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Wallace shot in Laurel shows risks of crowd contact
A 1972 report examines how protection for George Wallace and other candidates tries to curb violence at rallies. It notes the Secret Service and Alabama troopers guarding Wallace, the limits of guarding a moving crowd, and quotes Kennedy on risk, with Wallace shot while shaking hands at a Laurel Maryland rally.
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George C. Wallace
Laurel
George Wallace
Alabama
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Treasury
Eugene T. Rassides
Martin Luther King
George Corley Waillace
Robert F. Kennedy
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