend Carl Perkins, who died one year ago of a stroke. PAGE 3A Local Higher ed: A special governor's commission has dropped a proposal to change the governance structure of the University of Tennessee. 3A. Last dance: The Nashville Network is ending production of the popular country program "Club Dance." 3A.

Nation Bishop's view: A United Methodist Church bishop, whose jurisdiction includes the site of a same-sex union ceremony, says he felt compelled to uphold church law. 5A. Operation safe: An increasingly common operation in which doctors burn away heart tissue to try to eliminate heart rhythms always succeeds and carries low risks, study says. 5A. World Serbian attack: Serb forces pound villages with tanks and artillery.

The government also bars the U.N. war crimes prosecutor from entering Kosovo. 8A. Pinochet case: Lawyers for Spain and Britain launch a two-pronged attack against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's immunity claim. 8A.

Sun and wire reports Index Business 8C Classified 5B Comics 4B Crossword 7B Deaths 6A Living 1B Local 3A Nation 5 A Opinion 7 A 1C Television 2B Weather 2A West Tennessee 4A World 8A The search for the perfect pizza, one cookbook author took the challenge. LIVING 0 11 7 Vice President Gore to inspect damage. Death toll stands at eight. By TODD KLEFFMAN The Jackson Sun When Vice President Al Gore visits Jackson today for a first-hand look at the devastation dealt by Sunday's twin tornadoes, he will witness scenes that conjure up images of war. "I don't know what an atom bomb explosion looks like," said U.S.

Rep. John Tanner, D-Union City, "but it looks like one hit at (Orchard Hill). If somebody asked me to guess how many people were killed there, I would have said 104, not four." Federal emergency teams will begin today to evaluate damage caused by the storm, which killed six people in Madison County and one each in Hardeman and Henderson counties. Eighty people were treated at two Jackson hospitals and 17 were admitted. Five are still in critical condition.

More than 200 homes in Madison County were obliterated or heavily damaged, while 300 homes sustained lesser damage, and 20 businesses "were basically destroyed," Jackson Police Chief Rick Staples said. Total damages are expected to cost several million dollars but are not likely to top $100 million, said Dan Vaughn, director of the Jackson-Madison County Emergency Management Agency. Vaughn believes Madison County will qualify for federal emergency aid, which President Clinton could announce as early as today. "It's been a trying two days and there's a lot more days to go, but each day is getting easier now," Vaughn said. "We're in the recovery stage." More than 50 people spent Sunday night in an American Red Cross emergency shelter set up at the Jackson Civic Center.

But that number was reduced to seven on Monday night after some Jackson-area residents opened their homes to strangers in need, a Red Cross worker said. Editorial, 7a! The One Voice Community Choir sings Monday night in the Union University chapel during a worship service celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The congregation also, heard from singer Laurice Lanier of Jackson, who attends the Juilliard School of Music, and Sen. Bill Frist.

on his behalf today, Education Secretary Richard Riley previewed one of the president's top education nriorities: to hold states Clinton and school districts accountable for the achievements of students and teachers. States that fail to end social promotions and set standards could lose some federal education aid. The administration sai3 Clinton would propose a tax credit of up to $500 per child, age 1 or younger, to offset costs for parents who choose to stay home to care for their kids. The administration also floated a proposal for $1 billion -over five years to im-! prove health care for many of the nation's 32 million uninsured adults. Clinton will deliver his address in the same chamber where the House one month ago voted for only the second time in history to impeach the president.

A new poll from the Pew Research Center said the Senate trial has not changed Americans' minds about turning Clinton out of office, and that two-thirds of the public wants him to stay. Tennessee members of Congress list priorities, 2A. ONTV ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS will carry President Clinton's State of the Union address live today at 8 p.m. On cable, all-news networks CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC, as well as CNBC and C-SPAN, also will air the address. for victims They used the service as an opportunity to pray for those affected by the fatal twisters that struck the area and to call on the community to respond with assistance.

Madison County Sheriff David Woolfork and Jackson -Mayor Charles Farmer had, been scheduled to participate in the event, but instead helped at the emergency shelter set up at the Jackson Civic Center. Organizers encouraged others who had planned to attend the ev.ent to volunteer as well. King, the great orator famous for his dream of racial Please see KING, 2A mAAmikJ southeast of Jackson when a DREW TARTERThe Jackson Sun tornado struck Sunday. King salute offers prayer Four people were killed in tt lit. prayer and praise during a community worship service in honor of Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Union joined several the Orchard Hill subdivision HELEN COMERThe Jackson Sun 1 mm. 4 I on By The help with has more communities in the Jackson area that held events in honor of the slain civil rights leader. But on the heel of Sunday's devas King Meeting focuses prayer for reconciliation and for local storm victims. JIMMY HART Jackson Sun They gathered at Union University Monday night to glean inspiration from one man's dream.

They hoped it would a community grapple something that, for many, been a nightmare. A crowd of 235 gathered inside G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel on Union's campus for than an hour of song, tating storms that struck parts of Jackson and Madison County, organizers for the Union event vamped the program Monday..