The Commercial Appeal du lieu suivant : Memphis, Tennessee • 7

to MEMPHIS SUNDAY MAY 1986 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL Rtf 2: By Deborah Young From Page A1 Hands Participant in Hands Across Amsrica in Memphis will link up today along tho route shown in bold yesterday they were full though some said they tell Memorial weekend business from possible Hands reservations La Quinta Inn manager Phil Wanner said his hotel which is on the Hands route was packed with out-of-town Hands participants Wanner said the hotel is expecting a large group from the University of Alabama Meanwhile camp grounds in the Ripley Tenn area have re- Krted reservations and lnquir-i from all over the country from people wanting to witness or be a part of the chain at its mid-point said Pam McNeill Hands coordinator for Lauderdale County Some guests are being referred to motels in Covington and Dyersburg because Ripley's only motel has just 30 rooms Miss McNeill said some individuals and churches are housing out-of-state participants from Misslssipi Alabama Georgia Texas and other states Being the mid-point of the human chain is sure to focus extra attention on Ripley and Lauderdale County so Miss McNeill says she's most concerned that her city and county play good hosts want to do things right around here so I'm asking the local people to come out after church and to park off the highway somewhere and walk out Miss McNeill said want the local people to be good hosts and not take the best parking Parking will be the one sticky area to the whole day Miss McNeill said but there are several large vacant lots along US SI near the Peach Patch (ILS 51 and Edith-Central Road) where visitors can park Celebrities and large groups will be brought into the line area on shuttle buses Miss McNeill said dignitaries who are expected Include Rep Ed Jones (D-Tenn) A Nashville caravan of country music performers scheduled to attend will include Brenda Lee the Marshall Tucker Band Johnny Rodriguez Sylvia and the Girls Next Door Terri Gibbs Rudy that But telephones into state and local offices were jammed and most state directors of the project predicted their lines would be full Gaps of as much as 96 miles were planned in desert regions of Arizona and California for safety reasons President Reagan gave the project a powerful boost Friday when he invited the line onto the White House lawn and said he and Mrs Reagan would join focus is not just on the issue of money The most significant thing we do is call attention to the issue and mobilize public opinion and mobilize public support for action on these issues" said Ken Kragen the Los Angeles promoter who was behind last We Are the World effort for Africa Kragen has talked of raising $50 million or even $100 million with Hands Across America but doesn't want to be called a failure if he misses those targets million (dollars) is a success Twenty million is an extreme success million would basically irallel or outdo We Are the 'arid" Rodman and Judy Collins The caravan will leave Nashville at 8 am today and is expected in Ripley by noon Ripley's spot in the middle of the 4000-mile line has attracted the attention of Time magazine CBS NBC ABC the Nashville Network the New York Daily News the Orlando Sentinel and USA Today said Ms Casey The chain will form on the northbound side of US SI with traffic being pushed into one lane Miss McNeill said The southbound lanes should not be affected Participants have been en- couragea to spaces" in the 4000-mile line by contributing S10 or more But organizers announced this week that anyone can join the line They warned participants not to give money to anyone purporting to be collecting for Hands in line Instead Hands volunteers will distribute postage-paid envelopes in which donations can be mailed Ms Casey said It would take 55 million people to make an unbroken chain and at last count organizers were a couple of million short of Great Savings on items you Need plus Rebate Offers on National Brands in the store! 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