Yuma Daily Sun, The (Newspaper) - May 16, 1972, Yuma, Arizona LEGS PARALYZED SIKH OH Wallace To Continue Campaign SILVER SPRING George C Wallace shot at an election eve rally and fering at least temporary in the legs was reported today determined to continue his presidential campaign even from a wheelchair The Alabama governor was under sedation because of pain doctors said His wounds in- cluded a bullet that remained lodged against his lower spine but he was in no danger of death they said The doctors wouldn't predict if Wallace could walk again but his aides vowed he would continue his battle for the pre- sidency President Nixon said he of- Wallace full facilities of Walter Reed Medical Center and I can assure you Gov Wallace is receiving the best medical care Charged with the shooting is Arthur Herman Bremer 21 a white man who reportedly had followed the Wallace campaign for some time He was held in bail today by a U.S magistrate His family and acquaintances in his home town of Milwaukee said they could supply no tive for the shooting Sources close to the said FBI agents were exploring the possibility that the suspect may have been a hired killer Investigating such a ity is regarded as standard in cases involving o i i I v i j III V SUN Issue Year SENTINEL Issue 100th Year Yuma Arizona Tues May 16 1972 attempts on political figures The sources said federal agents were pursuing also the possibility that Bremer had been following Wallace for the past several days Wallace was hit several times Monday by point-blank pistol shots fired in the midst of a crowd at a shopping center in Laurel Md Three others also were wounded none tically Voters in Maryland and Mi- balloted today in maries that Wallace is favored to win thus marking a high point in his campaign for the Democratic presidential no- Doctors said at 8 that Wallace had come through the night in good spirits despite his pain He says it hurts and he's feeling said Dr seph Schanno Schanno listed Wallace's condition as critical At noon a Holy Cross Hospital man said his condition was un- changed Wallace is in the intensive care ward A spokesman said have sent 50 to CO arrangements of flowers and that Mrs Wallace has ed that people find some other way to express their concern Doctors said Wallace 52 was hit by four or five bullets Only two lodged in his body One was removed from around his right shoulder An- other his abdomen and lodged on his spine ing damage to the spinal cord That bullet was left in though Dr Schanno said it might be taken out later Bullets also pierced Wallace's right forearm grazed the back of his left shoulder blade and grazed his upper right shoulder I think the governor is going to make a Schanno said Now what dis- ability he has as a result of his wounds is difficult to evaluate at this time We're all very op- at this point Wallace's wife Cornelia said early today after her husband had come through five hours of she is optimistic As you know his nature he didn't earn the title of the fighting little judge for ing and I expect him to con- in the same vein Spokesmen said Wallace plans to continue his even if he doesn't regain use of his legs Schanno ed out that President Franklin D Roosevelt had been a chair cripple during his years in the White House Nixon offered Wallace the presidential suite at Walter Reed He said if Wallace wishes to return to Alabama to ate an Air Force hospital plane will be put at his disposal Earlier Nixon had ed a White House physician Dr William Lukash to aid Wallace's doctors Newsmen recalled seeing Bremer at earlier Wallace lies in Maryland Police in Ka- Mich said they an Arthur H Bremer prior to a Wallace rally there last Saturday night but didn't detain him They said they questioned him because one complained that he looked suspicious Path of Wallace Assailant APPLAUDING AT RALLY The young man with the horn-rimmed glasses photographed at a Kalamazoo Mich rally Saturday night has been identified as Arthur H Bremer 21 accused assailant of Gov Wallace EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK By JONES OSBORN Another Act Of Violence For the fifth time in less than 10 years a prominent public figure has been gunned down in our country and it leaves many Americans angry and confused and fearful As an net of violence the attempt to assassinate Gov George C Wallace is sible to us nil Whether we agreed with him or not is not the point The point is that violence is not the way to re- spond to the ideas of any son His followers of course have n right to be angry But so nre other Americans whose concept of fair play in the arena may accept some rough-and-tumble verbal en- counters but not physical sault It is frightening to realize that spokesmen for sial ideas in America where free speech is a byword must walk in fear of their lives First it was John F then Martin Luther King Then Robert Kennedy and George Lincoln Rockwell the American Party er And now Gov Wallace All in the past nine years Of course we must that in a nation as large and as composite as ours there are certain to be thousands whose minds are dark and twisted and who are prone to acts of unprovoked violence Moreover America's role as n world leader in an age of war and revolt and subversion places it in the center of the hurricane of conflict where the pressures provoke fanatic advocacy On top of all that as a tion we are moving through a period of drastic and profound changes in social economic and political attitudes which have been described as ful revolutions Historically such periods inspire passionate defenders of the status quo and equally passionate cates of change Frustration and fear are commonplace And so the age we live in is fraught with dangers and un- certainties and troubling in the extreme Accepted old standards and comfortable sumptions are being ed ancient truths are bling and the oratory has in- flamed and disturbed more minds than anyone may ever know It is an ideal climate for the growth and blossoming of the sick assassin Concerned Americans should do what they can to foster an atmosphere of calm and reason and to draw the national mood back from the abyss of violence and agery Chavez In 5th Day Of Fast PHOENIX Ariz AP A fast by Cesar Chavez head of the United Farmworkers Union entered its fifth day today LeRoy Chatfield union ad- ministrative aide said Chavez is conducting the fast as a rifice on behalf of Arizona farmworkers The fast began after Gov Jack Williams signed a farm labor which had been op- posed by the union Chatfield said Chavez began the fast in an effort to draw farmworkers together to create stronger unity in the state and to form a stronger