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G68.1-042
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- 1980-09-23 (Creation)
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Closer look at the presidential aircraft, Air Force One, on the tarmac at McChord Air Force Base. Tacoma was about to receive a rare treat: the appearance of a current president. Jimmy Carter was only the ninth president to visit Tacoma while holding the country's top office. He arrived on Tuesday, September 23, 1980, for a three-hour whirlwind tour. Newsmen and cameramen are ready to record the President; other cameras are apparently pointed toward the several hundreds of people amassed to greet him. Scheduled to meet the President were Lt. Gov. John Cherberg (in place of Gov. Dixy Lee Ray), Democratic candidate for Governor and current State Senator Jim McDermott, Tacoma Mayor Mike Parker and wife Judith, and several state senators including Lorraine Wojahn. (TNT 9-21-80, A-12-article; TNT 9-23-80, A-1-article)
Presidential aircraft; Press--Washington; Journalists--Tacoma--1980-1990; Political campaigns; Presidential elections; Visits of state--Tacoma--1980-1990;