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Title

News Coverage of the Opening of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

Identifier

whitten_VHS_61

Creation Date

6-1-1985

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Description

News coverage of the opening of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway by reporter Terry Smith of WTVA of Tupelo, Mississippi. Ceremony includes speeches by Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins (chair of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority); Glover Wilkins (administrator emeritus of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority); Governor Bill Allain of Mississippi; Lieutenant Governor Bill Baxley of Alabama; Lieutenant Governor John S. Wilder of Tennessee. Commercial breaks: Bank of Mississippi and the Optometry Group. More speeches by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill of Alabama; U.S. Senator John Stennis of Mississippi. Commercial breaks: Coca-Cola and Briarwood Homes in New Albany and Grenada. Speeches by U.S. Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi; U.S. Senator Howell Heflin of Alabama. Commercial breaks: First Federal Savings and Loan in Columbus and Doyne Harlan Chevrolet-Mercedes in Tupelo. Speeches by U.S. Senator Jeremiah Denton of Alabama; U.S. Representative Jamie L. Whitten of Mississippi; U.S. Representatives Sonny Montgomery of Mississippi; Commercial break: The Furniture Center in Tupelo and Cannon copier. Speeches by U.S. Representative Richard Shelby of Kentucky; U.S. Representative Louis Stokes of Ohio. Presentation of members of Congress who are present. Commercial break: Bank of Mississippi and Amory Marine. Continuation of dignitary introductions during commentary by reporter Terry Smith. Robert Dawson introduces speaker U.S. Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr. Commercial break: Coca-cola, Town and Country Furniture in Iuka, Patrick Home Center in Corinth. Commentary by reporter Terry Smith followed by a historical retrospective on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Smith then interviews U.S. Senator Jeremiah Denton of Alabama. Commercial break: Armstrong Marine in Booneville and Walker's Grocery Store in Fulton. Smith introduces report by Rex Baker on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway flotilla followed by an interview General Forrest Gay of Corps of Engineers. Commercial break: Doyne Harlan Chevrolet-Mercedes in Tupelo, Cannon copiers, and Coca-cola. Smith interviews Mayor Thomas Griffith of Amory; introduces coverage of Governor Bill Allain's news conference earlier that day on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway; and then Smith provides a final wrap-up of coverage.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Ala. and Miss.)

Relational Format

video recording

Extent

1:59:57

Original Format

VHS

Original Collection

Jamie L. Whitten Collection (MUM00732), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Rights

This media file is owned by the copyright holder and may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved. Due to copyright concerns, the recordings in this collection can only be accessed by arrangement with the Department of Archives and Special Collections.

Comments

case label: Rep. Whitten, 6/25/85 tape label 1:Tenn.-Tom Dedication Ceremonies, Sat., June 1, 1985 (Channel 9, Tupelo) tape label 2: Rep. Whitten 6/25/85; #1 Dub M/M, VT# [illegible]

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