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The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 16

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Memphis, Tennessee
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16
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A1C Meeahix Friday Swtoaiw 19U to tourism as way to create ThComarrial DEBORAH MCLUBB TMb a XMaplated ei ineMH travel 1 hinted at a probable msgasine rod topic citing research tegnad brochures and filw will uw TOanmmina cm cnaractansdca of Tsnnsroas awa in naanvuin said the state showing Oat the characteristic bailed at changing that lack of sauXSl 3SSS5 SSgpiiSysff: fofxanhMbMotonStta Wt lion tourists ts a prlHtfTMl not bouuowicl util after Mktt- SSSj9(oU)r' ily incomes in Tennessee and that once the? coma and see Alexander said later but hohm- tional testing despite 2tt years of vS- taformML" when you have an imitMHy aht 1 iyy mww provides 76000 Jobs mh a S608 million annual payroll that's an Obvious way to help get more JOba Add clearly it can be an easier utey most (manufacturing) plants don't move but lots of people do" inis commitment and the coop-1 brttion of state legislators led to a I 31 percent budget increase for the I Uppartment of Tourist Develop-! ten for this year to S7 4 million I Most of the new dollars will go for I dut-otstate advertising and pro- supported by a facial deukke weedwra STURDY MULTI-USE WORK HOMY CENTER WITH HG 4S 19 58 INCH WORK TOP FEATURES THREE HANDY STORAGE DRAWERS AND STORAGE DOOR WITH LOCK AND KEY EASY TO ASSEMBLE MOblL TST-1 SAW NOW SOUDSTATt GLUE GUN aoNNMMi usual asm NfWSWMOSTNSOUS (UTMU1SNMUOONN BENCH VISES 19" SAWH0RSC BRACKETS MAKE YOU! OWN SAWHORSES EASILY esi Gore ad annoy Ashe Qy THOMAS JORDAN Victor Ashe standing on the I sidewalk in front of Democrat Albert Gore Jr's UiL Senate cam I headquarters here yester- raaCCP8Cd airinS commercial that is "negative personal and inaccurate" Talking above the din of heavy I traffic in front of Gore's head quarters at 1246 Union Ashe said he was "bringing the campaign to I Gore's doorstep" Gore wasn't! there but Ashe was greeted by I Steve Owens Shelby County campaign manager Ashe a former state legislator who is the Republican nominee for the Senate said the radio spot claims he sponsored legislation in 1975 to raise Hie pay members of the Tennessee General Assent bly Ashe said his bill would have Increased legislative pay but would have saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars "In fact I tried to cut pay overall and save the taxpayers Tennessee better than $590000 over a three-year period" Ashe said Ashe said the legislation he introduced as a state senator would have ended "an automatic 11 percent cost-of-living escalator not only for legislators but for cabinet officers and high-level state officials That system was just plain wrong legislation I Introduced would have reduced that amount from 11 percent down to the 2 percent which state employees got at that particular point in time My bill would have capped the pay raises for legislators and other officials at the dim rate state employees received or 5J percent whichever was lower it would have granted'a I pay raise of $7 a month for legislators and would have cut legislative fringes by $45 dollars per 1 Ashe said Gore "ought to get his facts right before he starts min leading inaccurate and personal attacks in his radio commercials" Mark McNeely of Nashville a Gore spokesman said "We stand by our ad His bill Senate Bill 616 1 would have raised legislative salaries Period" 1 Ashe's bill would have raised salaries from $640 to $7500 annually McNeely said i McNeely denied Hie commercials are negative or personal 1 In addition to saying Ashe spon- sored a legislative pay raise the announcer in the commercial says Ashe was rated as one of the 10 worst legislators in a Nashville Banner poll of members of the General Assembly Throughout the commercial the mawtifrn of name is followed by the yelping of a small dog The bark- ing of the small animal obviously is Intended to disparage Ashers nickname 'Bulldog'His campaign mascot also is a bulldog the alleged lead that Albert Gore has It's surprising that he is stooping to negative inaccurate personal Ashe said 1 4 He said Tennesseans knew that his legislation proved would payers money On the othar hand he said Gore has been rated "in the top 3 percent according to the National Taxpayers Union of all spenders in the United States Con- Ashe said he was "tough on legislators on my colleagues ami Hie reason 1 ought to be elected to the United Sates Senate: to be tough in Washington and to cut down on spending! 1 V' Curriculum project selects local school 1 Springdale-Memphls Magnet School has been selected among! 29 schools in 22 states to partlcl pate in a network formed to im- peeve curriculum balance and teaching effectiveness in elemen-l tary schools Teams from the schools will 1 meet periodically hear from experts and discuss ways to strengthen the elementary unentary pro-1 IaaaaaaaaJ I ponsarNDjM Supervision I and Curriculum Development' a national educational leadership group 'HIRSH" ADJUSTABLE CLAMPS OR SNEADS WITH NESHKIS RANGING FROM VERY UGHT TO OVER 1000 POUNDS BAB CLAMPS 1 i ROUTER TABLE ONLY ACCOMODATES MOST CHCULAI SAWS AND ROUTERS FEATURES 20 27 INCH FIBERB0ARD WOK SURFACE ELECTRIC SWITCH AND MORL LOCKING PLIERS CHOKE Oft INCH LONG NOSI OR 10 INCH CURVED JAW LOCKING PLIERS YOUR CHOICE (Oj bissToKI HAND "SAWS YOUR CHOKE CMOME ALLOY STEEL BUM WITH HATOWOOO HANDLE CHOKE Of A 10 or 12 POINT 5 INCH SANDING DISC si iiji'i M9A II II INCH SIZE 7 PC WOOD HANDLE SCREWDRIVER SET 5 PC WRENCH MINCH SIZE LEVEL SET PS INCLUDES 24 2 INCH tvv TORPEDO AND POCKET SIS LEVELS NOW ONLY ft' ADJUSTABLE SET DMPKMteD TEMPEHS SnaiHANKS WITH mwotip HANDLES MOUMfcl MII AND IS MO sms: SET 0 4.

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