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MEMORANDUM TO INTERESTED PARTIES
FROM: THE OFFICE OF MEDIA AFFAIRS SUBJECT: CLIPS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO COLORADO
Attached are the clips from President Clinton's trip to Colorado on September 19-20. Extensive coverage has been compiled from the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News and Pueblo Chieftain.
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CLINTON from Page IA j • -.^ . 10,0.00 people outside., the student cen- small roundtable discussion that inr Clinton noted that students at the" eluded families and Denver Archbish^ University, of Southern Colorado wi: op Francis Stafford, and then speak be able to take advantage of lower- ing to a crowd of about 300 in a tent cost direct student loans this fall and on the lawn. that Pueblo Community College has, "A lot of {middle-class families;; applied to participate in the program:' , who hive thie security of knowing : But if the GOP gets its way; fa - that their parents are OK, can help said, "the application that you hav their children to f inance their college to give all your people here a betteil educatiori. If they Jose, that security, chance to go on and succeed will nevj- they may not be able to help their er see the light of day." kids go to college/' Clinton said. Proposals in Congress would freezes
"This is a'huge Issue. We must Pelldo Grants for needy students a n this right. We must do it as a commu- eliminate or .cut the direct studept By Fred Brown, nity, not as a crowej." , loan programiuWhiqh-{(lldws students and Steve Llpsher ' He said society must, recognize ;an to borrow money directly from the Denver Post StaH Writers "obligation; to faielp the middle class; governmen t instead' of banks. Other PresidPresidente Clinton stormed: '0)16rad6/y^t(^i^#tf free up tlielr income so they can-edu-slegislationvwould eliminate Ameri ColoradJoloradoo stormfed him back — is the presidehtr^alseacate^nelrtchlldren .while their,: par-rcorps , the national service program campaign dollars'and alarms' aboiit'the}^^U!i^n|Elp»-ents^ve In dignity." ", '. that lets young people'earn money for proach to budget-cutting/;'Vv, , {Q' I The:federal budget must be cut, he college. The nation has an obliga'titjn tb-educaite Itsiyoung afidsaid , but the Republican Congress v ; Clinton insisted that Congress can protect its elderly from' the: pain 'apd iridig^ty ofiinade^"di d it backwards." He charged that balance the budget, cut taxes for the quate health care, Clinton repeated, with aiast-dgyelop-,Republican s start by deciding how middle class and. ''still increase our ' ing wintry storm chasing the presidential pair ty. from much money needs to be cut rather investment-in education." T - Denver to Pueblo and back again; .vt-:-? l '. . than looking at the programs that "Let us do this the right way and Clinton charged that Republican plans to, trim growth" i need to be preserved. • ^ advance what America really stands of .caid and Medicare spending would'make, 300,0()O - for/' he told the cheejring crowd; people ineligible for nursing home care and "tfirpwfaroh "We! (Democrats) asked how much . lies into abject insecurity." :- '^J&s^&ffiZl'?.--- can we take out without, hurting," he. < The president was introduced by In a later appearance at Pueiblo,: tlie;presidM;urged . said. "Let's squeeze it as hard as we Diana Gurule, a second-year commu support for a federal budget that .^Qri;t\increi^;^.sp?!t;. can. v.: We can slow the rate of nity college student earning; an asso of a; college education by; cutting graiit aid st^^oajd ,, growth of Medicaid without wrecking ciate's degree in physical theripy programs. •'••;r-"y ['yy^'^S^^M&SA the program." while working and caring for her two "It is not necessary and it is notright;':;,Q^pij);^d^ He said there has to. be consistency children.; It wouldn't be possible with- is not consistent with: basic Americany^u«/'V:. >,^;^ - ... of health care, from state to state to out financial aid, she said. ; : allow parents to live close to their Clinton Isihe first, president to visit • '. . Clinton was Jbined by Vicp president'AllGore children, he said; If the states are giv Pueblo while in office since John F. evening fund-r&er'that raised \clpse ttpfMQiOM,; fpr thte ,| en free reinj there are likely.to be un Kennedy'In 1962.'/ pair's 1996 re-elettipn campaigri^:::; .^v^^^^f fair variations in quality. ^ " He told the crowd he was glad to be ,. The tripxdmbined'c^pl^^a ~ : "If we forget for a- mopient/what back in the southern- Colorado city, White House instefed were .is§ues-6riei we owe either to our parents.or.tQ-our where' he campaigned three years children, then we will be making a ,ago. " • . grave mistake," he said. ! "Any place where I can wear my : , At a sunny afternoon appearance cowboy boots, and feel comfortable " Clinton began the jday. at tbe U^tle Stetm ^ th^PoSt, at Pueblo Community College — and bas an Arkansas River is all •: nursiiig home in northwest; ipenVer^ where the foul weather had not yet right," he said. , reached. Clintoni snnkfl ' tn more than: i Following his 20-minute speech, 1 "audience
'President: CUritori'sePasidr time yesterday tovtalk with a feisty 10- -year-old boy who. was fulfilling a ^dream. • • Frankie Salazar, a. fifth-grader •from Leadville who was born with muscular dystrophy, had Jold his ^School principal that the ^president Qwas the person h^most'lwanted to •jtieet. ' ^ . : ^. . 0: "Our responsibility Vb .to help stu; The Denver Post / Karl Gehring n I-H : dents achieve theirdreains," said Ru IN THE FLESH: President Clinton met with minutes yesterday and presented him with a pin -dy Malesich, principal of Lake Coun- Leadville fifth-grader Frankie Salazar for several «-h PI ^ty liitermediaite School. " bearing the presidential seal. As he waitecf with- Malesidh and his flown in on giant C-l 41. transport air So Frankie's wish came true in. a . presidential seal. \ "mother, Gloria Salazar, for the presi craft along with a couple of others to hanger at Buckley Air National "You must like school," Clinton 7 3 2 dent to return from Pueblo, Frankie get around Colorado. Guard Base, the field used for the saidid. "When I was a kid, I don'tt think '"was quizzed on what he planned to The pilots gave the pictures to hiiii,; president's high-tech Boeing 747, be I ever, could have gotten my principal jask the president < he said, but. the helicopters were sit cause the flight tb Pueblo, and back to come with me anywhere." r«. I'How likes to be president: How ting,'unused, in an adjacent hangar. was changed to use Air Force One. It took less than a week for Gov. Lhe likes to,, be rich. How he likes to The meeting with-the president had . Their meeting, at a brief airfield Roy Romer's office to arrange the' -riin the country-" the small, lively 10- originally been set for the abandoned reception for high-ranking Demo meeting once lie told thiem what Vear-old replied in quick order; Stapleton Airport, where the presi crats, was closed to all but two pho*- Frankie wanted to do, Malesich said. • ~ • Frankie, who uses .a wheelchair to dent's helicopter was due to land af tographers. "There's opportunities out there, get around,, brought with him a cou ter a trip to Pueblo. But lousy weath VO Q They said the president chatted and students have to know we'l! 01 ple of photographs of Marine One, the er scrapped plans to use the with Frankie fbr several minutes.and them reach those opportunities:" an presidential helicopter that had been helicopters. . presented him with a pin bearing the — Fred Brown H the president waded into the crowd by Clinton were,Jtoppy ta see;a i(resi- a spirit of cooperatidi''and sa^ we: all ; care a lot about this program Jut ij and spent the next 25 minutes shakr dent in Pueblo. • • ' p ••' ••; want to help; but:M^(^d.^ora?a••lot's as. much about the program as we < 1 ing hands and talking with people. "Presidentsi don't come here very of good for the senior citiiensiif Ms having a $250 billion tax; cut in ajev-.,' A lot of Pueblo-area students were often .beicausie: we're just podunk couhtry. Medicaid enables this coun en-year time frame." - .333 excused f rom classes to see Clinton. PQebld^s^d^Ajiha^Marieii a try to be what it te^^v - •; :Cto late "My mom remembers when JFK IV-year^old junior at Centennial ffigh : Solutions must'ite rwcli^^'ak a : last night aboard Air Force One.'^SS came down here so it's pretty cool," ^SchobL "I think he's here just-to get1 team '. iri^ways that wiUiulBIl both; was headed for Calif ornia, where said 17-year-pld'Geoff Ekman, who is us young voters, but I still want to see pur objectives of balancjiig:thiE!;'bud- more fund-raisers —:and more {jutflfe the man who madei it to president" get apd honoring our bliligatibps to : appearances, — were schedi^l^'ffi planning to attend the University of : Southern Colorado next semester. "I 1 Despite his warnings'about huri-^ our parents and to our i^dim'' SantYancisco and Los "Angelesif^j guess JFK was a better president dreds of thousands losing'their eligi ; "We can do tiiat,%li|i^nfinued. The campaign, had talked aboj^yj (than Clinton), but I can say that I bility for. health care, Clinton none "But we caimot do.that'iittiwe are ex $5 million fund-raising goal for^fg was here, that I saw him." theless urged listeners at the nursing cessively ideological, '"exciessively four-state tour, but the first tty^ • Even those who were unimpressed home to "reach out to the Congress in; partisan and arbitrary in saying we stops netted about $600,000 •eaclL.f
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By Fred' Brown : of us did. It was a total surprise, jyit a Denver Post Political Editor ; wonderful one. Just woiiderful," said President Clinton popped.in to the Walker. ::: • '•'Z Tattered Cover bookstore; in. lower / .Clinton, an avid reader, doffhed downtown Denver; yesterday< fpr;:a !"hal^frame' glasses to; peer at Bill half-hour browse, surprising^ipther ivMoyers';''The Language of Life*"—.. • bookworms and emerging with? an : : "I'll tell you what's a great boofccr
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Gold." Colorado Goyi Roy;:R6merv book," Clinton said. "I love it. Hillary who accbmpahied•hkri^omttettoiir;'.' gave it to, me." = ., . At one point, a tentative Jeiwiif^r Robertson,, an interior decorator : from a nearby shop, approached the Montana writer Ivan Doig. : president. "Is it possible to tell, you I Actually; "popped in" is an under- ' think you're doing a very goodjoferfis statement. The president's 25-car president of the United States?^ Glin- motorcade rolled to a stop oh Wyn- ton shook her hand and thanked .her. koop Street, lights.flashing, while mo-H-;, Lyons said Clinton first visitejlXait- torcycle cops held noon-hour traiffic tered Cover's /main Cherry >Gre.ek at bay and spectators crowded the , bookstore during the 1992 campaign, sidewalk in a cold, driving raiij. > "We had a dinner in Cherry ;Gteek, Denver liwy.ef Jim Lyons; .an;6ld and; we told hun he had to visjit-rthis friend ' ' •' " - " " " - - the p latt^l through < cozy i two minutes before he1 actual: said Joan Walker,^'•bippfcseli was at the presidemt'svel^bwf tlttpugh-4 _ out the brief browse. "Everybody; had litlcal manifesto around .whicji-imen; to scramble." "• ' * can gather to,save.their'-lives,- save Customers, who were in.the stpr,e.ri;;;their frieinds; when the Secret Service securedjit/v the earth."* y^^, \ "r > >- allowing in no; new customers, were-the Mbral Aiiimial" is;self?de- incredulous at finding themselves:scribied-as ^hy/w^-ar^ the ^yiwe^v within 20 feet of the president. are; the. newfjscience of vevolutibhary "Idon't think they understood; none psychpiogy.":; ; ; :;W; Thursday, September 21, 1995 THE DENVER POST
By Steve Lipsher -Denver Post Staff Wrfter If seemed yesterday that everyone • Trticrhaid a beef with Bill Clinton sud- -denly had a forum. : • ^ 'Everywhere he wient, protesters ; rciairkged Clinton's politics, his big- money re-election campaign, even his •^piiflTiitment to saving endangered 'Spfecies. • • It*was a busy day for the discon- - tented, from the state Republican -'Party, which loaded a chartered dou- 'biemecker bus with GOP faithful to -protest the president's: fund-raising .; '. - ^ ^TKeDehywPost / toi^oivWainpleir tbStiluet, to an animal-rights group PRESIDENT GREETED: President Clinton Ing thousands of fans at Pueblo Junior College Vle'regoingtodo^ Clinton courts Colorado • . • " '•' .•: • . : ' . ' y . *• " ,;^^r>'T^v':-:i:>^i^:;:>:• - . :' .•::'"..V:.-.V; - m&M?: 1 :. . ; v-:^'; ^ -TK^V-^ President stresses family, community values ui fet^igeampa ^ CD o President blasts GOP plans ing home, Clinton conjured up images pf lic nuns for mergingpublic assistance and ro generational responsibility to rally oppo private initiative. ". • n to trim Medicare spending sition for. Republican plans to cut-health "Medicaid in this nursing home is the 3 gyBrianWeber care for the poor and elderly. embodiment..... that the quality of life in "We don't have to wreck the program a society is the sum of both the personal ro Rocky Mountain News SUtf Writer and throw families into abject insecurity choices made by individual citizens and o .President Clint»h conceded in Denver to balance the budget," Clinton said. "We : families and the big choices made by soci- Wednesday that cuts • in, Medicaid pre...jh^vfrtojlq , jt iq a way. that is consistent as a whole," he said. "In the end, d 1 t0 ^JgWmmMto do well.": • ' W$. Americans must greeted each of the elderly residents Clinton urges moderation, INSIDE .balance the budget for lined up to hear him speak. • • Pueblo offers greets voters, raises cash president warrr); • future generations, but. Then, in an unscheduled detoiu; Clin on one-day whklwind trip crowds, weath- not at' the- expense of ton's motorcade cruised through lower er/18A the elderly and the downtown to the. Tattered Cover Book . By Katie Kerwin poor, Clinton said. He Store. Clinton had visited the Cherry • Clinton sur repeated the message Creek branch during the 1992 campaign Rocky Mountain News Political Writer prises Tattered . of obligation to the and loved it so much that aides nearly had President Clinton donned his .cowboy . Cover shop- : poor and middle class to drag him out. • ' :c::r.y-'r'-:: boots and barnstormed Colorado on pers/i9A es in his Pueblo Clinton bought two books and shook Wednesday during his first major cam- speech. hands with patrons, who pronounced his . paign blitz around the country. Clinton said he was not playing politics visit "cool." He also recommended a From Denver to Pueblo, the president while in Colorado, but he couldn't resist book first lady Hillary . Rodham .Clinton seized opportunities to greet voters and the opportunity to campaign. had bought him.. deliver a message of moderation. Fresh from six hours , of sleep Hiesday "I'll tell you what's a good book, this He also was expected to net about night, Clinton awoke ready, for action. His Emotional Intelligence," he said, referring $500,000 at a fund-raising. dinner in motorcade had gone less than half a block to the book by Daniel Goleman. "It's a downtown Denver oh Wednesday night. from the Stouffer Renaissance Hotel, very interesting book." At his side all day was Gov. Roy Romer, where Clinton spent Hiesday night, when In Denver, Clinton .endured sleet that who joined Clinton in preaching about the, he spied a throng of onlookers. forced hini to fly to Pueblo iii Air Force One importance ,of Medicaid and education. Clinton hopped but of his Cadillac lim rather than by helicopter. At Pueblo Com Also traveling with Clinton were two ousine and spent five minutes talking munity College, he reveled in sunshine and longtime friends, Denver lawyers Mike with them. He went another 25 yards and warmed up to a crowd of nearly 10,000. Driver and Jim Lyons. couldn't pass up the chance to chat with En route back to, the Pueblo airport, Throughout his visit, Clinton invoked some firefighters, Clinton hopped out of h^s limousine again the importance of family and called on i. Romer said Clinton was fired up. . and greeted a couple doz^n children. He Americans to nourish community values. "He's a very good campaigner," shook their Hands while-thw tugged at Republican leaders in Congress are Romer said. "He works the rope line bet his suit coat. ' . \ • . , being too harsh in cutting programs with ter than anybody I've ever seen." Romer said Clinton was enthii^siastic out considering the impact, Clinton said Clinton worked the crowd every about his Colorado visit \ . . X\ during a speech at the Little Sisters of the where. He ssng Happy Birthday to a resi "He has targeted this state)" Romer' Poor nursing home in northwest Denver. dent at the Little Sisters home, then said. "He's ready to campaign." -President Clinton greets surprised shoppers outside the Tattered Cover Book Store in Lower Down Sk^M, '^Wrkti:., / town Denver. Susan piddle Special to theNews mm. •• n. ^ /:".'; E?ndowntown Cover in ^ ^ Ottered ^fcheditraka?ld flCt,on' and CD fD 0 3 n a • Goose bumps. FP — Great news, Mn President! ho 0 You're going to Denver! Good old M Me-hi^, smile-hi^iDenyen You'll bea mfle dpserto.the. sun. Queen; City of the Plains'. Imagine a great so I dly! It's Denver. You know, I used VD to be mayor of Denver (JI BC—Yes, I know. •z. Gene FP—Let me tell you something, Mn President, there are no more :. Aitiole gullible people in the whole wide . z world than the folks in Denver A little tax inaease here, a little, tex increase there, and Denver has a new corivejitipn center; a new library and a new basebaD park: God love 'em, sometimes I .think Denver.taapayers are generous. 