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'Loner’ Arthur Bremer heldforwounding Gov. WallaceMILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPI) The little notebook with tlAnthem or having him arrested for a hit and run trafficnever called her. She said sheknocked on his door severalscribblings, some of them accident.”childlike, mayArthur Bremer than anythingam part of the world...I am one three billionth of thetimes and thought she heard noises inside, but no one answered the door.”or anyone.The writingshistory todaybrotherand death, politics and love, aLong Timeb tomorrow...It willthings. They tell the storyIfconfusedman who today is beingLaurel, Md., for the shootingAlabama Gov. George Wallacea long time ‘I’m playing the gamewin.”ofIfStephen, 17, said he found a Wallace campaign button in Bremer's trash. There was a“My country tizthee,MondayHis father, William, 58, a truck driver for the samesweet land of bi “My blood is I Some of theConfederate flag on the floor of the cluttered apartment, two boxes of bullets and a gun manual on a closet shelf.IIA bit of his life was scatteredjottings ap-n r adio discthecompany for 30 years, couldn believe it but said if his son “i involved in this crime...he miujockeys—judging by marginal notes—and some were Bre-of average grades from SouthDivision High School where hebeen awfullyThe notebook, with Arthurname on it was found among the clutter in his three-roommer’s.He had lived in the apart ment since November. Neigh bors said he was a “loner” whlt;graduated; a receipt for an income tax refund of $5.17 frombachelor apartment on theWestsaid very little. “His mother came to see him a couple ofsaid Mrs.the state of Wisconsin; dirtyclothes; airline and motel brochures; and a variety of reading material ranging from“Confucius Say” to44sexthese passages:“Happiness is hearing George Wallace sing the Nationaltimes,” said Mrs. Tony comics Wasche, wife of the apartment building manager. ‘‘She said she was worried because heflGone About a MonthStephen Wasche said Bremerleft the apartment for about amonth, or since shortly after theWorld leaders show shockWisconsin presidential primaryApril 4. Wallace finished secondin that primary.By United Press InternationalWorld statesmen and private citizens alike reacted withIn Stockholm, Sven Oeste, foreign editor of Sweden’sThere was a letter to a 16-shock and regret today at theattempted assassination of Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace Some saw it as a manifestationoftradition ofa growing violence in the United States. Moscow Radio mentioned theshooting as the third item on amorning newscast but offeredlargest morning newspaper,Dagens Nyheter, said the attempted assassination “seems to be a part of the tradition ofviolence in the United States.” The shooting made headlines the world over and newspaperswere quick to comment.‘‘It expresses again thesickness in America thatyear-old girl he had dated and who now refused to speak to him. The letter said he hadthought of killing himself since he was 13, that she had given him reason to live and “Ithought you were my friend.” The girl’s mother, Mrs. Margaret Pemrich, said ‘‘he was very strange. I said hello to him for two years and heno comment44An attempt was made onthe life of the governor ofviolence is the only final answer to frustration,” said thenever said anything.IfTalking to newsmengovernor Alabama. George Wallace, whois seeking presidential nomina-the SovietSydney, Australia Sun.44Why this senseless recourse to violence?” asked the Romehen of his downstairs duplex the near South Side—withdinner half-eaten—Bremer saidtion ” said,reading aannouncer Tassnewsagency dispatch from Washington.newspaper n Messaggero. “Praying for George Wallace, paradoxically, means praying for .America...”his sonWallace. “He was a HumphreymanVice President Spiro T. ‘‘Even his most bitter op-His son never had a gun at home. Bremer said. TheAgnew learned of the shootingin Tokyo where he arrived afterrepresenting the United Statesponents must deeply deplore the shooting of Gov. Wallace... said the Times of London.Bremers were questioned brie-flauthorities about ArthurArthur had worked part timeat ceremonies returning Okina-44wa to Japanese rule.Shocked and SaddenedIronically, the