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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1972

Page

10

American Party platform meets to draft busing stance

SY RAMSEY reports in Louisville that the American Party platform committee begins work on a proposal to halt school busing, weighing a constitutional amendment versus federal law. The panel also considers voting on Supreme Court appointments and a stance on relations with Red China and the Soviet Union. The convention runs three days in Freedom Hall with about 2,000 delegates from 45 states, amid jockeying for potential candidates including John Schmitz and Lester Maddox.

SY Ramsey Louisville American Party William Shearer la Mesa Calif Alabama George Wallace Platform Committee U. S. Supreme Court Shearer Nixon Red China Soviet Russia North Vietnam Freedom Hall State Fairgrounds Wallace

Turnipseed Pushes Wallace Draft for President

A Columbia attorney and former Wallace campaign aide says he will press ahead with a draft Wallace for president campaign despite Governor Wallace stating he cannot campaign. He plans to discuss drafting Wallace at the AIP nominating convention in Louisville, while Wallace recovers from a bullet injury in a Montgomery hospital.

Columbia Wallace Tom Turnipseed Alabama George C. Wallace American Independent Party Turnipseed Washington Louisville AIP Vention Miami Beach T. Coleman Andrews Montgomery

Prague patent dispute over springwire vehicle design

A 70-year-old woman in Prague claimed a patent on parachuteless diving using gas balloons in airman suits and on a sprung mattress car frame. She wrote to Gov. Rockefeller seeking American automaker interest but received no replies.

Prague Mlady Svet Nelson Rockefeller

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