1 to a fault ; \^i::i:sf\?!:^iy^k^U cn BC -r They'd better be generous. I'm going there r to raise campaij^ money. .' !': [ FP—No problemo. All you have to do is brag about Denver being a m^jor league dty. They love , that Butter 'em up by praising the Rockies and the Broncos. Maybe you ought to wear a Rockies cap and a Broncos jacket BC—You're not serious. FP —r Heh. Heh. Justkidding, boss jwais think ing, though, that when we arrive in Denver, you and I should get off Air Force^ne arm in arm.Til be right there at your side when you meet the media. As a matter of fact, I could actually introduce you to the media; ••../;:>-: BC—You're not going, little guy. FB--Not going! Not going? lhave to go. You'll: need me. Tm the transportation seaetary and Den ver is my town. They love me in Denver. I m^an, they really & love me. ; :. BC —:.Nota:ccording to the latest Floyd Ciruli poll. Ypur negatives are right up there with such : • crowd pleaseris as Douglas Briice, Ross Perot and Ben Campbell. •'•Vi^:i\si^-''-"'f-'-^--y FP—But I want to be there with you when Air Force One touches down at Denver International v! Airport The first president of the United States to land at DIAi It just gives me goose bumps to think :, ! about it" -.'':;0. •'.; i.i,:v'^';^;-'; BC—We're landing at Bucidey. FB —. Buckley? That's da^. Why would you wanttolaiid at Buckley when yOu could fly into the . world's newest finest airport?- BC—DIA is too far out in the boondocks. It's not convenient I'm a busy man, Shorty, too busy to spend mytime-gridlocked on Ir70. FP —> But Mr President,Iwanted to ridewith you on Pena Boulevard, which was named after me. I wanted to take you through the airport so you could see those little propdlere whirling around in the train tunnels. I wanted you to walk on Italian marble and see the automated baggage system. Wait until you see the tent roof. It's supposed to look like snow-capped mountains. What a great photo opportunity! You and I and DIA. BC—You just don't get it, do you? I would have to be out of mymirid to be photographed with you at the biggest public works boondoggle in the nation's history. My God, $4 billion! Incredible. I've got that pit bull, Newt Gingrich, snapping at my heels over government waste, and DIA is a perfect example of what he is talking about FP—But... BC—No buts about it Where have you been, Federico? Don't you know bond holders have brought five lawsuits against that dumb airport of yours? I don't want to be anywhere near you when the mob arrives with the tar and feathers. They are not going to take kindly to the fool who built an air port that is less convenient and more expensive to use. than the airport they had and has created the j largest red-ink mupidpal,l^qnd debt eY<&!,; i;. . • :;.FP;^pidyou:s^y)^.^d;fra|^ers?.. ..j . <. fs'loiumn c iHGAMOLEi A BIRTHDAY PRESENT must be Denven Any doubts? Check the presi . ; Ethel Hdag was "94 ' . dent^ footwear: He wore a years young" Wednesday. ; : pair of finely stitched Trite, maybe, but how of- brown cowboy boote on his ten does the president of : swing through Colorado. v the United States remark T They didn't accent his gray • on your birthday? ; suit, but when in the West. •• Even better—for the , "' tone deaf-^eiintbri want ed tossing theresideint of, A : : Susan Biddta/Special :r> the Little Sisters ofthe C; MAKING NEW FRIENDS to the Rocky Mourv ,,v Poor nm^ing home ffajWy .. The president's monster • tain News t Birthday. And he wanted m motorcade hitthe-gais^t - & President . . accompaniment So 400 the Stouffef Renaissance voices rose to make Hoag's : - Hotel at East 38th Avenue Clinton and day all the more special, if and Quebec Street early aides arrived not harmonic. Wednesday. ' in Denver on It hit the brakes within a Wednesday CD 5* u're REAL MEN WEAR block at the United Air along wrth lines regional reservations the season's 13 O w BOOTS 1 first cold { !ji;\4ts.^y^xlnlesday, so this: A.-.;" i. snap.)-...• n "-=*~ '-M>**rj-m1 f.l-r"t2 vr IA1 ft H s s o a M vo z vo H zHH z I CD Clinton finds a receptive . audieiiiG^ By Brian Weber Rodiy Mountain News Staff Writer Most residents of :the Little Sisters of the Poor nursing . home and their, families heard :. what they wanted to hear previous page Darling. "I thought he Clinton gave Frankie a hatiohal Airport to the Lit the rope barriers to say day's Pueblo crowd is aEhy Wednesday from President looked better than he White House pin and con tle Sisters of the Poor ; hello. indication. Clinton is known for his Clinton. looked on TV" gratulated him for being a nursing home in northwest . "I'll never wash my Gail Shaffer of Colorado "He said he is trying his nchant to grip and grin ' Clinton returned to his good student Denver, the president's hand again," said 10-year- City, who didn't vote for. th most anyone who has best so we can be protected," black limo, only temake . Accompanying Frankie motorcade passed a local old Krista Rinn, who Clinton, said he "had lots said Reynalda Garcia, 83. lout Friends say he another unscheduled stop was his mother; Gloria radio station's billboard. "pushed through the i energy from the ex- of goodwords about educa The 15-year resident was across the street. He halt Salazar; and his school. . The billboard shows a" crowd" to shake hands. tion and making loans among a sihall group that met anges. ed the motorcade for v principal, Rudy Malesich. Clinton lookalike puffing J: Justine Sandoval, 20, So when he saw 50 smil- available to studeiitsi ( privately with Clinton. firefighters at Station 26. "You must like school to on a marijuana joint andf ^ ; c»axed€lmton to stand for Dave and Carolyn Dur "That made me feel betten j and waving United "He shook hands and dubs him a Doob'ie'bfotlieC - >rkers, he halted hismo- get your principal to come ; a photograph- ahd he oblig- ham of Tennessee delayed I don't want to be a burden to said, T want to thank you with you," Clinton said. xade and joined them. : their vacation in Pueblo for my family," she said. for the good job you do,' " "When I was ai kid, I never "No one anticipated he'd said Lt Daniel Diaz. A BIG DAY IN PUEBU). ^^"thre^ e days to see the presi Two of Garcia's four daugh that," said Celeste Fol- could have gotten my •^iy-'f dent and they voted for ters said Cliiiton was recep u; regional manager for principal to come with me For jaded towns used tp "And I got to hug him," George Bush in 1992. tive to their icOncerns over (rations and tioket - BOY MEETS THE CHIEF anywhere." frequent presidential vis- " said her friend Lisa Galvez. "I'm impressed with Medicaid cuts. They were . "Some people were its, Wednesday's stop by him. I just think he's done pleased he promised to keep tears at the thought that Frankie Salazar got his HE LOOKS FAMILIAR Clinton might have been WINNING CONVERTS as good a job as anybody • politics to ia minimum. _ •d do that" wish Wednesday. The 10- . just another yawnen For could do," Carolyn "It should be dealt with year-old Leadville fifth-. Clinton got a chance to ! Those who are writing Clinton spent five min- ; Pueblo, it's been 33 years. Durham said. with facts, not fear," said •shaking jiaiids and . grader; who has muscular see himself as a "Doobie Clinton spent 25 min off Clinton in the 1996 i Evangeline Lanford, Garcia's ing hello. .:.: • •'./ . • dystrophy, met the person Brother" Wednesday. utes working the crowd : election might be passing Reported atidwrittenby Brian daughter ' He looked stunning, ^.s^.v he^most^^tedtomeeitin ; While en route fromhi s f ^judgrnent too early, if a "• Weber, Katie Keruim andDick But Tom Morrissey, whose r after his speech, and'hun- '; ch blue eyes, ffieworidT"' ^ "**"' - " Tiotel near Stapleton Inter- dreds of admirers crushed v ; ^dross-section of Wednes- Foster. **' *"•*." "**"*'"' grandmother lives at the . home, was critical. Clinton ' should emphasize self-re liance and more assistance locally, he said. "It was typical Bill Clinton pandering to a segment of soci ety" he said. " ; .. He's trying; to funnel a huge issue down tp one emotional soundbite." £661 'IZ laqmajdas SM3N NIVJLNaOJAi AMDOtf T et l ietl 1 6 Jertvx& * LvetiiS .J .'But* ^^^^ Mws*0 win^ v ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS September 21,1995 j Rick Giase/Rocky Mountain News a speech at Pueblo Comrnunity College Wednesday: It was the first presidential visR iy came iri 1962. The temperature was a baimy 73, in contrast to Denver's chill. \ ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS September 21,1995 HEADLINE: For select group of state's Dems, less is more BYLINE: Dan Luiadder; Rocky Mountain News, Gapitol Bureau BODY: •' ."1 • .'; •' '. There were no crystal goblets and fine china in Hangar 909 of Buckley Air. Force Base,- but about 25 local Democrats were beaming Wednesday after a private . reception with President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore. ''All those people can go.to their $ 1,000-a-plate dinner with-the. president,' ' said state Rep. Peggy Kerns, D-Aur.ora, Colorado House minority leader. ''But I think we just had a better experience.11. -And it was free. Kerns was a little less cheerful a half-hour earlier, however^ over a mixup on the arrival time for Gore's linkup with.Clinton. Secret Service and military, security officials refused admission to a number of party notables who were told to arrive at 5:45 p.m. They turned away William Yellowtail, regional director of the Environmental Protection Agency, at the door and barred Kerns and state Democratic vice, chairwoman Mary Alice Mandarich. '• But a flurry, of phone calls to national Democratic Party officials inside . \ remedied the problem - for all but Yellowtail, who'd left. , Kerns and Reps.. Doug Friednash, D-Denver,. and Bob Hagedorn,. D-Aurora., were among the small crowd to greet the. two leaders of the Democratic Party before their gala at the Marriott Hotel City Center. •They got about 10 minutes to. talk to Clinton about welfare .reform and block:, grants for the state. "State legislators don't often get that kind of time with (Clinton),1' Friednash said. ''That was good.1' Mayor Wellington Webb was also there, along with City Councilwoman Cathy Reynolds, federal judges and other appointees, such as Tony Hernandez of Housinq and Urban Development. So were Denver attorneys Norman Brownstein and Jim Lyons and freshman state Sen. Ed Perlmutter,' D-Denver. ''I have never met a president or vice-president before,1 ' Perlmutter said. ''It was. electric.' ' ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS September 21,1995 HEADLINE: Gala draws state's top Dems, and 8 protesters. BYLINE: Peter Blake; Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer , BODY: : . .' ' Inside the Marriott City Center, warm and dry and full: more than 500 ;' Democratic high rollers who paid $ 1,00Q.apiece to sup with President Clinton. /•On the. snowy sidewalk across the street, cold ..and damp and hungry: height earnest citizens protesting the influence of. money on politics. - Before setting up his signs saying ' 'Just Say No to Big '$ Politics,"' Ric Bainter, director of Colorado Common Cause, reported promptly and politely, as directed, to the sergeant in charge of the Denver.-police detail in the. lobby., He was supposed to be joined by a score of protesters from United We Stand America as well as Common Cause, but some of.his soldiers turned out to be of-, the summer variety and didn't show. Greeting the guests, in the lobby was Connie Sanders, the local Clinton- Gore finance ramrod whose.job it is to convince Democrats their dollars can indeed buy influence, as Bainter fears. ' She looked pleased, and no wonder. She said the party itr Denver should raise as much as similar parties i,n Philadelphia last Monday and in San Francisco today: about $ 600,000. ' They raised $ 1.1 million in Miami on Tuesday and hope to make twice that in' Lbs Angeles tonight. Clinton scheduled public events at,each location as well as fund-raisers. That enables him to act presidential and complain about GOP- assaults on -the poor, as opposed to looking like a supplicant before special interests. The public events.serve another purpose as well. They enable the campaign to shuffle off some of the.expenses of:the Air Force One entourage to the taxpayers.. But Ann Lewis, spokeswoman for the Clinton 7 Gore campaign in Washington, s.aid the campaign would.pick up most of the cost. . .. . Among.the attendees: * Rock promoter Barry Fey, in. trademark running sfioes,'who was rejoicing, that Van Halen drew U,80Q to Fiddler's Green on the,-same snowy night, but complaining that he couldn't get there, because of the traffic J. . , . '_ ; .* Mike Stratton, the. former political consultant .to Gov. Roy Romer, sporting a gold saxophone'lapel pin. He claims to have sworn off political work in favor of the commercial.stuff and had' no responsibilities at the dinner other than eating ... * Gene Nichol, who resigned as dean of the University of Coloraido law school earlier Wednesday in order to run. for the U.S. Senate. So why did he choose the day the president was in town to announce? 