shots came when Wallace had been moderating many of the crudities in44I am shocked and saddened some of his earlier speechesto learn of the wounding of and campaigns. Gov. Wallace.” Agnew said.Ifas a busboy and janitor after trying photography at Milwaukee Technical College. In high school, he had tried and failed to make the football team.44Wallace,” Agnew Our concern goes out to the governor’s wife and children at this hour, as well as thehour, as wen as families of others wounded inPublic figures react to shootingthis brutal assault We f erven t-COLUMB USGovCOLUMBUSStateGilligan said today the Rep. C. J. Me Linfr tor the,: eany shooting of Alabama Gov. Geo- ton, said Monday the shootingrecovery,Lebanese Foreign Minister Khalil Abu Hamad commenting in Beirut said, “We denounce inrge C, Wallace is ‘‘another senseless act of violence” andGov. George Wallaceabama44surely all Americans mustthe strongest terms all assassinations and assassinationrealize that this kindaccomplishes nothingIfardly act” by someone who “belongs in a mental institution.attempts. This sort of thinghappens in every country. They all have their extremists.”Gilligan expressed shock on hearing of the late MondayWhile I don’t agree with themajority of Wallace’s philoso-shooting of Wallace at a MaryBut in some countries,citizens saw the shooting as aofsymptom ot a worsening condition in America.land shopping center, and said he would pray for Wallace’slife.phy, I do agree with the right he’s got to express it,” said McLin, a black. “I feel very hurt. It’s a setback for theFour years after thecountry.”“The United States seems tomurders of Robert Kennedybe a rotten country wherepeople are shot down only forMartin Luther King Jr., another senseless act of violence hasCINCINNATIBaileyhaving dissident opinions,” saidbeen carried out againstTurner, an Ohio memberUv Solwang, 23, a secretary infigure,” Gilligan saidCaucus, a nationalOslo, Norway. ‘‘This is justam deeply shocked at thegroupanother example of the violent44U.S. tradition, which I cannotexplain but only regret.IIofJoseph Lugar, mayor Indianapolis, visiting in London, said, “We thought that afterhadshooting of Gov. Wallace.Once again we have been confronted by tragedy. Surely all Americans must realize thatstrongly condemnsthe shooting of Alabama GovGeorge C. Wallace.“I think that Gov. Wallacethis kind of violence accomspeaks to a point of view thatplishes nothing, and tearsreally needstl1968, people in America had their fill of this sort ofvery fabric of our societyItbe expressed in this country Turner said. “I would verything.IfCLEVELAND (UPI)Thestrongly condemn any kindOhio chairman of the American Independent Party saidviolent activity and, more expressly, what happened inMonday he was “shocked” bythe shooting of Alabama Gov. George Wallace and said he was attracted to Wallace be-Laurel, Md., todayTurner is chairmanTUESDAYShowtime —DuskA CROAKA SCREAM••Icause of his “integrity, . ,1st and 2nd congressional district delegation to the BlackCaucus.knowledge. . .and most of allempathy.CLEVELAND (UPI) -Mayor“He has a real feeling for J Perk« reaction tothe little person,” said Arthur shooing °f Alabama Gov.L. Cain, a Cleveland attorney. George C. Wallace, said today“If the governor were a liber- “endangering the lives of oural, he would be a hero in to- candidates is the surest way today’s folklore. He has all the Abe Lincoln log cabin attributes that we make into heroes.”undermine our way of life.“This country was built onthe principle of settling differ -Wallace ran for president in*11968 on the American Party ticket and picked up 400,000 votes in Ohio. He was shotences with ballots, not bullets, Perk said. “In recent years we have seen the assassination ofPresident John F. Kennedy and2nd Horrific FlickRETURN ofCOUNT YORGA”STARTS WED.1 _____i. a.__a.Monday in Laurel, Md., while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.“This man is really the party,” said Cain. “I know he hasbeen running for the Democratic nomination hut he is thehis brother, Sen. Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin LutherKing. People who continue thiscourse of conduct are endangering our freedom and our democratic system.”
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