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General Sessions Judge Barbara Haynes, left, enjoys some watermelon, along with Metro Mayor Richard Fulton, center, and his his wife, Sandra, during a campaign event in East Park on Aug. 1, 1983.
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Hollywood songwriter Stuart Hamblen, 74, who has also had stints as a cowboy, actor and singer, talks to a reporter about his career during a visit to Nashville on Aug. 3, 1983. Hamblen, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, is in town looking for someone to administer his publishing company and for artists to record his songs.
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The Yearwood sisters, from left, Lisa, Linda and Laurie, write thank you notes at their home on Boxwood Place in Nashville on Aug. 3, 1983. They are set to marry their fiances at a triple ceremony on Aug. 13 at West End Church of Christ.
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Janis Carnes performs with her husband and songwriting partner, Rick, at the Music Row offices of their record label, Warner Bros., on Aug. 3, 1983.
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Tom Barnes, left, president of the University of Tennessee’s national alumni association, talks with Tennessee head football coach Johnny Majors, second from left, at the annual Davidson County UT Alumni summer picnic at the State Fairgrounds in Nashville on Aug. 3, 1983. With them are Mrs. Tom Barnes, second from right, and Dave Roberts, the alumni group’s vice president.
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Barbara Mandrell sings her hit song “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool” before a crowd of over 2,000 people at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville on Aug. 4, 1983. Mandrell was performing her revue “The Lady Is a Champ,” which debuted last year at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Nashville Youth Symphony Camp teacher John Bright, right, directs students at Montgomery Bell State Park on Aug. 8, 1983. About 100 Nashville-area teenagers were at the camp.
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Country music singer Sylvia, right, prepares to catch the ceremonial first pitch from a youngster at the Nashville Sounds game against the Chattanooga Lookouts at Greer Stadium in Nashville on Aug. 8, 1983. Sylvia played a pre-game benefit at the stadium for children with life-threatening diseases.
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WSMV-Channel 4 sports director Charlie McAlexander, who just signed a three-year contract with the station, holds a sign with his likeness in the newsroom on Aug. 9, 1983 “Charlie Mac” joined the station in 1978.
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John Stokes, executive vice president of Morgan-Keegan Co. of Memphis, tries the ribs at newly opened Luther’s Barbecue restaurant at 3754 Nolensville Road in Nashville on Aug. 9, 1983. Stokes is flanked by David Wachtel, left, president of Country & Western Restaurants, and Bob Buttrey, director of operations. Stokes is an investor in C&W Restaurants.
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Nashville Sounds starter Mike King delivers a pitch against Chattanooga at Greer Stadium in Nashville on Aug. 9, 1983. The Sounds lost 9-2 to the Lookouts before a crowd of 11,254.
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Melissa Manchester performs for a sold-out Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville on Aug. 9, 1983. The singer-songwriter sang her many hits, including “You Should Hear How She Talks About You,” “Don’t Cry Out Loud” and “Through the Eyes of Love.”
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Lee Greenwood, right, and the Oak Ridge Boys’ Joe Bonsall play racquetball at the American Fitness Center in Goodlettsville on Aug. 10, 1983, during a People magazine photo shoot. Greenwood was leading the match. Afterward, Bonsall claimed “I eventually would have caught up with him. Lee’s got a few years on me.” He thinks he could beat Greenwood at tennis.
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Roommates, from left, Laura Talley, 17, of Gallatin and Jody Esquillo, 17, of Nashville relax in one of the new cottages at Tennessee Preparatory School on Aug. 11, 1983. The air-conditioned cottages are an improvement over the sweltering over-crowded dormitories where students at TPS previously stayed
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Restaurateur Wayne Oldham shows off his piano skills on Aug. 11, 1983, as he records his first album, a selection of Christmas standards, at the Shock House Studio. Oldham, CEO and chairman of Southern Hospitality Corp., is scheduled to have his first album released in November on a brand new label, Landmark Audio of Nashville.