1'It was according to. the university calendar, not my own,'-' he.shrugged . . . * Tom Hoog, once former Sen. Gary Hart's top aide and now chairman of Hill & Knowlton Public Affairs Worldwide, with wife Sandy and son Mike. . . . ' * Alan Salazar, manager of Romer's 1994. campaign and still .a.top aide, who had strained his back trying to feed his new baby Wednesday morning..Romer got, him a ride on Air Force One to Pueblo, and the attendants gave him;som e Motrin. ''I don't know whether to take it or. keep it for a souvenir,'1 Salazar said.. . * Also. sighted: Lt. Gov. Gail Sc.hoettler and husband Donald Stevens of the University of Denver; former legislator Tony Hernandez; dairyman Eddie Robinson; oilwoman Merle Chambers and' husband Hugh Grant; former Senate candidate Josie Heath; former House Minority Leader Ruth Wright- Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter;. former Hart aide and Denver lawyer Hal Haddon, with lobbyist wife Beverly; legislator-turned-lobbyist Rich Gebhardt; former legislator Polly Baca. THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN SEPTEMBER 21,1995 THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 21,1995 , . Chieftain photo by .Bi^ari kel: excited .woman, reaches across several people Wedr ay to shake the president's d while woman ops .a phqipi ".:v ^ THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 21,1995 rowds of students, ranging from kindergarten through college, cheer President Clinton during his speech Wednesday at Pueblo ommunity College. voices ^By GAYLE PEREZ that brought her to The Pueblo Chieftain , University of Southern Colorado : • Wedqesday. . •V;/H-V'>^^:. President Clinton's address: freshman tina Martinez said she also '-. ' "This is. a pretty importaint n education Wednesday hit: had come to see the president but , day in Pueblo and I , wanted lose to home for .Jeff arid, to be a part of it," she said, 'ricia Lindsey. • ,' '• ended up with more:than a glimpse. 'I "it's exciting to say that I s£w "We both just recently got to shake his hand,' the jubilant the president." raduated from higher educa- 18-year-oid said. 1 was all excited. It's VnwsTSily of Southern ion, so we were interested in. Colorado , freshman Tina earing what he had to say one thing tb see the president, but to Martjnez said she also had oday," said Mrs. Lindsey, shake his hand is something I never come to see the president but /ho traveled from Canon imagined.' ended rip with more than (a 'jty .with vhetJiu'sbjind wuSt ^I^S^^hand," qnt'^eafc'^t^jiiibro-. Coni- r throtighbxit-theriimidri: - ^ ^ tfrfyj ubilknt; 1 S^year^old siaid. lunity College; : •' T. : '• "I thought 'it was great that- ;"I" wa!s all v excited-S it's:'brie 1 he- brought out the point he's , education. . I .think that's "We know, how; hard, it is : thing to see the president :but 3 pay off loans. I think he interested in educatiori from gre^i" ';',;7:v^ to shake his hand is some ad a lot of great ideas to HeadStart;:: all the way Although 13-year-old Jen thing I never iriiagined.',' v elp with •that,,> she' aidded. ; through higher education." nifer Avina has several years While. Clinton's handshake Solorzanp, who works in to think about college' she A though it may. not help us was; the highlight of her day. ow, it. is something ; that the • financial aid office at also said she was encouraged Ms. Martinez said she also ould help our kids in the fii-' Pikes Peak Cotnmunity Col- by the speech. was inspired by his talk, i ure." ' • :-; • lege iri Colorado Springs, said ; "I thought the ideas that he "I think it's neat that he fo Puebloan George Solorza- he was pleased to, hear Clin- had were relevant. I just hope cused on .education," she said. io said he alsip' appreciated tpri talk about the programs they can happen," the Pueblo "To me, as a new college stu vhat Clinton Had to say. /': he's pushing to help finance : West Midd e School eighth- dent, it's important to see ahedpeatipn. ' , grader said. "I ;thought it( :was pi^at that that he's interestedr.in getting ie caijie; here aniji riot talk po- . "He's concerned about us- . ; But Jennifer quickly added as many people in college as (ticai; but talk! about somfe-. ing the. money in. a wise, way that it wasn't the speech as possible;^;W^need aU the help King; / that's : " an jssu^ an&atth^S^me tjrae Rowing ; much\ as, seeing the president we can get!": "' ^ I Honored , Continued from Page IA tificd Tuesday morning that she ; would do the honors. . ; She admitted Wednesday night that she spent a nervous Tuesday and Wednesday. She noted that financial aid has allowed her to continue her role as mother, wife, student and "a • ..I . .. V. ' ' . working citizen of Pueblo." One of Mrs. Gurule's daugh- tersv Genevieve, 18, also is a PCC Pueblo woman honored . student, studying occupational therapy: A second daughter, Vic- ; toria, is a sophomore at Pueblo to introduce president ^ County High School: • Mrs. Gurule is an honors stu By MARVIN kEAD ^ dent at PCC. She, her husband, Tlie Pueblo Chieflaui • ' I Rudy —1 employed' by Pueblo Diana GUnlle's sisHddl day was : .County'Hqjiisjrig Services —iand somehow difTerent Wednesday.; ;"-two dauigftters live in Avondale. . . ' Instead of studies in; physical ; - Her education; is being funded therapy at Pueblo Gomrmin'fty -' by a scholarship from Parkview, a : Gol.Iege, she sat on the stage nejct.li'^Slw^iU^hie.-admiried s His-wesfc: . .Pelf Grant, Colorado; Stiideqts to President Gliliton and ' mtrtK v ^rnbQ6|s jlrid he' told:.ifcfr. as he" .. Graiit and a Diversity Grant. . duced him to;the crowd of more. late'r tpid .the crowd, "That^ one Mrs. Gurule seemed proud to • than 10,000 people who had gath tell listeners: "If I had not re 1 ,. of the reasons I like to come to ered and waited to. hear him. <;: • Colorado "; - • ceived financial; aid, I probably . Uriderstaridably,. the •41-yefir- vi ivVM^'^uwlftriin addition, tolher,' would not be standing here to bld mother of two told tlie throng, vvstudijes-.T-r: she plans to gain an as- day." that the day was "one of the most ::spciate s degree of applied science She called Clinton "the champi- exciting days of my;'life"'.and:that .v as avphysical therapist assistaht. in '""on of education," and cited his CD "today will live in my memory H : ; May: ^ has-wbrked for 15" years rise from humble beginnings to forever." • ' ' as,; a; physical therapy-aide, ahdMs the presidency and lauded his ef I ; She rriet lhc president only min empfoyed at- Parkview Episcopal forts to improve education. m utes before the 'two of them ap '•. Hospital,- ^' "My family and Twent to din ro peared together — with. Gov. Rby "After being out of high school ner afterward at Red Lobster," "a ' Romer and PCG Joe May oh the , for lS ye^, I decided to seek an iMrs. Gurule said. . ,''•'•; • 3 GJ stage — and said lattr, "It's hard red.u^tro^Ajiai-.Wouldehhairfoe-'my- • ."It's • strahge; but I wasn't even ro to explain, he's just so down lib career opportunities," Mrs. Gu- 'hungry." . m :; : earth." ^.' > : For a woman who raised Iwo w1 „ . .>••.•*•*-.,••... I " .' As the ' two of them waited ruidsaiiic}.^;"7*::.v.'::;.•;"'; ;* children, waited li8 years to go to M r After tjei'ug intervfeWed Mon- college and winds up on a day as a .(gggididat^fbr, th^ Clinton : Wednesday in September intro M O prior MS speech at PCC. •; ;. ^'.-; ^atted,*mia:bfy^«d;h^asi^d^r ;'introduct^fMfe>;tlr^ruIe:.\va ducing the leader of the free world to a huge crowd of her fellow townspeople, her lack of hunger n doesn't seem strange at all. • w ine j^nieiiain, rutsoiu, yuiu., •••uiouayi ^^^•'•"ci ja^p Clinton. ; The hand shaking didn't end \ Anne Cabibi,, 29, of Pueblo was nizers worked to keep the audi- ; : In a 20-minute speech Clinton >once Clinton left the courtyard. among those happy to wait four ence's enthusiasm7 high by thanked Pueblo for hosting the ; • About an hour after his arrival,: hours for the president. presenting a mini-marathon of en visit and then went on a blistering CHntpn moved inside the PCC "It's worth it to see him. You tertainment, x. ;; 44 ; : •... •attack of :some of . the proposals . Student Center for a private, re- nevier know, It^rriay be a once-in-. ' The: show.; featured iriariy of!'' •now making, their. way; through rc^iJtion.^th area dignitaries: The :a-lifetim(e;.§yent;" sHe kiaid.; i : ;\Pueblo' ^ s cultural dance .and sing-1 the Republican-controlled Corir •: jeceptjphrphoto session lasted; Even .S-yeaf-Pld Andrea Heere-: ing troupes as weir as bands and •; ' gress. ' •' • "; •/ 4.:-:. ' ;4y -abpuf40 minutes. ' •'; ma Pf Piieblo West didn't appear individual singers. • As expected, the president-fp-" to mind, the Wait.' > •:. cused most heavily on the ongoing: 4 . Afterward he returned to his ;debate about education spending. ;u:ar' for the ride back to the airport "I'm really excited to See a pres m :— making one last, unscheduled ident.- I've n^ver seen one,',' the "It's a nonpartisan eyenf Jb'uf i; :stop at The, McCelland School Pueblo; West- Elementary student : ihink someone, forgot-tp/.tejlvhiipj:.'-.- -where he shook hands with chil- By DENNIS t)ARROW rived .•on.'----caWpus'^ai)o"it;i.2;-l • said.: . 44.4' -- ?; a smiling Nick Gradlsar observed : rdreri i; and adults standing along A presidential address is clearly .'- * liif PuefiliiCliU'ftain p:mV • fcfter ^bM /Awatiter;-% -after -the speech. Gradisar is head ; ;the route for a chance to get a ; • a prodnction. . . *'He»shobk niy .hand! He Denver .delayed r^His ' : of the Pueblo County Deinocratic "rglimpse Pf the. ipassihg president ihpol( piy; handPVthe 1 ittle boy 'schedul e by < . Party and a big Clinton fan. •:—• and his. return to Denver Secret Service personel as well, |cfe}»riiedi; hpldi hg 4iis right arm Ironically', as local law enforcement officers 1 ^fepard Air Force One. 4 ^ ^'diTh'e Hpnd^ jn the air Pueblo, a big /'topis vpf /dfi eiinton drew heavy : applause: effectively cast a'"no trespassing" vhilel/reaphihg; put• •.•tovgi.ve- his qissioh - in thp; da^- ^ibr^ throughout the speech. ;: Wis airplane departed about. net over the entife PCC campus nojjia'hug with his left arm. Clinton'siVisU^/waS'^jctureriwisji Early on, he revved tip the; 4:404p-hi.: Th Denver, he was for much of the day. was hard telling who of feet. A predicted cold froht'j* crowd by. saying, "Any place scheduled' to -attend a $1,000-a- Access to the campus was con- i .h^ttyb was more excited. staying away until just-after^he j i. where I can wear cowboy boots plate, furid^raisingidinner. :, : 1 : trolled at gates equipped : with . Tfie .same scene played over departed. '** >4 and feel comfortable, and that has The Pueblo visit took ' place metal, detectors-. . ! the Arkansas River,vis all right;" . H irid. over' again Wednesday af- Besides -delaying /\-;0intptf&|: without incident, Clinton aides Meanwhile; iri addition to the ro emoon as President Clinton arrival, the bad ; weather 4ifr;^ FPUowing the speechv he left the! said.".-' - '#••.•• large number of media' workers ••ej.his celebrated visit to Denver caused a.change' in th^ stage to shake audience members'; *UMjpJ.ihe first,,time: in 33 president's mode of travel..'. ^ij; In general, the crowd at PCC » who waited with the audience for -fD hands. Reaching across ai short se-; was mild-mannered despite most 4 Clinton's arrival, another; small ^ JsiUirig : president has He arrived at PueblpiMefrti^!^ curity fence, he shook! hands, for army of media — the national ome calling. K rial Airport via Air ^pite 'Ofl? !^ waiting nearly four hours for the -nearly 30 minutes. . Thousands presideht:tp arrive. '. ; •:. press pool — arrived to begin its; d •Dossed:' in cowboy .boots and hot at the Cplpradp S^te'i- converged toward him in hopes of ; s n work/just before Clinton walked /di.. "brown suit, C'' ton Fair Via helicopter. ' ~ ". ^V a chance to meet the president. The crowd itself was compiosed a- ! onto; the courtyard. hook • hands longer than he : About -..2:20."pim.-,:;the; preffctt of a mix of perspnaUties. The' big- ro poke duripg'his afternoon yis- dent appfeared in'the: courtyard ^ "I shook his hands,' both of his -gest riuriibersbelonge d to college As for the public; with on-carh- U showing^he s^me one-to-one and walked to a small, unc&$!g hands," 34-year-old Eddie Salazar.^student s from throughoutV the : pus parking.off limits, many those O harisma that three years ago ered speaker's daias. '//'V of Pueblo said proudly. "It was «tate; high school juniors and se to use the free. shuttle bus from oriviheed ypters to make him • Acconipanying::j:.::h.im/ /.wei*.;i[vH; nice. I wish I had a camera." 4, niors from the Pueblo area;: and • Midtown Shopping Center; •others :, hdncbthinander in chief. ^ Gov. Roy Romer,- PCC presUv 4 Richard Cordova, who remem iarea isenior citizens. 4/44: parked at nearby Dutch Clark n A ci^Wd .of-thorp than 10,000 dent Joe May an.d:PCe;Sto.derit.;5; bers shaking hands jwith the last Stadium or surrounding resi-' 'eople^ijarofaijd the' well- Diane Gurule: Mrs. Gurule -refji^ Ipresident to visit, the late John F. dential neighborhoods. 44; :;Kennedy, wasn't as lucky. He ^5 iridsjsfpd ^e^fyard^ -PCC cei ved the honor of introducing t^' 1 During their wait,; event orga B/'^.Vthe-v^&'dein'ii^-who: ar- Please sec ThrilU Page 8A : 7 v \- ^ .wasn't dissapointed, though. on City;" rioted 68-year-oid Betty ^ •'' 4- : • :. • : J. :,;•*:•.?.'j.- ;. "I was just happy to get as close Walker, who was among many \ as I was to President Clinto- people . from Canon City who , : :4 n. . . . It might be 33 years before i made'the trip. •one of them comes back," Cordo va said. THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 21,1995 Making a point "SS^fS^^ dur,ng hlstal k ,0 more than 10-000 ""p'6 —» THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 21,1995 Vy ' ," Chieftajo.pfwlp by eryap.( nnssihlp withnnt " By PETER ROPER . Attacking^>cqngressiona)::^iut§ iri- federal.education programs,;Presi dent ^CijlitO^ijold ari enthusiastic'.. vcrbwd-a^ .:l9ge.;tHM&;lfed6ral gbyetntnent .can b'aflacaiitlie. t>udget ^without J-aising'"•t > •'w"-sj9f;.,g<3ing:.to:cbllege.; j to !lintoi^^k^ town Wednes- <' day arterribo^M|air.t of a West-, :, em fund^istitgVti'ip^S.^tp^tr up - .. grass-ropts opppsjtidn'via^PMbllr :•! can .effQfls.:.jfp, r'ewnte:f^era.t-.ed^ cation policy. 7 4 . / ' "V. •• In a : 20-minXite speech, to . a \:\ crowd that••: included ^ao^ high : scljobl. and college':studefitsvvGlin- I ton. said his: budget plan includes broadening and streamlining the I federal student loan, program, ex- . panding tne HeadStart preschool program for low-income children . and improving .: local- schools through the "Goals 2000" project. .The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a 1 budget bill in July that shrinks those programs and eliminates ' CWettajii phito by Brya'ri.k'eisen any, money for the "Goals 200.0" President Clinton greets children and adults at McClelland School. . effort to establish higher curric ulum standards. The theme of expanding college opportunity v:was : sounded .^earlyu Wednesday Speech. rV Continued from Page IA ' ' " eiiptbn 'Sredited'hi's adminisfra- , Republicans responded to Clin the Pueblo crowd from the start,, tion'with "a new direct* student ton's local: appearance by chair declaring that the town's founders ; loanvprogratn to colleges* and urii- lenging ., federal . education ih 1862. made building a school a yersities^^ riont u programs. P y- , ; for ^nks-ajid Joan agencies to, U.S. Rep. Scott Klclnriis, R- , Later,- when he was insisting . .handle the loans. Also, ne,$ajd the' Colo., said that taking banks out that the federal Pell Grant -pro-, • repaypient plan has been rewritten : .ofthe loan program will only lead gram for students can be expand-sp .