CLINTON TO BOARD FESTIVE TRAIN : MEDIA BLITZ TO LEAD WAY TO CHICAGO.Byline: William Neikirk Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper President Clinton, a child of the jet age, will board the 21st Century Express in Huntington, W. Va., today for a four-day railroad railroad or railway, form of transportation most commonly consisting of steel rails, called tracks, on which freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock are drawn by one locomotive or more. trek through the Midwest en route to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Unlike the first whistle-stop campaigns that date to before the Civil War, this one will be a media extravaganza ex·trav·a·gan·za n. 1. An elaborate, spectacular entertainment or display: "Washington is an extravaganza of great buildings, greenery, and monuments" Larry Griffin. . The White House and the Clinton-Gore re-election committee say that some video of the president's train ride may be beamed live into the United Center in Chicago. The president is expected to announce new initiatives during his trip covering education and the environment. And he will invite local ``heroes,'' people who have achieved goals in their towns and cities, onto the train to honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. them. The train will make a dozen main stops for Clinton rallies, but there may be other whistle-stops where the president will speak directly from the train. ``This train will not run on time,'' White House press secretary Mike McCurry said. But if all goes as planned, the president will wind up his ride at Michigan City Michigan City, city (1990 pop. 33,822), La Porte co., NW Ind., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1836. Michigan City produces machinery, consumer articles, kitchen and transportation equipment, concrete and wire products, chemicals, apparel, and cast iron boilers. , Ind., just across Lake Michigan from Chicago, early Wednesday evening. He will speak at the Old Lighthouse lighthouse, towerlike structure erected to give guidance and warning to ships and aircraft by either visible or radioelectrical means. Lighthouses were long built to conform in structure to their geographical location. Until the beginning of the 19th cent. in Michigan City before heading to Chicago, probably by helicopter. The president will fly to Huntington early today to board the train. The Clinton-Gore re-election committee noted that Sen. Stephen Douglas of Illinois took the first whistle-stop train trip when he ran for re-election against Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1858. |
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