The Portsmouth Herald
	 PRIMARY SWINGS INTO PORTSMOUTH
> 	 FIRST LADY COMES TO PORT CITY     
>	 By Larissa Pawula, Herald Staff, 12/08/95

>     PORTSMOUTH - First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will file her husband's
> presidential candidacy papers in Concord today, but her first stop will be in
> the Port City where Democrats overwhelmingly supported President Bill Clinton
> in the 1992 New Hampshire primary.
>    Mrs. Clinton is scheduled to arrive at Pease International Tradeport at 9
> a.m., and travel via motorcade to the Margeson Apartments elderly housing
> development to visit with residents. Then it's off to the University of New
> Hampshire in Durham where the first 
> lady will address 2,000 students and faculty on education. 
>    After the speech, she will travel to the Secretary of State's office in
> Concord, where she will file President Clinton's papers for the New Hampshire
> primary. The first lady will end the day with an appearance as the keynote
> speaker to the New Hampshire Democratic Party in Manchester at 7:25 p.m.
>    Preparing for the first lady's visit takes a lot more than simply putting
> on a fresh pot of coffee and shaking out the rugs.
>    Long before the presidential plane lands, local police and the Secret
> Service coordinate security and travel routes.
>    ``The single biggest issue is coordination of the different agencies'
> activities, and we start with the Secret Service,'' said Police Chief William
> Burke.
>    Burke deployed an additional officer for security during the Portsmouth
> leg of Mrs. Clinton's visit, and some plainclothes officers to work side by
> side with the Secret Service.
>    ``That's so they can help identify local people,'' he said.
>    Burke didn't anticipate that city streets would be blocked off during the
> first lady's visit, but asked that curious citizens not crowd the motorcade.
>    As the presidential primary season approaches, the city might be called
> upon to coordinate security for high-level government officials, including
> the Clintons.
>    ``This isn't too bad. Does it take some finance? Yes, it does. Are we able
> to handle it? Yes. I don't see it as a drain on resources at this time. It's
> all part of being in the State of New Hampshire, part of the cost of having
> the first presidential primary,'' said Burke.
>    Portsmouth Housing Authority Executive Director Ted Connors said staff and
> residents at Margeson are anticipating the first lady's visit.
>    ``They called Monday or Tuesday and said Mrs. Clinton would like to stop
> by, meet with people and have a forum,'' he said.
>    ``It's quite an honor.''
>    Connors said Secret Service agents and communications people from the
> Clinton/Gore '96 campaign have coordinated the visit with the Housing
> Authority, and that they have been very cooperative.
>    At the University of New Hampshire, workers were setting up a staging area
> for Mrs. Clinton's speech at 11:30 a.m. on education at the Lundholm
> Gymnasium.
>    Sharon Keeler of the UNH News Bureau said the bureau has been working with
> the campaign's communications staff to control the media. After a basketball
> practice last night, crews had to assemble the staging area and seating for
> 2,000 students and faculty expected to attend the speech.
>    ``I know they're bringing in plants and flowers, and poinsettias, to get
> the stage area looking nice,'' she said.