{hat 'students only have to pay to more federal, bureacracy; He ed, he referred to students at PCC a percentage of their income in the said the program currently has $2 and the University of Southern future. billion: in unpaid^ defaulted loans. Colorado: "Almost half the stu "So you never need to fear that . "The Department of Education dents at this community college • you can't afford to borrow a' lot clearly has not: shown the respon- have received Pell Grants and I of money (for : college) because .sibility needed to keep the student want to see more in the future," you may not have a lot of money loan program: solvent, while the Clinton said to cheers. when you get . out," he said to jnvate sector has acted responsi- * Although Republicans^ argue more Cheers. )ly and collected the low-interest that the. number of Pell Grants • Clinton charged that: Republi loans," Mclnnis said. will not shrink next year, the Hou cans fre trying to provide too se-approved budget bill would cut PCC received S6 million in di large a tax cut for higher-income rect and indirect federal payments the federal loan program by $700 Americans; He said he wants a tax million, down to $6.9 billion. last year,.including $2.9 million in cut,, but a smaller one aimed at Pell Grants for 2,000 students. In Clinton finished the address by lower-income Americans. terms of guaranteed student loans, referring to President Kennedy's "We can balance the budget 762 PCC students (out of 3,200) visit here iri 1962. He said Kenne and have the right kind of tax ,:received $l.-7.ttmllion: in federal dy saw political leadership as a cut," he said. "But I favor a loans. y, * mdans to solve problems,' unlike smaller,:more,targeted tax cut for: i; One reason the ctent.Iqan today's climate where'go^ernnient middle-income Amencan families )rogram has been^, is sometimes viewed as an enemy. to Educate themselves and their gjfted ,by budget cutters'has bee..—ww«u.ivoefaultt . "The popular view is not right. children." >• -, , - problem. PCC* 'flefaul^Mte last Your government is you/' he said. Clmtpn said Republican efforts summer .was about 12 percenu v "We'd better invest in your educa-: to rewrite the direct-student loan meaning that percentage of loan tioni auanud your, future.", prpgranjito^m bapks b^pk in tlje •" yuur.'iuure., , rjlV program ito#ut bapks back in the recipients had failed tp hfgm'r^- L Clinton said,the ^debate with * pro^ss^jiltimW wil1 r^se $t9i pgtymept'on'gchedule, Mit Congress is Over how to balance i de^t'ppsts'jjy Millions and shrink USC?pffWials said'OT of it_ the, budget. He said J Republicans' tfaflyjpfc^'of^ofins, students (75^6^1) Veceiye some are pushing to balance the budget '*They want to take student form of federal aid or loans, in seven years and are willing to loan money away from students amounting to S12 million last cut HeadStart and federal student and give it back to the banks and year. Its default rate is nearly 12 loan programs to do it. . . • middlemen," he said. percent as well. THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 21,1995 continued rrrrr-r One . of the. deepest.giilfs^ between5 President::;; Clinton, jsf. Continued from Page .1A (Clintbh wants to add $400 mil-;: and the new Republiciati ma- J bilirigual education in half to $ 103 lion). • :4:.V,''.••f:- jdrity in Congress is pver ed- million. (Clinton would raise the 1 budget to $300 million.) ., ' • Reduce the Title 1 assistance ucation;; policy. ' .' Those jrogram fpr low-income students ; differences: show lip.dramati-:.: ;; • Shrink the : federal Head )y $1.2 billion, shrinking the bud cally in the fight over.federal ,1 Start program for. preschoolers by get to $6 billion. (Clinton has pro . spending ph 'education, pro $137 million, down-to $3.4 billion. posed a $200, million increase.); grams. :, '^^...v'fv.',: ^ Arguing that federal . spending Has to' be du.t, the, GOP^co.htrolled r Hodse pf W Repfesentatives approved an apprppriationif. hi k^^nV:'^ ; m^ithat-woulds^i^^J; .•Cut'the Department oft ;:. Edycatipn biidget|to '$23 bil^ lioh,' dqwitr from.' $21358 'MrM lion; XClihtonv^^po^efil;^ a $28 billion budget.) -' ^ •. Reduce ^he;federal stvir ; dent loan prpgra.m .py $700 •; -: million, down to ; $6:9 ;b;l-,.j; lion. (Clinton wahts. a $40'ij . million iricrease instead). wVi- »J .. •'• •; • Erase ' thenational • •: "Goal? 2000", program to help. establish curriculum standards. Clinton requested $750, rrtillion this year! Con: • gress spent $390 million on the program last year. • . • Cut federal support for Please ^ee. RoHcy, Pagci ^ . ;vv'.".-.jf • •.•...•.::.;::-\-..;:'tNSif-4«^-. mmm Chieftain phbto by Bryan Kelsen Presideht Clinton gets a hlgh-fIve.fi a youthful well-wisher after speaking PueblollWednesday. ' THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 21,1995 The Chieftain, Pueblo, Colo., Thursday, September 21,1995 Page 3B : By TOM McAVOY ^. 1 Chief lain tienverBureau ''-^V . . DENVER — "Cool. tVs so cool," a wpman;; b^urtedi out Wednesday- upon Seeing Pres;- dent Clinton shopping- iri the Tattered Cover bookstore in downtown Denver. • . A. big press entourage follow ing Clinton's visit to Colorado couldn't tell if she meant the sleet and 35-degree weather out side or her surprise at meeting: the president. . .. Clinton made an unscheduled 30-minute stop \ to browse through One Of his favorite bookstores while, a presidential motorcade waited to take him to Buckley Air National Guard Base for a flight to Pueblo. •: - "I'll tell you what's a great book, this 'Emotional Intelli gence,' " Clinton told Gov. Roy Romer, his host for an event- filled day in Colorado. "It's a very interesting book. I love it. Hillary gave it to me." Clinton ended up buying two hardbacks: "Masculine .. Mys tique" and Colorado author Clive Cussler's "Inca Gold.". Romer bought and gave to the president two paperbacks, "The Moral Animal" and "Dancing Chieftain photo by John Jaques at the Rascal Fair." President Bill Clinton and Colorado Gov. Roy Romer walk down Another customer, Jennifer steps of Air Force One on arrival at Pueblo Memorial Airport. Robertson, told Clinton: "Is it possible to tell you I ' think talk with just plain folks often After his speech bri educatiott you're doing a very good job as5 puts him behind schedule, at Pueblo Commuhity College, president of the United States?" ;, according to presidential aides. they turned right around and Clinton also received a warm He; started the morning by took the presidential jumbo jet reception at a Denver's Little jumping out of the presidential back to Denver for a .$ 1,000-a- Sisters of ' the ; Poor , Mullen: limousine, stacking up his ever- plate campaign fund-raiser fot Home for the Aged, where he : present motorcade, to shake Clinton. talked against congressional hands'with wo.rkers at an airline plans to cut Medicaid spending training center and a Denver fire , Jim Lyons, a longtime Clinton to help balance the. federal bud station. .'• friend and Denver lawyer, said get. , After his nursing home Pueblo is .important for the pres "We can slow the growth of speech, Clinton would have ' ident to carry Colorado and the Medicaid without wrecking the missed the chance to stop at the state's eight electoral votes ifl the program," he said. Tattered Cover if he had stayed 1996 election. . Before speaking to about 2b0o n schedule. people outside, Clinton met pri The inclement weather The Clinton campaign' hbped vately with nursing home resi prompted White HOuse aides to to net 5500,000 in Denver and a dents Helen Cooper and change: his plan to travel , to . total of $5 million this week at, Reynalda Garcia and their fami, PuebTp, from .northwest. Denver fund-raising stops in Colorado, lies. 4 J by .Marine One, • the presidential Florida, Pennsylvania' and Cali Clinton's habit of interrupting helicopter^ For" safety reasons, fornia. • '• his formal itinerary to stop and they drove instead: in the oppo- v isite; direction through: downtown , Denyej: to Bjickley; Fjeld, where ! Clinton and the White House THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 21,1995 Willla '. Chieftain photo by Chrls McLean President Clinton's appearance. By MARY JEAN PORTER She was ^Jeased he chose edu- a fl/ , "Oh, I enjoyed it," Mrs, Dah- WJIHO .'^ " w ,'.,*••: cation fpr his topic; Wilhav Daniels loves Pueblo "i thi u iko.v o» x .w i : iels beamed as she raced with the and President-Bill Clintbh. ahd^ .„ 1 tnmtt k th^t s great. } think crowd to where Clinton' was shaking hands: with a few lucky' ma mTheiwbman said sheiypted ftyr• : • Clmtoniahd she; thiriks'he has ; : : ^dp|ie.a;:g6!C>d' jot $o;jfar,5^;^^i#;;;v uVu^'iWF^TffM? ^ ^nenv nome ess^^^m . '^u^^r.::: -:: : ,: ^top^c-wouMte .u,s, bifi^::^ -has V' Sh^ also is happy'Ayith whdt : • three daughters and'she's tried she's -seen of Pueblo during the "This will be the first time I've to impress On them the value of six years she'5 been vis|tjng. ^ heard him, I was anxious to get education.' here "r Mrs. Daniels said, before Clinton's, speech rniore than "I love it. I think it's a beauti s s e ful place. Nice, quiet, not too Umtpn P ech. met her expectations; crowded.think the.eCOhbmy'is . great. I work in the medical field; I think I would be able to get work here,, but I'm going to be retiring soon. fct- THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 21,1995 Mtany Puebloans waited hours tor front-row view of Clinton want to see^the president omen were y^she , Cprnne Tteph: many Puebloans . tood to see lasf-Wut^jfflP agers growling tumi^ies^andijvachirig . paratlons, such as the Politics only recently caught . Feet to be first in line for. a'frontr : search of the area by Renesiars eye, bukshe^is; getting row view, of President Clinton. bomb-sniffing dogs. interested. "V "I wanted to have a good seat "A president needs to be a so I could see the president" said leader and live up to his. word," | Ms. Tafoya, who ' arrived at a president before, I like. this she said. 1 Pueblo Community College by 8 president. I Uke his policy of sup- She is the 1995-96 Miss Colo-1 a.m. for the president's speech porting Ireland." rado American Coed, and felt a that didn't get under way; until All the women were on hand little slighted because she didn't after 2 p.m. • early enough to see last-minute gel special credentials to- get a ! 'i don't want him to cut funds preparations T , such as the search cfoswvieW.- for education. Tuition is too high of tHe area by bomb-sniffing "I wasn't important enough," already," she said. dogs. she said. . '.Ms. Tafoya; attended the Uni* Lisa Lemieux, '6, arrived at .:; Esth'eriCompton^'who: came; at vefsity of Southern 0Qlorado 11:15 aim,; with her mom; Jamce; 9 a.m.'with 26 District 60 ninth! and the University of Denvet-on and had a speech ready.'Tjust in graders attending .the Healtt student loans. i <,„ case. Academy at St. Mary-Corwir Carol Price also amved:.at>,8 "I'm glad to'meet*you, Mr. Hospital, was seeing- CUnton foi o'clock, and not only was.^he. President,"-1 she rehearsed in a the third time. , among the first in line, but* she softi shy voice for her mother. "I saw Ijim twice wjien he found a place at the front of thQ Another eager youngster, Re- wasn't president. This is isome- public section. ••. nesia Ransom, arrived about 10 thing our students will tell their Rita Terrell also was:an early a.m. Her mother, Linda, was.per- children -about. 25i years from • girl.. . forming with Trinity Singers, but: now. It's an absolute honor for "We just moved here from San that wasn't the only reason Re- him to choose to come to Pueb Diego," she said. "I've never seen nesia was there. lo," Esther said. By YVETTE S. PADILLA -beads On behalf of a local Indi- "I couldn't see too much:,'* he; The Pueblo Chieftain ' :an grOUp„ Muy Sftld.: •• • ^said [ . •^^...::• ; Although.'? President Clinton: ; • the Pueblo post office alsS^ : : He explained that' Cirnton' spent only a few hours in Pueb-" made a commerhiprative plaque- also wouldn't take things direct lo. he didn't go home empty- " for the occasion:' ly. Rather, a Secret ' Service handed- : .'IWe didnlt get to give it to agent would.- take ; itV^ijspeist s it ; From plaques to roses, Pueb- Hirii'direct y^but we gave :it: to and take the name:ahd^addireSS; '/ loans presented several gifts, tp ,s6me of his^ffbrs earlier ih the;;ofth: e gift giver. 'V:: ' •4:';' the president to commemorate day," said ^Bob Sprouse, the •::,• "It's a routine process," May his historic visit to Pueblo. post office public affairs officer. According to Pueblo Cpmmu- The plaque featured an enve-.; : ; :•• Overall, people were shouting nity College Presidentide;May; iope with the ceremonial presi- his name, trying to get ;his atienr .; a platter with a personalized and - dential' . postmark,: ' the tion and trying to get auto-.; dated inscription made by local presidential seal and a postage graphs, but Clinton:: wouldn't artist Jean Latka was presented ; stamp : Of saxbphohist Charlie sign ^aiitographs,! as. ,.he went to Clinton on behajf of the col- Parker, -igr.:: doWnt the Ime; • . '-v^ly^l yXy;/- !e8e; "Since Ciihtph.plays the s'axo- ' ' Vat stamp use said. ; t see evr 'We gave him the sweatshirt •'• efytKihg that ,was handed to •• for use in his jogging," he said,, Clinton, but he did see various- adding that it was a staff sugges-^ ftipgs/suclv as vanity pf Pueblo' tion. ?| Msebalt cap: and various flow-: ;-^Ce;.;:dso^p^^,;:^ ,ents made un I- ^e Portion of ? "•e old Jady; narrison at > • •" • - - >~~ O!11 and evef J,{?|r- .,1*06* shi'; ,n,he lh ,0 bnck/1ou«." ' f«ndoo; Clinton's visit £henpostnian|lad ^sident/a/Station • September 20, ,995 Wtain staff Chieltaln photo by Chris McLean CD H A homemade sign advocating the Endangered Species Act appears briefly above thb crowd during President Clinton's speech. : ;. fl> X Posters read 'Salvage your integrity. ' • m 3 d w stage quiet protest at PCC a- By GAIL PITTS the 13 in the group. They Carried they set up on the grass, then qui ther private or non-vocal; f The Pueblo Chieftain posters urging President Clinton etly walked down to the crowd's One T-shirt bore the legend: The quietest corner of the Pueb- t6 "salvage your integrity." edge to listen to the president's "You're messing with the whole ro O lo Community College campus speech. family, chump." ; Directed around the perirtieter may have been Orman and from the north to south side of The protester enclave was masr And United Steelworkers of Harrison, the area desighated by the campus, they walked as slowly terful jn its containment. Hemmed America representative Michael J. the Secret Service for protesters. in by ^he student center and tele Trujillo said: '-I'm protesting,.but CJ1 t-H as possible, sbme dressed in ani 1 ffl mal costumes, folldwing a solemn vision trucks,. they could not see I don't have a poster. I'm protest There, behind yellow "crime leader's measured tom-tom beat. or be seen by any dignitaries. ing that he doesn't support labor, ffl scene" tape, -orily one organized Press kits identined them as anymoref." H group showed up — to protest Once in place, they traded post part of the Endangered Species Trujillo and friend, Lisa Benevi- tlireatened; weakening of the En ers for gray cardboard "tomb Coalition, which Miller called dez, found a sturdy bench under > dangered Species Act, according stones" for animals such as the "grass-roots activists." shade irees to listen to, if not see, to Tom Miller of Boulder, one of grizzly bear and sea lion,7 which Other spotty protests were ei the president: C/5 H . • By KAREN VIGlt, ;.' • L / Still; ChaVez said he was disap The Pueblo Chieftam\ • pointed ^ Clinton did not" offer Local business executive Abel; more 'spedfics on how he would Chavez was among Pueblo's busi work with Congress. K^-f'-^Y. Ul i—i ness and civic leaders who sat fori But several other Pueblbaiw of •ffl > hours Wednesday, patiently wait fered no criticism of Clinton.? ing on a sunny but cool fall after-: ; Pueblo District ' jJudge Gerald, noon for President Clinton's local: Marroney said he "agrees with the 3 appearance. v v ; president's thoughts on expanding Paring the wait, Chavez said he. educational opportunities. was hoping Clinton would be the; , "Not taking a - political; Stance same kind of ihspirational speakeri but just from a ratibhar, basis,' I as the late President John F. Ken think history shows us the unedu nedy. Chavez was' 11: years old; cated are those who end up hurt when he heard Kennedy speak. ing in society and end up suffering Following Clinton's, talk, Cha the consequences of committing vez said he was happy the presi crime," Marroney said.. .