Protection for Candidates Involves Reducing Risks
An Associated Press analysis notes campaign protection aims to reduce danger rather than eliminate it. It discusses Secret Service limits, past shootings of Wallace and RFK, and the balance between face to face campaigning and security measures including agents, rostrums, and crowd dynamics.
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Martin Luther King
George Corley Wallace
Kennedy and others gain Secret Service protection after shooting
Within an hour of Alabama Governor George Wallace being shot, President Nixon ordered protection extended to Senator Edward Kennedy and Representatives Shirley Chisholm and Wilbur Mills. The action followed a reassessment of which Democratic candidates qualified for protection under Treasury guidelines. Previously protected were Wallace, his son, Edmund S. Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey, George McGovern and Henry M. Jackson.
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George Wallace
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John B. Connally
Shirley Chisholm
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Wilbur Mills
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Wallace and Sons
Edmund S. Muskie
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
Henry M. Jackson
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