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A tank car carrying hazardous methyl chloride is hoisted by a crane on Aug. 12, 1983, after a Seaboard Systems Railroad freight train derailed at Seventh Avenue South and Fogg Street in Nashville. Railroad officials said the flammable material, used as refrigerant, was contained inside the tank car and posed no danger.
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University of Tennessee defensive end Reggie White leans against a goal post at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville on Aug. 13, 1983. White was waiting for Picture Day to draw to a close.
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The Sam Davis Hotel, shown here on Aug. 13, 1983, towers above the street at 132 Seventh Ave. N. in Nashville. The 55-year-old building is schedule to be torn down to make room for a downtown convention center.
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Zoa Dearman works the front desk in the lobby of the Sam Davis Hotel in Nashville on Aug. 13, 1983. The hotel is scheduled to be torn down to make room for a downtown convention center. The hotel’s residents span all ages but most are retirees, according to Dearman, who has been the front-desk clerk for the past 16 years.
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Myrtle Mangrum, 77, picks tomatoes in her home garden on Old Carter Creek Pike outside of Franklin on Aug. 15, 1983. The crop was helped a little bit by recent rain.
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Stephen and Tava Cook show off a three-panel, freestanding screen with a magnolia design on Aug. 16, 1983. It’s part of their upcoming exhibit of stained glass at Studio L’Atelier in Nashville.
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Riverfront Park in Nashville is seen here on Aug. 16, 1983. The 6.5 acre park held its grand opening on July 10 after completion of the first of three planned construction phases.
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Sisters Mary Beth, left, and Carol Anderson, backup singers for Roy Clark, perform their song “Somewhere There’s a Tree” at ASCAP in Nashville on Aug. 16, 1983. The song won first place this month at the annual Music City Song Festival in the Professional Song Category, Country Division.
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Jackson Browne performs for about 5,000 fans at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville on Aug. 16, 1983. The Los Angeles-based singer-song writer opened the show with his 1982 hit “Somebody’s Baby.”
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Vanderbilt quarterback Kurt Page, right, chats with teammates as they line up for an official team picture at Dudley Field in Nashville on Aug. 18, 1983.
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Army Capt. Ed Cole gives his 14-month-old son Hehle Cole a kiss at Fort Campbell on Aug. 19, 1983, before leaving with his unit for a six-month deployment to Honduras. The soldiers are taking part in a joint American-Honduran training exercise.
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Joseph Francis dives onto a pile of blankets and mattresses from the porch of a home on Granny White Pike in Nashville on Aug. 24, 1983. Ethan Fesperman, left, awaits his turn.
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R.C. Mathews Jr., left, president of R.C. Mathews Co., and Art Fields, director of development, look over plans for the company’s 23-story One Nashville Place officer tower at Fourth Avenue and Commerce Street in Nashville on Aug. 24, 1983. It’s the first of three major office buildings schedule to start construction in the near future.
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CMA’s 1982 Female Vocalist of the Year Janie Fricke hams it up during a visit to Nashville on Aug. 24, 1983. She has taped her first television special, which is airing in October.
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Jacinta Jayatilake and her youngest daughter, Nadeeka, relax in their apartment at the Lewis House in Nashville on Aug. 24, 1983. Jayatilake, 33, and her husband, Sarath, came to the United States and the Vanderbilt University campus from Sri Lanka to seek treatment for their older daughter Deli, who has a malignant tumor on her leg. Also, Jacinta has received a U.N. fellowship to study economic development.
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Umpire Coleman Coffelt, left, rules Nashville baserunner Derwin McNealy safe at third base during a game against the Memphis Chicks at Greer Stadium in Nashville on Aug. 24, 1983. The Sounds beat Memphis 4-0 in the opening game of a double-header, moving them into first place in the Southern League West.
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Grand Ole Opry star Hank Snow thanks the audience at the Opry House for its support at the sixth annual benefit for the Hank Snow Foundation for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect on Aug. 25, 1983.
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