-./Iv; dent came to Pueblo — ''for the '• City Councilwoman Fay! Kas tremendous opportunity, for him telic said she was pleased that to connect with the people :he is Clinton focused on education. elected by." ... ' . :-m',s- Please see React, Page 3B .'• : U S|:|-^H':::::- / ; Chieftain phow by Ctiris McLeart^ ^Dolly Padllla ortrtn^alma^no secret other political atfIlia- 1 KtlonsiMehewait^iprj?^ ; ^^P^^^cpii^;::^^^ THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 21,1995 continued Continued from EagelB our educational system. We have . "He cerfai^j^llfi^^^^^ i-Q4e.kyp:a syitem to make^dueai*. tiori. And .vin .my^^ptHaT^ tion available to al ;... We cannot ' where I am;" thes retired: ed^catorreall y cut; pur educational pro- , said. "If we; don't think abou{ otirgrams , if anything we have to yOiing people, then we've got littlepou r more money ;iritO ;YaHOus ed- to;tHirik!abdut/^;: ^^-v] ucational prpgrams," he said. : ; Fellow• cOuhcii member Al Gu ; Maggie Divelbiss, executive di rule, said he : was" "extremely rector of the Sangre de Cristo proud" of his. niece — piana Gu Arts' and Confererice Center, said the afternoon's high point was the rule — who introduced Clinton to youthful ehthusiasrh she saw. the PCC crbwd. . ; : "It was so good: to see some Gurule said he was "in 1 OO 'per-thing positive Come out of young ceht agreement" with the presi people ... I was there at noon dent's message. time. It certainly was wOrth the :' "I feel that we have t0>preserve i wait," she said. THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN SEPTEMBER 20,1995 Local lawmen, Secret Service careful eyes on crowd By YVETTE S. PADILLA The Pueblo Chief(ain_ : If you felt you .were being watched Wednesday^ "diirini President Clinton's visit to Pueb lo, you were.. ^ • - • The more than 10,000 people who swarmed to Pueblo Com? munity College to listen to the '^"-/•^-.-'•^.^Vv."'. " - ,1 presidential address not: only had to walk through metal de tectors,: they were constantly, un der the watchful eyes of Secret Service agents arid local law en- forcment officers. An advance team from the Se cret Service Uniformed Division _ arrived early last, week to begin . preparations for the event. And Chleftairi photo by Chris McLean Puebio Police Capt. George Rivera (in white hat) leads other officers in a security sweep of the VIP area although Secret Service officials before Clinton's speech. would not comnient, no one and nothing escaped scrutiny, includ-: ing entertainers who performed At the gates people were instructed to to PCC. Roads were blocked off before the president arrived. along the way as Clinton was es empty their pockets and to put their purses corted to PCC, but that didn't Kenny' Sweetwater, a drum-' stop curious motorists from mer. with the Sweetwater Plains and bags on a table for inspection by officers ft- who carefully searched each person's be-^ stopping along the route as they Indian Dancers, "said his large tried to get a glimpse ofthe pres "Taos drum". was confiscated longings, including lunch sacks and camera ident. S 2 Tuesday by the FBI and kept cases. Even after the president's overnight until the performance. speech, the area remained se "They took, it for security pur cured. Once a person left, they K3 poses, I guess," he said. "I don't structed to empty their pockets • through metal detector, another were not allowed to re-enter.. and to put their purses and bags know if they thought We were officer searched the person with Pueblo County Sheriff Dan going to. hide something in it or on a table for inspection by offi a hand-held wand. Corsentino said security con cers who carefully searched each what, but they had their dogs Security extended beyond the cerns included everything from sniff it and everything." person's belongings, including traffic . to public safety to the lunch sacks and camera cases. , event site. A separate group of weather. \ . ^ Ul I—i Before crowds were let in, po officers worked on traffic con lice dogs also searched the desig "Our people did a really good ra "Have your bags open for me trol during the informal motor ra nated area. please," one officer instructed. job in handling many different cade from Pueblo Memorial functions," he said. "Overall, it At- the. gates people were in-^ If someone set off the walk- Airport, where Clinton arrived, was a very smooth operation:" / 2 :,n,,:!:..',-;;.^:-!,.>, .- CD t-3 •fD. ro a 3 d re 0 ovo D rn HH v—t CTj . >. By DENNIS DARROW The Pueblo Chieflain Known for his personable ways, President Clinton may need to. mus ter all his warmth this afternoon when he meets with Southern Colo- radans — and the season's first cold btest. Despite the forecasted chill, the presidential visit — the first in 33 years in Pueblo — will take place as scheduled about 1:3.0 p.mi. today outdoors on the campus. of-.Pueblo. Community College, his office said ! Tuesday. The public should bundle in warm clothing, as. low to mid-50s ••.••'•C'A^W-- v^.m temperatures, moderate winds and a light drizzle are likely to dominate ., the, weather, much.,of the National-Weather Service s^ys; .v;^~r The PCC grounds will open to the public at 10:30 a.m. Visitors are urged to arrive by I p.m. Pueblo County was a stSw To ease the expected parking supporter of Bill Clinto^t crunch, free shuttles will run from, bid; to become the third-j the Midtown Shopping Center . parking lot to the campus. Parking in U.S. history. As a cantlidate;;< .also is available at Dutch Clark Sta ited Pueblo twice, the last time just I vy) dium; it's a four-block walk. The campus itself is closed to weeks before the 1992 eiectijjn^^fe" parking today. v 1 Clinton's helicopter is scheduled to arrive from Denver about 12:15 p.ni. at a closed Colorado State B NAME: William Jefferson Clinton N Fairgrounds. The. travel plan could 8 AGE: 49 change if fog becomes a problem, gj BORN: Aug. 19,1946, in Hope; Ark. v': ":'^^^ aides said. H POLITICAL CAREER: Lost race;in Arkansas for'WotJ^':^ No ceremonial motorcade will of Representatives, 1974; elected Arkansas attprney'geil-; take place. The president's entou rage will drive directly to the PCC eral, 1976; elected Arkansas governor, 1978; Ibst guberna^: campus to begin the afternoon's ac tbrial re-election bid, 1980; re-elected qovernQr,19^lffirfr;, tivities with a private reception for extended from two to four years) 1986 and; 1990; eiepted; dignitaries, followed by the speech, president 1992. :',-:b.y 'v-tJ^j aides said. . The president's visit should pro H THE '92 VOTE IN PUEBLO COUNTY: Clinton^ $3,5-pl^ vide.a stark contrast from, the first cent; President George Bush, 28.5 percent; independent time he came to Pueblo. candidate Ross Perot, 17.6 percent.: v 'Mh^y}^^ On a Sunday morning in Feb Q EDUCATION: Bachelor's dis^ree • international; affaiijs,^^ ruary 1992, nine long months prior 1 Georgetown University; Rhodes Scholar, Oxford .Uhiv^rs^s" to the '92 election, the then-relative- : : ly unknown candidate spoke to a 1968-1970; law degree, Yale University! .' "•' '\ ' Wm crowd of about 400 in front of the Q PERSONAL Natural father, William eiythe, died in' 'VfJ Sangre de Cisto Arts and Confer automobile crash three months before his birth; mother; ence Center. At the time,, he was. Virginia, later married Roger Clinton, who legally adibpt^* one name in a crowded field of Democratic presidential hopefuls; ed him at age 15. .. \•,, ::^MM§ Tb the delight; of , many; Pueb- \ ; B FAMILY; Married fellow Yal$ law student Hi|JaryiROdp loans, the thenrgoverrior of Arkan :i iri 1975; couple have one daughter,^helsea$^ sas returned to . Pueblo just before. : Prior to.ele(^|dp aspresiden^famil^ : the election — then as his-i party's; Ark,-^y,^%J ti ^; .';;';;'.' ':. 1.-:.' nominee for the nation's highest of : fice. He drew 10,000 onlookers and .,, . >...... j; ,, ,.. , ,., .;•,:•$••„ ... c . <- - --:}iZ, Please see Clinton, Page 2A ; THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 20,1995 continued Page 2A The Chteltalnt PueblOt Colo., Wedneidiy, September 20,1995 "SS1? Midtown PICKUPNv ^JK9 'City GOODNIGHT *Vt Park SHUTTLE^ BUS •f DROPOFF THATCHER AVE. 4 State Fair Grounds SHUTTLE BUS ROUTE m Clinton. _____ •Continued from Page IA known for its sudden weather in the election. Pueblo County changes. Just two weeks ago, on voted heavily for Clinton. Sept. 6, the city posted a record Now he returns for a third time daily high of 101 degrees as part — as president; of a late-summer heat wave. Mon . Clinton's staff as late as Tues day's high was 83 degrees. day afternoon considered chan- Still, the cooler temperatures •ging his speaking site because of may not keep the crowds away. 1^ WEATKER 48 pages, 3 sections t Business 9A; HIGH LOW Clasisified Comics 7Bi" Entertainment 6Bi Funerals 7A9 Local 6A| Mini Page iCIoiidy - Sports . . Details, Page 2B TV logs 6B5 12^thYe:arHo. 112*1995 . • • PueWo, Colorado, Wednesday, September 20, 1995 '' ' ' 25' influenced Clinton's choice of PCGI , By MARVIN READ ' tation through Gov. Roy Romer'sV-'..^/-s: y; .:. -.^" . '— ~ " lick said. knows fully how this came about,'. : 1 0 She added that White House Gov. Romer suggested that if the"; y .. The-Pueblo Chiefiam . ! 'Ude May's standing invitation, ^'A nr' \, 'A "ti. -A / "1don't know allI the details, and I don't know stafferthat s have noted that the cam president came to Colorado, his tp} President Clinton to visit Pueb- And, Illick said, the president ^ . , . • "i '.' > T • , ^ _ pus' picturesque nature and its staff should take a look, at ther lo Community CoWisgc may have made it clear in last January's anyone knOWS fully. hbU) this Came dOOUt. (JOV. Homer ethnic and age diversity made the . PCC campus as a possible vis/C Been ' partially responsible • for to Sli1;: ^pS^—. s»gg^d. m if Jheprmdmt came to Colorado. Ai* selection additionally attractive to site," May said. day^ 1:30 p.m. .presidential ap- Clinton stafTers. .. "They did," he said, "and I. got : nity colleges, their access and: the staff should take d lbok at the PCC campusMay ,as PC aC president since May an initial call from the Depart-. nce;. r ms ^iCyrithiapIllick, director of mar th^-oS,^' '• "^ pombte visit site." 1993, said the invitation was is ment of Education last week, the keting^ -ahdl-recruitment at the col- "Combined with his Western sued about three months ago. . first official call from the, White fege;;.said Tuesday:that May —campaig n swing, tilings came to- :': •• JOE MAY, Pueblo'Community College president "I don't know all the details, House last Thursday and, by••'Ijjjsfc • PCC president.-r- issued the invi- gether well, especially for us,";il- - 'wnmg^BBBIBB^^^^^^BBSB^ and I don't know that anyone Please see PCC, Page 2A THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 20,1995 THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 20,1995 continued PCC Continued from Page IA Service agent Bill Ingram, who, Thursday night, it was official. she said, is Clinton s personal The president was to come here." driver. May said Clinton's interest in "He's been with him all over, community colleges is such that, even to Russia," Mrs, Smith said. as governor of Arkansas, he virtu The Smiths were waiting Tues ally created the state's commu- day morning for a call from In nlty'College system, refining and gram, because "we'd like to see retooling from a previous vo-tech Bill (Ingram, that is)." •lyjlem. "We hope to see the president > Other people are excited, for as well — we'll be there," she different reasons, about today'g added. presidential visit. Puebloan Heidi Andrews, who > Amon| thpm is Lois Wahl' will gain her associate degree in '.jneier, 8', a resident of the UnU radiology in December from PCC, ^erslty Park Care Center. said she is "very excited" about She wrote to Clinton at the be the visit. ginning of his presidency, remind' She is one of M of what PCC ^ng him that she had known him calls "excellent students," who Ijvhen ho was just a boy at Wal- were selected as drivers for the #ron. Ark. Waldron is in west contingent of people who will be central Arkansas, about 80 miles, at the campus today in connection is the buaard flies, from the pres-*wit h the president's visit. Ment's hometown, Hflpe. . She may be driving a member t« Mrs. Wahltneier - wasn't avail- of the governor's staff, the White ible. Tuesday to explain how she House stafT, other administration jknew-the youthful Clinton, but officials1 or members Of the hew$; Susie McClendon, recreation di« media — it didn't seem to make yector at the care centerj said Clln- much difference to her. jon responded with a letter and "I got tears in my eyes when I ihat Mrs. Wahlmeier proudly car was told I was to be a driver — ried the missive until it became so it's an honor," Andrews said. jtoorn and tattered that it was lost. The main criteria by which the •J McClendon. and the nursing students were selected were their jhome were hoping Tuesday that responsibility and academic excel Something could be worked out to lence, according to Gary Franchi, pin Mrs, Wahlmeier at least a PCC spokesman. handshake or brief meeting with "They represent a cross section jthe president today. of students at PCC, with their ». Another pair of Puebloans with common theme being personal ex an extraordinary interest in the cellence," Franchi said. presidential visit are Earl and Alta Two other PCC people who •Smith of 1119 Topaz. ^; }. . may be singled out in today's hoo Mrs:. Smith fs the aunt of Secret pla .are AmeriCorps students Dix ie Light and Daria Pride. Pride and Light — good theme$ for the CUnton address — are partici pants in the national service/edij- cation aid program. ^ :' -:: THE DENVER POST SEPTEMBER 20,1995 THE DENVER POST September 20, 1995 V--^y,: WA&H1NC5T0R - Pretldent CHjOmi Calorado Kxiaj, trjlig tgX«U«n UsUnaifr' hf fat *B&.ytt *tlfikw «Ub.aiMfc>; AtG^ti«aiJoia arfib D«in« AawrvafaMB^ fna Alte* njitiijei tmitec charaiul dieriy. ^T&piW tofiaallHficsfl. Be ma aid nt lie Utile Sfetep of tJ»e Pact HOEH tnnri idfli Otetafe fe.Su ftykteco late for the Aged ID Dcnyer, tbea ta^a lo- tosnorww fvaprai^ faNtnlstt. PoeUp Comaumto CoBtge to tdk-ateK -. BeaiiM QlntoB'Mmta^ dffkdal^ a fnnd'iaisJDg&iaeT locifiM at the dmm- . vmit imtapay all costs of nwvteg the town Marriott. ; ' pesUot and Us 'atoqnge froa site to rite. Taxpayen will foot part of Ihc bQL Ttte trip, fat of s weeUong, ccast-to- Wbea ClintSB taa& to Issues, he will co o 2 AO O H THE DENVER POST September 20, 1995 to the president: Lead us ler to us By Richard D. Lamm public to the new fiscal realities, you should transfer raooey from the rich to Richird D. Lamm, a Dtntocrol, was govesnoi of chooce to pander to Aingrica's special In- the poor, not blindly from the young to Cotondo Irom WS to 1987 terests. YoudiU hold out the Qlasioa that the old. Ve must take on eatitlemeats if olorado always welcomes the : , we can cut taxes — just less money than this nation is ever to get its fiscal bouse preddral. But for the tost time ia theRepuMkaas. Cut taxee? With 1300 in order. C18 years, I will not pereonaliy hUUoiijadefidtastariagasfBtliaface?, It Is dear to most thoagbtfol people greet yoa nor be at jour hnd-ralser in Yobaretlilnkiqgaiore about yoar re-. that