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EYE OPENERS THE ELVIS PREsLEY®FFSTIVAL
clears Homecoming for The King Senate Tupelo's Elvis Presley Festival begins today with a concert, street dance,film festival, and more
Alabama man shoots fonner co-workers.
By Christopher R.C. Bosen
Tupelo pays tribute to its most famous son this · · weekend with the inaugural Elvis Presley Festival, and the eyes of an international audience will be watching. Organizers of the three-day event are expecting large crowds and media outlets from as far away as Germany and Austria to converge on downtown Tupelo beginning at 6 p.m. tonight and continuing through 6 p.m. Sunday. "It's primarily for the local people but we will have a fairly large contingent of people who will come from some distance," said Jim High, festival activity .chairman. "We talk to Elvis fans every day on the phone at the (festival) office who are planning to come."
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• Dog bites man is commonplace. Man bites dog, a little weird. But dog bites plane? Authorities at Logan Airport in Boston said an Irish wolfhound freed itself from a kennel during a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Boston and chewed up the cargo area. The dog, whose name was not released, managed to gnaw into wires for the Boeing 767's landing gear, its cockpit warning lights and others that slowed the plane upon landing by extending its wing flaps. Airline officials said the pilot was able to land the plane safely in San Francisco, albeit at a slightly faster speed than normal because of the impaired flaps. The July 24 flight was carrying 168 passengers and crew. Federal Aviation Administration officials say dogs have damaged airplanes before, but this is the first time a dog is believed to have caused service difficulties for a plane. The airline is still investigating how the dog got loose. Luggage handlers reported that when they opened the cargo door, they found the dog wagging his tail, apparently eager to disembark.
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WRENCH WORK: Collinade employee Phil Bakewell works Thursday to assemble tents in downtown Tupelo in preparation for the inaugural Elvis Presley Festival today through Sunday.
Visitors from afar High, who also serves as assistant director of th~ Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association, con- ' firmed Thursday that a group of tourists from Amsterdam will attend Tupelo's festival before spending ' e Tum to FESTIVAL on back page
··ELVIS STAMP CEREMONY PIANNm The U.S. Postal Service will offer a special stamp cancellation and postmark in honor of Tupelo's Elvis Presley Festival this weekend. Tupelo Postmaster Sidney Poole said Thursday his employees will be offering the special cancellation at a booth on Front Street each day of the three-day festival that begins today. The special postmark will read, "Elvis Presley
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• President Clinton has already promised to veto the measure.
schedule TODAY • 4 p.m.: Dedication of "Spirit of Tupelo," Tupelo Regional Airport • 5 p.m.: Festival opening, downtown Vintage Movie Poster Exhibit, Tupelo Art Gallery • 6 p.m.: "Jailhouse Rock," Lyric Theatre • 7 p.m.: "The Dream King" Trent Carlini in concert, Tupelo Coliseum • 8 p.m.: Street dance with The Bouffants, Main Stage ''Viva Las Vegas," Lyric Theatre • 9:50 p.m.: "Harum Scarum," Lyric Theatre • Midnight: Street Dance ends.
By Curt Anderson The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Republicans overcame solid Democratic opposition Thursday to narrowly win :final passage of a 10-year, l;,792 billion tax cut trumpeted by the GOP as a deserving return of budget surpluses to wage earners and businesses. President Clinton denounced the bill and promised a veto. The Senate voted 50-49 for the final package a few hours after the House passed it 221-206. The Senate then adjourned until Sept 8. "Individuals and families are due a refund, and that is exactly what we do with this legislation," said Sen. William Roth, R-Del., chairman of the Senate Fmance Committee. "Government is not automatically entitled to the surplus." With little chance of becoming law, the bill will serve mainly as a
Station" and, "Hometown Tribute to the King of I Rock and Roll Aug. 6, 7 and 8." Special "Legends of Rock and Roll" stamps will be available for purchase as well as envelopes sporting a musical bar on the cover. The special cancellation service will be available today from 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday from 9 am. until 7 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
defining issue between Republicans and Democrats in the 2000 struggle for control of Congress and the race for the White House. 'There is a dramatic Hastert difference between Democrats and Republicans in this capital city, and this is the dividing line," said Rep. Bill Archer, R-Texas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. GOP leaders will not send the bill to Clinton until September, to prevent a veto while Congress is away for its August recess. Top Republicans intend to fan out across the country in an effort to sell the public on the wisdom of the tax cut - and demonstrate their political priorities. ''We have a good deal for the American people," said House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. "It's a fair, responsible and balanced tax relief bill." Clinton issued an immediate condemnation, saying that no matter when the bill reaches his desk, "I will have no choice but to veto it immediately. It threatens Social Security and Medicare, makes it harder to pay off the debt, and imperils the prosperity that has brought real benefits to American families." All Democratic senators and four Republicans voted no: Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, George Voinovich of Ohio and Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both of Maine. The lone absent senator was Republican Mike Crapo of Idaho, who was attending his daughter's wedding but supported the tax cut Five Democrats supported the measure in the House and four Republicans voted against The bill, which would be the largest tax cut since 1981, would trim the bottom 15 percent income tax rate to 14 percent in 2003 and reduce the other rates by 1 percentage point in
lTCOl\lING Like a kangaroo • Camp for children with cancer and their families will not go backward. Read the story in Saturday's Religion section.
"Individuals and families are due a refund, and that is exactly what we do with this legislation. Government is not automatically entitled to the surplus." Sen. Wllllam Roth R-Del., chainnan of the Senate Finance Committee, on the Republican tax cut bill
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ELVIS PREPARATIONS: Morrison Brothers Music employee Lee Callender of Jackson prepares the roof of the main stage to be raised on Front Street in downtown Tupelo. Work began Thursday morning for the start of the Elvis Presley Festival which runs today through Sunday. · :
Fulton bans water use outdoors • Saltillo asks residents to conserve water as heat continues without the benefit of rain. By EIIMII Balley Daily Journal
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FULTON· - The lack of rain and high water demand has forced Fulton city officials to issue a ban on all outdoor water use. Mayor Charlie McCarthy said the board had an emergency meeting Thursday morning and voted to temporarily ban outside use of water for
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such things as watering plants, filling swimming pools and washing cars. ''Water is critically low," McCarthy said. "We will re-look at the ban on Monday." The ban also applies for the communities on the Fulton water system, he said. Those communities are Clay, North Clay, New Salem, Tilden and Beansferry. There is no fine for anyone caught watering now. ,But if the crisis continues, the board will look at adding a fine on Monday, McCarthy said. The ban should not affect water used inside, he said. The low water has not affected the quality of water. Tum to FULTON on back page
DISHWATER RECYCUNG: DROUGHT CONTINUES TO PIAGUE MID-ATlANTIC By David Dlshneau The Associated Press
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ALMOST IN RUINS: Bob Youmans, whose family has farmed in Furman , S.C., since the Colonial days, surveys his cornfield Thursday, which has turned brown from drought and heat.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - In drought-ravaged Maryland, retired teacher Starr Myklebust takes water from her kitchen sink and bathtub to tend to the potted hibiscus and geraniums on her backyard deck. "When I rinse a real soapy pan, I put that to the side because I don't want to kill my Tum to DROUGHT on back page
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