union If Cesar can do without he said certainly workers will have to take the sacrifice to do without other things to have the right to a union He said Chavez is staying at the Santa Rita Community Center Nightly masses have been conducted at the center since the start of Chavez fast Chatfield said 300 farmworkers the mass Monday night Voting Light in Maryland And Heavy in Detroit Area By ASSOCIATED PRESS Voting was reported very heavy in Detroit but light to moderate in the Baltimore area today as Michigan and Maryland held primaries cap- tured by seriously wounded Gov George C Wallace There was no indication of especially heavy voting in tion to the shooting of Wallace Monday in Laurel Md on the eve of what looms as his biggest 1972 political triumph In Detroit locked voting machines forced half-hour delays in the start of balloting at a handful of the 179 pre- in a predominantly white northwest section of the city City Clerk George C wards Jr said there were no major delays In Cambridge MH n lace stronghold on he Eastern Shore where the governor spoke Friday night officials said about 5 per cent of the registered voters went to the polls in the first two hours about an average turnout Some politicians predicted a substantial sympathy vote for Wallace that would swell his totals in two states he was ready favored to win Strike Set By Drivers For Greyhound SAN FRANCISCO AP A strike of drivers and 700 mechanics against Greyhound bus lines in nine western states has been set for May 23 unless a contract agreement is ed in negotiations next day A union The Amalgamated Transit Union is seeking to replace a contract that expired March 1 Wages and working conditions are at issue federal mediator Jerry Monday Affected by a strike would be Greyhound operations in fornia Oregon Washington Nevada Arizona Utah New Mexico Colorado and ing SHOOTING AT WALLACE At right center of photo taken from CBS-TV monitor is assailant arrow of Gov George Wallace firing gun The man grabbed wearing dark glasses has been identified as Arthur Bremer COWERING AT ARRAIGNMENT Arthur Bremer ducks low in car behind FBI agent after being taken from arraignment late last night He was formally charged in U.S District Court AP Wirephotos 5 Tons of Pot Grabbed Here Jail Connolly Quits As Treasurer WASHINGTON AP President Nixon made a prise personal announcement today that Secretary of the Treasury John B Connally a tower of strength for the President is resigning Nixon told newsmen at the White House that he will no- minate George P Shultz former secretary of Labor and currently director of the Office of Management and Budget to succeed Connally To take over from Shultz at OMB Nixon will name the agency's deputy director spar Weinberger Connally snid politics didn't figure in his decision to leave the Cabinet after 18 months Asked what role he might play in the fall election he replied I don't know Although Connally declared that I have no political rations and no particular he declined to rule out the possibility that he might answer the call should Nixon ask him to be his vice tial running mate this year The departing Treasury said he didn't think such an offer would be forthcoming and asserted I don't want to engage in type of tion After a moment's pause Connally I'm not going to withdraw from the human race or from the political life of my nation Connally served as secretary of the Navy under President John F Kennedy resigning to run for the governorship of Texas While serving as nor he was wounded by the assassin who killed President Kennedy Nov The tall silver-haired Texan said he was leaving the sury with nothing but the profoundest admiration for the President Officers Have Been Busy Mob Held Of Since Beginning of April MARIJUANA HAUL U.S Customs Inspector Joe Garner shows part of more that two tons of marijuana which were seized from a truck at the San Luis Port of Entry last month Narcotics agents working in the Yuma area have seized most pounds about five tons of marijuana since the beginning of April This averages out to almost a ton a week Agents of the Yuma City County Narcotics Task Force Arizona's Department of lic Safety U.S Customs Gold Hits oz LONDON AP The price of gold hit n record 554.50 an ounce today on the London free market SI 05 more than Monday's closing figure of Dealers reported demand strong and the market active But they could not pin the rise to any particular international development Some brokers said the rise could have been triggered by published predictions that the free market price of gold could hit an ounce by 1980 In Frankfurt the free ket price hit a record up from Monday Agency U.S Border Patrol and U.S Treasury ment arrested 33 people while making the 22 seizures Below is listed the dates the amount seized in pounds and number of people arrested April April April April April April April April April May May May May May THE WEATHER Highest yesterday this morning Temperature at 11 today High this afternoon Wednesday tonight Relative humidity at 11 Average high this date Average low this date FORECAST to Wednesday high cloudiness through Wednesday Windy and day SW winds mph Wednesday Sunset Sunrise A and a woman who were part of a group that taunted deputies at the Jail yesterday for proximately 15 minutes were arrested for interfering with a police officer Drawn guns were used to keep order Sgt Jim Moore of the Substation snid the group of 10 people came to the jail shortly after 1 p.m to visit friends who had been arrested the day before for transporting marijuana When deputies told the group that they could not allow visitations because of a lack of facilities the group went outside and yelled through the jail's windows Deputies tried to disperse the group and when the mob refused the pair was arrested Sgt Moore snid Arrested were Gwendolyn 1 S Bellamy 26 and Bruce E Bell 24 While deputies were booking them ho remainder of the mob forced their way into the jail office shouting You take my brother to Sgt Moore snid About this time I arrived at the station and held the mob at gunpoint while we called for added The mol dispersed when help came from the Yuma lice Depl County Sheriff's Office and California Highway Patrol Sgt Moore continued He snid that one of his ties received while fighting with Bell In addition for interfering with police Bell is being held for unlawful communication with n prisoner and battery on a police officer Sgt Moore said a vial con- pills identified as wore found on Mrs Bellamy during booking She has been charged with possession of dangerous drugs and unlawful communication in addition to the interfering charges Inside The Sun News