Medicare is in every hit as bad a Denver UmighL! valae cur fhendsidp.biit election tban Cbelsea'a Mare. Yoa tdl shape as the RepDhilcanssay it is. When I can ndther cnderstaod nor exeose your Iowa fannen tbat you will pro tect farm tbe baby boomers start to retire in 2001, rttxci actlooa 00 tht federal bodgct noddies, vsteans that yoa will prqted all American beatth aad retlreaentsys- I have admired yoa over the years bfr . al! ttdr pn^rams, sesion that on^y tero go bantaapt Tbe earlier we start to caasa ym, mora than ahaost aqy poBtfr small changes ara neceasaiy ia linS- solve tbese prdilenia, tbe less Dradmlaa * dan, understand what a world o< ddit w*ca» i aad America that^^"oargreatest thesoldloos will have to be. Hedicare ara laavfeg oar chUdran and graadcia- daya Me ahead.' will only be saved bg hdd adiota. Dttto drea. Yoa tndy suk^nd Amcrica'a de- Six huDdred tboasaod mQUoaaiFes are Sodalascsdly. dtdag wealth aad canyrtHlwaeM.. camnd ly Mefflcajg anJ gd a Soda] fla- Amedea^ bade dUesnma b ttet we curity rttwfc cvexy nvmP^ and you are camrtdopditicaDywhatwoniastdo 7oarflnt two badgeta wen the awrt BOteveawiBtagtoreeaytiaraaoaaoftbe eeoMBdetiDytofcniahiagnateoaatiy. rsaBstic and hesuat bodgati tn 20 years. wtttid? we Jive to the nch eMeriy. We mast balance fhe frtulgetand become' UulikuPrcsjileiiU Reagan and Bt&h, yoa . Wecaotnt leave ear cfcttdrwi a decent agafa aaadng aadprfdarfcg Mtty. We ttma mdy to nukesaneol thatagfc fatiua jiltbaot aoiae hard, bard c faih vt dulcM wUch neat be mada t» maala a TkeEatUtamiUGicambaiaitdlsQs - tdBagpeoida what they wud to bear and greatI© eoontty . Do yonr great crefflt the tbat by the year 3012 the curreat tax tdl them instead tte bard truths. We defldt] drndnreeaipBed to the aattdpalad row- have failed ear generattond dudknee to Bat what happened? Tbe Hopiblicu* •aewiaoafy ftedeatitlntenb and later' pay oarowavay and aotenemaber Fa- dectodla 1994. saKke PteddegrtRaagaa. eatoatfaedebtNaDafeaaeDaputment ' tare geaeratlana. No aatka caa, f* laag, aa ready to work to balance tha Med Nafadlcfanr.Noexacatfvabnacb. Nb 4)end more Utti It eann, bonow awe ad stop eanmbaiag oer Uda. Wtea w» nadooal parks. NothingI Yoostoddne- than it savea^ Impoit more than it exports needed yoar \mimup, yoa toned poUli- gotiate wUbUnBeptibUeusat wkreto « cooaame mope ibanit psdncea. cal and backed away. cat, but aot oa tbe seed ortBBnediacjr of We are defying Ibeecoaomk laws of Of wane, yoa are right; we iboald not balaadagthetadgd. gravity, and aarc^OdieowiU pay dearly be talking stool a |M»tdBtai tax cut Working America pays iu perocotof farourexeossea. You knew tUa better wfiDe we are rwalng large dafidtx. Bat Us salary lato a system that both: a hdpa thaa I. UK country b ready tar i instead ofbdpfagia tbe difficalt procesa tbe poor dderiy and (Dsafaddizes tbe taaghdedsbaa of caWagspadag aad edbeaOac tiui richdderly.IbeffievepuhUcpoacy Dnat pander to «s — bad utt THE DENVER POST / Editorial Page September 20,1995 ^ RJt Piesidenf Vt 1?orni«r Cdotado Gov. Richard mar 8«iw. Paul TtocgRi to daaeriba X D. Lanrn often hi* ftrmw Ar- CUntoa blnuwU. ai'cbtuin is bulc Kaaiaa coanMrpari — am utwA* •Hy ikrMiidlnfi Uut tAkpayor* c«n- dwii at the UaOed BttUea —totM Umie to snbildlM agriculture ia food advio* oa Tbo Pott'i op^d OBM.aB SMDIAI • Coloradarc who lack the'(i ldild . fo r President Cinton's fundraiser to- , nlghtwlDhavetoDOt9FVds{6tpgeta Qt^lc)oKathlm^pf^iw^c«m f>.the piitiicfea ipaqch'onedycaikin ^ l^)ah(oCommunHyColtm». Qataa. ' open at PCC, Ormat) and Afthur streets, al 1030 a.m. and doae lit .1 . pmiortho135p.in.ad titffl*Pl|d)fo.hCBSaott)8tJ Cantonfltotai*^FordaO»ie. . S18B-9M PM. Addreeses ate-' dantaof P^soo Cotamun^r ftflhttoOonvor^a? schaduiwftoatnvaat , «^pjtt—AirtwUieofettC^f dnnef, Jaadno atflt25. iM^kpja.r-Aft' PotoaOnadepos^ Budcfaylky San Fcandaea. THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN SEPTEMBER 19,1995 VEATHER 0 28 pages, 3 sections 0/40 ^m^^ : Rockies , Business 5A LOW K Classified AC Comics 8C Entertainment 5B Funerals : ] 2B Lifestyle- .'. Local •"•/'.'•'•IB MosUycfcMkly Sports / \ saysWotf Details, Page 2B TV logs 28tli Year No. 111 ^iw Pueblb;:Colprado, TuesdaVi September 19, 1995 ZlCents! ' •••''*••..! ••.^"V: - CD H By DENNIS DARROW rare event — and a very historic one Shopping Center to the PCC campus r/ic Pueblo Chieftain for a community college," PCC presi starting at 7 a.m. The shopping center , Final preparations continue for dent Joe May said Monday. , is located on Sixth Street., s President Clinton's visit Wednesdayi However, concerns about parking • The large parking lot at Dutch fD • the first trip to Pueblo by a U.S. pres and traffic also are on the minds of Clark Stadium on Abriendo Avenue ident in 33 years. organizers in the final stages of pre near Fourth Street will remain open. US Clinton will address the public paring for the visit. It is a four-block walk from the stadi about 1:30 p.m. in' the large, well- Complicating matters: Classes at um to the campus. n n< aped courtyard at Pueblo Com PCC will be in session Wednesday • Limited parking will be avail vo munity College. but the campus itself will be closed to able in the residential areas outside vo The event is open to everyone. parking. the PCC campius, but some streets SB ITiose attending should plan to arrive To ease the parking needs of the will be closed. "It could be difficult": tt the courtyard between. 10:30 a.m. school's 1,000-plus students as well as to, park nearby, warns Don Saling, ind 1 p.m. to ensure admittance; or the general public, city transportation Pueblo transportation director. ganizers said. planners suggest the following: Clinton is scheduled to fly by heli .. ; . •. , ; Ctiiettain photo by Bryan Keis^i ' 2 Thousands of people are expected. • The city of Pueblo will operate copter from Denver for the visit. . Pueblo Community College President Joe May gestures as he speaks to the medial '"We're excited. Certainly this is a a free shuttle bus from Midtown Please see Clinton, Page 2A Monday, announcing details of President Clinton's visit. THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 19,1995 continued YOUGO., *age 2A the Chieftain, Piieblp, Colt • Wednesday's event is open to the public and no tickets are Clintoa necessary. The community is en- ; Continued from Page IA ; couraged to attend. ] While at PCC, the ffrst-term- '.'•JiThe gates will open at 10:30 ; president is expected to deliver a a.m. All people should be in ; 20- to 30-minute speech on the place by 1 p.m. Y^ W'MU: r federal government's role in fi- «The public is asked to bring • nancing higher education. as few items as possible to ex A speaker's podium. will be -, pedite the security check.. mM placed somewhere within the PCC eThere will be entertainment . courtyard but not at the school's •: throughout the morning, so peo • outdoor amphitheater, which was ple are urged to come earlv and • judged too small for the event, - school officials say. Clinton is scheduled to return : to. Denver later in the day. The last sitting president to visit .Pueblo was John F. Kennedy, i who made the trip in 1962 to cele- : brate the approval of . the Frying- : pan^ArkaijsaS f rojebt, : which ' : includesd: the. construction of Lake . As Is routine, PCC officials are ; working close y with 16cal laW en- i forcemertt af well as Secret Service SIGNS officials to arrange security for the • ^SS must ac|here to the state policy prohibiting signs on its cam president's visit, authorities say. pus. While it respects everyone's enthusiasm for the president, it asks As of Monday, the president's that people be courteous and . not obstruct the, view of others. , staff declined to release any infor- ... •People bringing s.igns.will be asked to.leiiye them at the secu i matlon on any planned motorcade rity check points. \:;:'..',;;v;''.-,:-^^ ! routes for the,president once his ; helicopter arrives In Pueblo. /: ;;g;i^sroRT^ A system has been set up with Pueblo Transportation to provide shuttle buses that will transport people from Midtown Shopping Cen ter to PCC and back. :, . : ' ©Several city buses will be used. It is anticipated there will be five buses running from 7 - 10:30 a.m. and an additional three or four buses after that. -^p^'rfjZl^ -•The Pickup at Midtown is the same location that was used for the state fair, across from Blackjack Pizza.. / ;. . ; ; • Buses will be running from 7 a.m; to 4 pimi; ; : • • All of the buses Will be 'handicapiux^bl^,? ; ^ THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 19,1995 .; •; By 'MARYJIAN PORTER The Pueblo Chief tain ; ; President Bill Clinton's The public will be ; . , $ speech Wednesday at Pueb allowed on the •' -I lo Community College is one of a • series intended to PCC campus .. ] highlight for Americans starting at 10:30 \ "what the fight in Wash- : ingtpn is about," a White a.m. and should > ;;..H.6use':!.stafT;':member-::-sai, ^ i . arrm byl ; Monday. -^f: ^ i ^j. vea^Vcuts-twoiydiysfij 1 "ffium Pell award.'^SFS^^,. Clinton is-^lVitft''talks and . that. his.. budg?t.. re.t.ai;ns';.: around the country. about federal interest subM^^Md budget differences between a six-nionth grace period aftr.! . his/admini|tMtipn.and^KeT'' er graduation for loans to .eli- j 'publicans Tn ^he areas of gible students,: b.ut sJ . education. Medicare' and Republican cuts could r^isei,- Medicaid, taxes and corii- /i mi'tmeht to : the environ ment. ' • •.; Clinton will focus on ed graduate students.' •'.'••;i ucation when he speaks . The president's.;. speech , is £ about 1:30 p.m. in front of N PCC's Technical Education open tp the public arid ftickets^ Building. He is expected to are not required. The public ; . speak. for 20 to 25 minutes will be allowed on the PCC from prepared remarks, campus starting at' 10:30,3^:? arid should arrive'::py';'Iffifiti^ Ben-Ami saidU Parking will not be iyktli^bieH - Specific education^, issue's at the college, but pfcoplje triSxJ| . the president wilt iddreiss park at Dutch Clark 'Stadiiinj» ..• ••. are direct le'nidrn'g, ' Pell and; walk to campus, or ;they, i • gralnts' tdK'vincbnfi^eligible may catch a free shuttle bus ? 'r studehtS;:%e;Uri^cHqor iri- , at Midtown Shopping Center; !> . terest subsidy" for student : President Clinton •will/, \. loins, and AnjeriCorps, th.e speak earlier ; Wednesday^ •national se^ce' program. about Medicaid at the Little. >. Clinton is likely to' point Sisters of the Poor Home foe.', . ojit that^hj? budget increas the Aged in Denver, and he,.i es the'Pell'Graht ffla:ximum will return to Denver ;Iiter:ffi^ jo': S2;620, whiles Repiibli- the day for fund-raising;- ''-^-^ •••••^'•:•:>';'.;• ni^v> -rrr11 ,!;,/;) THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN September 19,1995 ^ocal Th^ni^WaThe sanitfwE s true at lict. ; 60, ma • Utol^wtJmah ^ ia ^Re!tMpitepj%^;s '. ! Thwe, M district was sewm- ;bllng Monday to come up with a ; P'on tp get «ome 2,000 juniors and serilor$ to the event, , Reitwiesner said Clinton Invited ^them as;."prlme-seat" eueStf and JlBt^ was Mth&d^the |pfesident had Mtjuested their ^res- By KAREN VIGIL However, USC officials will be The Puehlo Chieftain distributing 500 ticHets to students •I -Upperclassitien who want to at* Some local college students and, .tend mqst turn in a signed pareh- with a valid-student. ID-from 1-5 JtaJ slip by 3 p.m. today. j District 60 jupperclassmen'; will be ! ; Centennial, East and South ju- gi ven^spe'cial place; near .' Presi {niors and seniors must join their dent''Clinton when he Speaks at {Central counterparts at the Dis- Pueblo Community College on ClmtoH sppdium. Itrict 60 gyn^ by 8:30 a.m. Wednes- Wednesday . about higher-educa USC pmcials also arc distribut Iday where'Afield trip" attendance I tion . opportunities, officials said ing another 400: tickets to financi- ; ; JwjH be takctr, Reitwiesner said. •'. ! Monday. .. al-aid recipients,,^Eueblo...School ; ' Students are encouraged to find ! Otherwise, alrea'classes will go for. Arts and Sciences students, ed jt^ansportatioh to ,Central,;.thdugh i on as usual except that the presi ucation . professors and riiajorS, tDpses wijl run from there. Later, : dent's televised appearance likely and student government members. District 60 will provide lunch at ; will be the subject of many.of the Of those 400, the biggest bloc no cost to the students at the PCC ! day's lessons. • — 80 — will go to financial-aid ^Cafeteria. At PCC, administrators are en recipients since Clinton will be talking about possible cuts in col- i*. Aside from the juniors and se- couraging professors to tie Clin-, jtiprs. District 60 classes will go on ton's visit to their lesson plans so lege financial-aid programs, Free man said. :*$$ usual. students, can watch Clinton, PCC ; At District 70, stiiderits .will be fi "Ail others are encouraged to spokesman Gary Franchi said. ittend. school the full day. All stu- "The idea is to.get as many stu allowed to go to PCC if they have a; writteirv permissipi^; vslip from ents will be able to watch Presi- dents as possible to attend," he tent . Clinton on television," said, although PCC classes will be their parents and' transporta tion to get there, said Superintendent Reitwiesner said. held as-scheduled. i Mike Johnson. "- ^Otherwise, local business should "We are not allowed, to cancel . He said ^he district origirially tontmuier'aRv-.iisyal. County, city classes. But we are encouraging planned to "'^ students to the .': j^ndyuffidal buildings Will remain students .to attend the event arid campus, but; changed plap's be if Pe2vw,tl? so??e employees taking work something out with their cause of tHeKiming of Clinton'^ teachers," Franchi said; speech. Had he spoken earlier, The same will be true , at the buses could have been used to get : ^ - is true at'ffie'S'angre University of Southern Colorado, students to PCC and back to >fle Cnsto Arts and Conference spokesman Terry Freeman said. schools for their shuttle ,rUns. ; Center, the Pueblo Chamber of USC Provost Mike Ortiz is Space liriiitatipns at PCC also igommerce and several banks; hoping USC students will attend figured into the par^d-dbwn atten the session, though the school will dance plan, Johnson said. ,: not cancel classes, Freeman said. Please see Students, Page 2A THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS SEPTEMBER 19,1995 -AecwyA^ntaioNews. - Tues.^Sept. 19,1995 f?MLiL,,.... . V . Deborah Goeken, Metro Editor — 892-5201 plate fund-raiser at the Marriott permission. She said it would be Convenience, security CityCenten "silly" to bar the president from allow president to use DIA critics laughed when they Stapleton. heard Clinton is dodging the new • Clinton plans to use his Denver Buckley and Stapleton airport. visit to add at least $500,000 to his "I think he's pretty smart; for campaign coffers and enunciate By Katie Keiwin skipping DIA," said longtime foe differences with Republicans. Rocky MoitntainNeivs Political Writer Bill Chenoweth. At 9:15 a.m., Clinton will visit CO When President Clinton visits ; Aviation consultant Michael the Little Sisters of the Poor fD Colorado Wednesday, he will get Boyd said it made sense to have Home for the Aged in northwest O to do what many travelers wish the president land at Buckley, Denven He will discuss impacts of they could: bypass Denver Inter which is more secure than DIA* Medicaid cuts with residents and fD nationalAirport and land at Stap "For once, this isn't a case of , their families. leton. landing fees that are driving him , "They'll be talking about Med Clinton is spending Wednesday away," said- Boyd, referring to icaid and the importance of it s in Denver and Pueblo during his steep fees thait have hiked ticket when they face the decision of prices. putting their mother or father or a- first major campaign blitz. But he fD a won't be checking out Denver's $5 Clinton is the first person al grandmother or grandfather into a >-* billion airport. fornia late Wednesday, he'll depart ordinator in the White House me lowed to land a helicopter at Stap home," Schwartz said. VO O • Instead, the president will ar from Buckley. dia affairs office. leton since the airport closed in In Pueblo, Clinton will speak at. rive on Air Force One late Tues Why? Proximity is also a factpn The February. City lawyers were a rally at 1:35 p.m. at Pueblo Com v£> day at Buckley Air National Guard Convenience. president will be staying thesday checking Monday tp see if it's munity College: He will empha VO n z- Base in Aurora. Wednesday, after "It would be a much larger dis- night at the Stouffer's Renais legal. A intergovernmental . size student aid, which Republi an appearance in Denver, Clinton ; ruptdon if they landed at DIA. It's a sance Hotel, just across the street agreement bars flights at the old cans would like to trim. will fly to Pueblo. When the presi matter of less commotion and in from Stapleton. When he returns airport. "HisApproach is to balance the dent returns to Denver, ari entou convenience to people who want from Pueblo Wednesday," he will Denver's zoning director, Doro budget in 10 years and increase rage of four helicopters will land at to travel in and out of Denver," spend a couple of hours at the thy Nepa, said she was granting the amount of money for educa i Stapleton. When he heads to. Cali said Laura Schwartz, regional co hotel before attending a $1,000-3- the White House tentative tion," Schwartz said. 1 THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN SEPTEMBER 17,1995 •A-.- 128th Year No. 109 ^1995 Pueblo, Colorado^ Sunday^Septem6er 17, 1995 50 Ceiits- By LARRY LOPEZ 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in front from Denver. "The pub|ic should arrive by I federal loans to students, one :; . : - The Pueblo Chieflain of the Pueblo Community C6I-' He will return to Denver aft p.m.," Ms. Schwartz said. local official reported. \ -The: White House announced lege Technical Education Build er his Pueblo appearance, join-: She said rtp parking is avail- "The president wanted to CD Saturday that President Clinton ing, Ms. Schwartz said, ing Vice President Al Gore and able at the PCC campus, sp a give an address on higher edu- fD will address the financial issues "It is an open public event their wives as special guests at a free shuttle bus will run from cation and Pueblo Cdmmunity oj" higher education when he and we encourage everyone to $l,000-a-plate dinner Wednes the Midtown^Sfc»pDmg Center College is a great institution on 1 yisits Pueblo this week. attend," she said. "No tickets day night. beginning atUO a.m.") If what, he'd: like to outline about fD ' .'{Clinton Will speak about the will be necessary," The White House spokeswo ^ "People akd^ftray park atHhigher education in the nation," impohance^of--financing higher Pueblo Community College man said people attending the Dutch Clark Stadium and walk /.Ms. Schwartz said of Clinton's C (Mliicatipn, (according to Laura President Joe May Will- hold a presidential speech- should enter to PCC," Ms. Schwartz said. choice to appear at PCC. Schwartz, regional coordinator conference Monday to detail the PCC campus from its main The president will talk about I for .the White. House office of plans fprClihton> appearance. entrance on Orman Avenue.. the federal government's role in w 1 f media affairs. The White : House said Clin They will be allowed into the helping to finance high-"educa The president will speak at ton will arrive by helicopter campus beginning at 10:30 a.m. tion, such as Pell grants and O n fD SB HH ffl: ffl H VO > THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN SEPTEMBER 16,1995 Pueblo, Colorado, Saturday, September 16, 1995 One, a' non-Democrat grandmother, said sh6^ wanted her 5-year-old igrandson, who "wor^ ships'^Ginton on TV, to meet him. Y:. . . *. ^ He said those kinds of calls were njaking tWq Clinton prep-work especially worthwhile.; -^i "That \s, the exciting thing about doing thi^ haying students and children saying they wan^ a chance to see him up close and personal ' ; "I hope he'll talk about his vision and ho^K important it is for young people to get edifi*: cated, for our society and our commuhity, i*: . Gradisar said. '--f? He added he hopes one young Puebloan wiK; be inspired• to the presidency next;1week: :;a^; Clinton was when; as a youth, he met Kehn^ dy. ;. • ty^r&ffi?-*Y• ^v-:;^ • He re^phasized'earUer:$tatemehb t]»ti^K»« Democratic chair wants ;1 presidential 'visit will he nph-partisan, "niot^ to make event memorable | campaign appearance.">•; .-y^^'•fctf&s^'^^- But he responded to questiorisj^feoti't^GIinji- By KAREN VIGIL ton's re-electioiv chances by saying it is de^ri*: The Pueblo Chief tain •:- •• fi .J^ • dent on the enthusiasm of Southern Cpldradjj; Nick Gradisar, who heads Pueblo County'^:. and nationwide Democrats. Democratic Party, is promising an event to re-S; Rep. Scott Mclnnis, R-Colo, who spoke'-atS: member Wednesday when President Bill Clinr^; Friday news conference in Pueblo, said the as-C ton hits town. H sertion by some Democratic Party leaders that: Gradisar wouldn't release details Friday —fi the visit is non-partisan is bogus. • .':>: such as when Clinton will arrive or where he-; Please see CUnton, Page 2A , will speak — except to say Clinton, will talfe about the importance of education. £ "I'm working on an event that people in this; ii ' community are going to remember as much asV •o 1 '*, 'I remember when John Kennedy came to; town," said Gradisar. "I remember Mom tak-,: ing us down there, being at Dutch Clark StadU; um. It was a fantastic experience.*'..;); Gradisar, a lawyer, was referring tp Keone?,- dy's 1962 visit, which launched the Fryingpanj; : Clintoa Arkansas water diversion project. ,= •"Y'^h . Continued from Page IA Clinton is tentatively scheduled Gradisar said he 'thinks "HganpHl "It is a partisan trip," he said, to remain in Pueblo for three Clinton's visit is . remi- ^mmammm adding that he suspects the visit is hours. niscent of Kennedy's and jMBBM in part designed to bolster the Later in the day, . Clinton, Vice he expects the: presideh^tO'vraB^^^iw: . • area's Democratic Party, which President Al Gore and their wives generate the .same -kin^^ took a major hit in the last will be special guests at a S 1,000- excitement Kennedy didM^i{^.jj|3|S^M*, statewide elections. a-plate dinner, ift -Denver. The "I think the symmgit^^^^M^^^^I^;:; Still, Mclnnis encouraged resi event will be the (Itii time the four being the first presidehtP^^ra[^^«9g; have appeared togethpr In.GolOra- visit . Pueblo since f"tinJ: ;HMSW||f|||j|if^> dents to take part in the activities, Kennedy is really sort 0f:^HR^^HHHp^ .regardless of their party affilia tion. Organizers of tH^Myfr .din neat because I think .they.; JBBilMM^' ner are hoping ttfmii^wM; than share the same sort''^wrilWjPJ^MJ-: "I think it is very exciting that sion," he said. 4' -NIck Gradlsar ^ we're going to have .a president $500,000 fbr ciin$nVr:$>l&tlon Clinton has twice visited ; . r ; dome to Pueblo," he said:. "I'd like bid.- ••• ••• \:-&^my&s.i>-'r > Pueblo as a presidential candidate. to be down in Pueblo. I think it's a five-city,Clinton's fundDenv^jt(J^;par- t of ! Gradisar say^e^as^aJi^nj^ous;: going to be a great event." nation's lead jnfj cotl ~ tails "froWpeople wanting' to know if they can,;; Mclnnis: said he will be in stop in Miami, PHlJj. . „, meet Clinton. Washington, D.C, serving as rT T . floor leader of the House on Tues Angeles and Sari ^a^iscOe-,'-;.. ' day afternoon and all day Reporter De,mt$ DarrOvi Con* ! Wednesday. tributed to this Sepbrt/ : - ^ •;; WIRE STORIES SEPTEMBER 18-21 APresident Appeals Across Generational Lines tb Resist GOP Cuts< September 21,1995 AEds: Also moving on national wires< ABy LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON= AAssociated Press Writer=< ' DENVER (AP) President Clinton is appealing across generational and party lines for Americans to resist Republican budget cuts in education for the young and health care for the elderly.< ""We can balance the budget, cut taxes for middle-class people and still increase our investment in education," Clinton told students at Pueblo Community College 100 miles south of here. He said GOP plans to cutback federal student loan programs are tantamount to Jobbing the future to help pay for large tax cuts for the today's wealthiest Americans.< . Earlier, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly here, Clinton said GOP proposals to cutback Medicaid assistance for the elderly poor would jeopardize health care for seniors and ""throw families into abject insecurity."< And by forcing hundreds of thousands of families to drain their savings to pay health costs for parents and grandparents the Republicans will eradicate the ability of many middle-class households to send children to college," Clinton said.< At the midpoint in what is both fund-raising tour and campaign ! warm-up, Clinton was heading west to California for what will be the 20th visit he has made to the state since his inauguration. With its 54 electoral votes, California is a must-win state if Clinton's hopes for a second term: are to be realized.< His departure from Colorado was delayed more than three hours because of a late-summer snow storm that caught Buckley Air National Guard Base without sufficient equipment to properly de-ice the three-plane presidential entourage, that included a press charter and a plane for Vice President Al Gore in addition to Air Force One.< De-icing trucks were summoned from Denver International Airport, several miles away.< The Clinton cash register was expected to ring up more than $1 million in contributions from the gala dinner in Denver that the president and Gore addressed Wednesday night Aides predicted the total for the week at $5 million or more. < Speaking at the Denver dinner, Clinton broadened his net and denounced the controversial Calvin Klein blue jean ads which used teen-agers in suggestive situations. < ""I don't have any comment as to whether those Calvin Klein ads were legal or illegal," Clinton said.< But he added: ""These kids were my daughter's age in those ads. It is wrong to manipulate these children and used them for commercial benefit;'^ The ad campaign was cancelled after widespread public complaint. < At stops from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, Clinton sought out audiences at homes for the aged, on college campuses and in crime-ridden urban neighborhoods to dramatize the budget fights looming over the rest ot the year between the White House and Congress.< In particular, he criticized this week's GOP Medicaid proposal to squeeze $182 billion in savings from the program over seven years and reduce its growth rate from 10 percent a year to 4 percent< The House GOP plan would discard federal entitlements for the poor and jettison federal rules directing whom states must cover and what benefits they must offer.< Clinton said the growth of Medicaid spending must be slowed without either wrecking the program or threatening the security of older people and their families. < At every stop he asserted that the proposed Medicaid reductions taken together with Republican bids to impose $270 million in Medicare savings over seven years would result in piling new burdens on middle-income Americans with aging and ailing parents and grandparents.< At the Roman Catholic nursing home in Denver, Clinton issued a frank appeal for the help of older Americans.< Addressing the elderly , across the nation as well as those gathered in a heated tent on the nursing home lawn, Clinton said; ""I say to all of you, I hope all of you will join me without regard to your political party, in this national effort to balance the budget in a way that is consistent with our values."< On the Pueblo campus, looked at the other side of the generational coin, asserting that it is neither necessary, right or consistent with American values to raise the cost of going to college to help pay for what he called a bloated GOP tax cut. < AClinton Late Leaving Colorado After Defending Medicaid, Education< September 21,199 ABy JENNIFER MEARS= Associated Press Writer=< DENVER (AP) As large snowflakes fell oh and around him. President Clinton continued to smile and pose for pictures with a small gathering at Buckley Air National Guard Base.< He was in no hurry. < A late-summer storm that dropped 9 inches of snow at Buckley late Wednesday night and early this morning forced Clinton's Colorado departure td , ' be nearly four hours late as crews scrambled to find de-icing equipment for Air Force One and two other planes in the presidential entourage. < Because Buckley has just one de-icing truck, more equipment had to be summoned from Denver International Airport, several miles away, and Clinton did not leave until about 1:55 a.m.< But before his departure, Clinton turned to photographers and reporters and delivered one final message tafColorado:v "Thanks for the first snow."< • The farewell wrapped up Clinton's jampacked day in Colorado as he raised money for his re-election campaign while blasting proposed funding cuts in education. Medicaid and for the elderly poor.< ' The president even did a little shopping as he made an unscheduled stop at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in downtown Denver, where he bought two books recommended by Gov. Roy Romer. < "I'll tell you what's a good book, this Emotional Intelligence," Clinton said in reference to the book by Daniel Goldman. "It's a very interesting book."< But after shopping, it was back to business for Clinton, who left early this morning for San Francisco the next stop on a four-state fund-raising tour.< Clinton got a break from the Denver cold as ventured about 100 miles south to Pueblo, which had not welcomed a president since 1962 when John F. Kennedy visited. < There, Clinton was greeted by sunshine, warmer temperatures and about 10,000 peopled Despite the weather contrast, the point Clinton made in Pueblo was similar to what he told a .Denver audience earlier in the day: A balanced budget should not come at education's expense.< "We can balance the budget, cut taxes for middle-class people and still increase our investment in education," he told his Pueblo audience, criticizing GOP plans to trim federal student loan programs. < After the speech, Clinton climbed back on Air Force One and joined Vice President Al Gore in Denver for a $l,000-a-plate fund!-rais^r.< There Clinton turned his attention to children and "the explosion of crime among juveniles."< As the father of a 15-year-old daughter, Clinton took issue with recent Calvin Klein ads that depict partially clad teenagers in sensual poses. The president called the ads "outrageous" and said "it was wrong to , manipulate those children."< i "• It was the first time Clinton had commented, on the controversy over the ads, which Klein pulled from televisions Earlier in the day, inside a big, white tent on the lawn of a Denver nursing home, the, president told about 100 elderly residents, their families and state Democratic leaders that the federal budget must be balanced, but not at the expense of the elderly and future generations.< "We have to do this right, and to do it right means we have to do it consistent with our basic fundamental values. If we forget for a moment what we owe either to our parents or our children, then we'll be making a grave mistake," he said.< Clinton told the audience members many of them Medicaid recipients that needy people can be helped while the budget is balanced and welfare programs are reformed. < "It is important to remember that every period of change is a challenge, ih my mind, issued ultimately by God, to make the adjustments we need to make change our friend while remaining true to our basic values."< He criticized proposed GOP Medicaid cuts as shortsighted and the . Republicans' $270 billion tax cut as "unnecessary." He said his proposal to rein in medical costs would "preserve the integrity of Medicare and Medicaid and enabl<•e us to serve the senior citizens of the United States."< iiit A Early Snow Delays Presidential Plane< ' AWith PM-Clinton Visit< September 21, 1995 • AAP Photo< DENVER (AP) President Clinton and members of his three-plane entourage were delayed on the tarmac for several hours early today by snow and a lack of de-icing equipment < The late summer storm left up to 4 inches of snow in the Denver area Wednesday night Air Force One sat on the runway at Buckley Air National Guard Base awaiting de-icing trucks from Denver International Airport, ' several miles away.< Air Force Two, carrying Vice President Al Gore, and a press plane were also delayed.< Clinton's plane finally took off at 1:55 a.m. about an hour after Gore and nearly four hours later than scheduled. The press plane took off about 1:30 a.m.< / The next stop on Clinton's fund-raising and campaign warm-up tour is San Francisco. < . Maj. Michael Yowell said the base has only one de-icing truck, which wasn't enough to handle all three planes.< ^^^^^^ ••••lYrn-fl-,t. several miles away. < s Air Force Two, carrying Vice President Al Gore, and a press plane were also delayed. < Clinton's plane finally took off at 1:55 a.m. about an hour after Gore and nearly four hours later than scheduled. The press plane took off about 1:30 a.m.< . The next stop on Clinton's fund-raising and campaign warm-up tour was San Francisco. >He arrived there before dawn.< Maj. Michael Yowell said the base has only one de-icing truck, which wasn't enough to handle all three planes.< -./. "Clinton Looks for Cash, Bashes 'lixtremist, GOP Agenda< «I.«U.»,M ZU, AEDs: Tops with 8 grafs to UPDATE with Medicaid remarks; Also bn national wires; picks up pvs 4th graf. In Tuesday's...< ABy LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON= AAssodated Press Writer=< DENVER (AP) President Clinton, running flat out to raise millions of dollars in re-election cash, also is seeking to ignite popular anger against what he calls a ""partisan, extremist" agenda that threatens 1 both Medicare and chances for welfare reform. < Barnstorming his third state in as many days, Clinton was appealing to Colorado audiences today to reject a Republican Congress he says is going for an unneeded tax cut for the wealthy at the expense of the elderly and poor children.< "To fix the Medicare system, you dpn't have to stick it to the , older people of this country," Clinton said in Florida on Tuesday as he appealed ,to America's older citizens to call on Congress to reverse course.< Flying on to Denver, Clinton today turned to proposed GOP cuts in the Medicaid program, speaking to an audience of Medicaid recipients gathered in a white tent on the lawn of a care facility operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor.< "I wanted to come here tb highlight to America ... how we have to balance the budget without breaking the system ... where people can live in dignity," Clinton said in a discussion with residents of the home.< The proposed Republican cuts would have "a drastic effect," he said, adding that 70 percent of those helped by Medicaid are the elderly or disabled.< - He said the GOP proposal "would cut Medicaid so much that it would endanger the ability of our country to serve every elderly person and weaken the high quality of health care."< The Medicaid system can be fixed, Clinton asserted, "without ; causing the kind of havoc that is going to be visited on average people's lives. "< In Tuesday's final event, a gala dinner which raised more than $600,000 for Clinton's 1996 re-election effort, the president told contributors he wanted more from them than their dollars.< Speaking in a state that George Bush carried in 1992, Clinton said that as much as he appreciated the money, "it is even more important that you make a personal commitment tonight to make sure that we carry the state of Florida next November."< "This administration has been good for Florida, tried to be good to Florida and our general economic policies have been good for Florida," he said.< But he also said he knows he wounded himself politically in North Florida where there is wide support for the National Rifle Association and its opposition to the ban on assault-style weapons and other firearms restrictions. <. "Unpopular, yes; right, yes." Clinton said. "You have to do ; what's righfover theTong run."< ~~ '. And returning to a recurrent theme, he said he was convinced the Medicare trust fund could be preserved "without soaking the elderly people of this country."< Clinton hopes to earn $1 million or more for his campaign coffers tonight at a fund-raising gala in Denver. Earlier dinners in Philadelphia and Miami brought in about $600,000 each. And fund-raisers in San Francisco and Los Angeles are each expected to gamer $1 million. The goal for the week: $5 million. < Speaking to senior citizens in the heart of Florida's retirement i community on Tuesday, Clinton said if was clear that the budget must be balanced, welfare reform enacted and the Medicare trust fund shored up for future generations. < But he said the Republican tax-cut and expedited seven-year balanced budget plan risked too much.< For example, Clinton asserted that his proposal to revamp the welfare system without abandoning poor children is a common sense, "common ground" approach to which most Americans can agree.< "But if the Congress gives into extremist pressure and walks away from this bipartisan American common ground, they will kill welfare reform," he said.< He commented in remarks before an audience of relatively affluent older Americans at the Point,East Senior Center in North Miami Beach.< On Medicare, he said: "I come here to say that we need to make some changes. ... I am not promising pie in the sky."< But he said a GOP plan to trim Medicare spending by $270 billion con't.. September 20,1995-continued was aimed only at paying for the GOP tax cut, not at fixing the Medicare trust fund.< "We need to save the trust fund," he said. "But don't you be fooled into thinking that it costs $270 billion to save the trust fund; it costs less than half of that," Clinton said.< APM-CO~Clinton Visit, 4th Ld-Writethru,830< September 20,1995 AAP Photos< AClinton Says Budget Must Be Balanced, But Not At Expense Of Elderly Poor< AEDS: INSERTS new 5th graf with president shopping at lower downtown Denver bookstore. < ABy JENNIFER MEARS= AAssociated Press Writer=< DENVER (AP) President Clinton said today the budget must be balanced so future generations are not burdened, but a balanced budget should not come at the expense of caring for the elderly poor.< 1 Ih a speech at the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged in west Denver, the president said Americans have obligations that seem to . pull in opposite directions. < "We have to do this right, and to do it right means we have to do it consistent with our basic fundamental values. If we forget for a moment what we owe either to our parents or our children, then We'll be making a grave mistake," he said.< Clinton's appearance at the 78-year-old west Denver nursing home, . which has about 100 patients, started a busy day in Colorado for the • ' . presidents Following the nursing home visit, the presidential motorcade stopped at Tattered Cover bookstore in lower downtown Denver. A store employee said the president was "browsing" while scores of police and Secret Service agents provided security.< Clinton had been scheduled to fly to Pueblo by helicopter, but poor flying conditions forced him to make the trip aboard Air Force One instead. He planned to return to Denver for a fund-raiser tonight that he hoped would raise $1 million for his re-election campaigns His theme at the Little Sisters of the Poor home was juggling the priorities of reaching a balanced budget and aiding the elderly poor.< "The generation that lives in this home conquered the Great Depression and World War n," he said, and it "launched the Cold War to save the world and gave us the most prosperous country the world has ever known. "< Yet, "we have an obligation to our future, to our children and their children to balance the budget,". Clinton said.< He said both can be done.< "I believe the future of this counfry contains our greatest days if we can still stand for freedom and responsibility," the president said.< Clinton spoke in a large tent on the grounds of the nursing home as a light rain fell and temperatures hovered in the low 50s. Earlier, he had met inside for about 30 minutes with administrators and some of the elderly residents. < Eleanor Tipton, 71, of Aurora, who listened to the president speak on the nursing home grounds, said she wanted to hear Clinton's thoughts on health care and the budget firsthand. "We all realize something has to be - done to get this country back. We're in debt, but people still require help," she said.< During the earlier meeting inside the home with administrators tins home has done and also to point out how dramaticaly our nation has been able to improveUs care of elderly people over the years because of ... the Medicare and Medicaid program."< ^ , Jh%PT^sed Rep^^ disabled 0f 411086 ^ ^ MediCaid are dcterty or wnulrf ^ ^ ^ ^ Pr°Posar *would Medicaid so much that it would endanger the ability of our country to serve every elderly person and weaken the high quality of health care."< ' 7 P NaHnn l r^T^ heioie Tuesday at Buckley Air National Guard Base in Aurora, where he was greeted by Gov. Roy Romer and other dignitaries. The president stayed overnight at the Stouffer ConcouTse Hotel across from Stapleton International Airport He skipped his morW W as temperatures hovered in the 40s under overcast skies < 8 J 8 . . / C1.lnt0"'S Colorado ^sit is part of a quick swing through four ImVoo 5 milli0n ^J* re-eleCti0n He -isedabout $000,000 at fund-raisers in Miami and Philadelphia and heads to San Francisco after tomght's^OOO-a-plate dinner at the Mariott Hotel in downtown DeToTra^ Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tipper Gore earlier had planned to accompany their husbands to Colorado, but their visit was canceled, con't- September 20,1995-continued reportedly because this first lady said she was still recovering from her trip to the International VVomen's Conference, ih Ghina.< Arm Lewis, director of Clinton's re-election campaign, said Colorado is a natural stop because "a very large element is the depth of support, and President Clinton has very strong, enthusiastic supporters in Colorado."< At Pueblo Community College, students were told they might have to skp class if they want to see the presidents "We are encouraging students to attend the event and work out, something with their teachers," said school spokesman Gary Franchi.< The Pueblo visit would be the first by a president since John F. Kennedy toured the city in 1962. < Clinton paid two visits to Pueblo during his 1992 presidential campaign, drawing about 400 people for his first visit and 10,000 during his second trip, when he returned as the Democratic nominees APM-CO--Clinton Visit, 2nd Ld-Writethru^CX AAP Ph0t0S< September 20,1995 AClinton Fund-Raising Trip Makes Colorado Stop< AEI)S: LEADS with president meeting with nursing home residents; rewrites throughout to make editing changes and add detail; no pickup. < ) ABy JENNIFER MEARS= AAssociated Press Writer=< DENVER (AP) President Clinton told residents of a west Denver ; nursing home this morning he supports a balanced budget, but not necessarily at the expense of Medicaid, which helps the elderly and disabled.< "My coming I hope is tp honor the work that this home has done and also to point out how. dramaticaly our nation has been able to improve its care of elderly people over the years because of ... the Medicare and Medicaid program," the president said.< ' He spoke with several residents and administrators of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged. Later, he planned to speak to a larger group in a tent on the home's grounds about budget cuts proposed by congressional Republicans that would target Medicaid and Medicares Clinton's appearance at the 78-year-old west Denver nursing home, which has about 100 patients, started a busy day in Colorado for the president that will end with a fund-raiser he hoped would raise $1 million for his re-election campaigns Just before midnight Tuesday, Clinton arrived at Buckley Air National Guard Base in Aurora, where he was greeted by Gov. Roy Romer and other dignitaries. The president spent the short night at the Stouffer Concourse Hotel across from Stapleton International Airport He skipped his morning jog as temperatures hovered in the 40s under overcast skiesS After his visit to the Little Sisters of the Poor home, the president had planned to fly by helicopter to Pueblo to discuss higher education at Pueblo Community College with students, faculty and city residents. But fog and low clouds forced him to take Air Force One there insteadS ; At the Little Sisters pf the Poor home, Clinton listened to residents, some in wheelchairs, describe the care they received there. The president acknowledged that health care programs are the fastest-growing parts of the budget, and the budget needs to be balancedS "The real question.is how dp you dp It," he said, but added, "The Medicaid program is particularly important because 70 percent pf the people are elderly and disabled people."< Sister Patricia Friel, the mother superior at the nursing home, said the residents had Ippked fprward to learning more about Medicaid from the president < "Obviously Medicaid is an issue that is important to us because we want to give our residents the best care we can," said FrielS Clinton's Colorado visit is part of a quick swing thrpiigh four states to raise $5 million for his re-election campaign. He raised about $600,000 at fund-raisers in Miami and Philadelphia and heads to San Francisco after tonight's $l>000-a-plate dinner at the Mariott Hotel in downtown Denver. Vice President Gore will join the president in addressing the Democratic faithfuls ' Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tipper Gore earlier had planned to accompany their husbands to Colorado, but their visit was canceled, reportedly because the first lady said she was still recovering from her trip to the International Women's Conference in ChinaS Ann Lewis, director of Clinton's re-election campaign, said Colorado is a natural stop because "a very large element is the depth of support, and President Clinton has very strong, enthusiastic supporters in Colorado. "< At Pueblo Community College, students were tPld they might have to skp class if they want to see the presidents "We are encouraging students to attend the event and work out something with their teachers," said school spokesman Gary FranchiS . The Pueblo visit would be the first by a president since John F. Kennedy toured the city in 1962S Clinton paid two visits to Pueblo during his 1992 presidential campaign, drawing about 400 people for his first visit and 10,000 during his second trip, when he returned as the Democratic nominees