Kennedy tells Wallace he can walk again meet
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy visiting Alabama Gov. George Wallace at Holy Cross Hospital said he was told he might walk again after his 1964 crash. Wallace, paralyzed since the May 15 shooting, was seen in a wheelchair and improving though no neurologic change in his legs.
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Kennedy Assures
Wallace
Silver Spring
Edward M. Kennedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Massachusetts
Senate
Kennedy
Holy Cross Hospital
Joan
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Florida
Joseph Schanno
Daily Medical Bulletin
Schanno
Laurel
Holiday Death Toll Nears 400 in Memorial Day Week
The Associated Press reports a Memorial Day weekend saw 400 or more traffic fatalities as cars collided and highway wrecks across Arizona Florida Texas and New Mexico claimed multiple lives. In Arizona a family from Sacaton was killed and others injured after a veer and head on collision near Flagstaff. Florida Williston victims died in a heavy rain collision with a small foreign car carrying seven relatives. Texas near Rhome a mother and two children died when their car hit a freight train.
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Associated Press
Ariz
Maxine Daymond Soto
Mary Soto
Santana Young
Sacaton
U.S. 89
Flagstaff
Soto
Dick Nelson
Cudahay
Calif
Gainesville
Fla
Williston
Alvin J. Burns
Cecil Ward Jr
Teresa Ward
Rhome
Tex
Fort Worth
Denver
Winona Warner Powell
Denton
Lizzie
Allie
U.S. 81-287
Powell Auto
Bremer Meant To Kill Nixon, Newsweek Says
Newsweek cites unnamed investigators who say Arthur Bremer went to Canada with the express aim of killing President Nixon during his Ottawa visit while investigators traced his movements before the May 15 Wallace shooting. A photo shows a man resembling Bremer at Parliament Hill on April 14.
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New York
Newsweek Magazine
George C. Wallace
Arthur H. Bremer
Canada
Nixon
Bremer
Wallace
Laurel
Ottawa
Newsweek
Concord confronts violence as guards keep order after curfew
Police report 38 arrests from Saturday night through early today for curfew violations as 100 guardsmen from nearby Albermaine join the Concord unit. State Adjutant General Ford Davis toured the area by dawn helicopter, while schools remained closed. Looting and arson damaged Mile's Grocery and a nearby pool hall, with police cars bearing broken windshields from brick and bottle attacks.
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Ford Davis
Concord
Albermaine
Concord City
Barber - Scotia
a_ pre
Brown
Mile’s
McGovern Attack on Defense Cuts Sparks 1972 Debate
The exchange centers on McGovern’s plan to cut spending and its impact on national security. Humphrey counters that cuts would weaken Israel protection and defund defense, while McGovern argues the plan still maintains sufficient power to deter the Soviet Union. Other topics include busing and taxation with partisan framing and mutual critique.
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McGovern
United States
Israel
Humphrey
Nixon
Gov
George) Wallace
George McGovern
Kissinger reports long talks on Vietnam and peace prospects
The return summit was said to occur after the November elections. The communique outlined differing U.S. and Soviet views on Vietnam. Kissinger noted the discussions were long and detailed but left uncertainty about mutual will to pursue peace. Soviets did not reference Nixon's mining move or Soviet arms shipments and denied any secret agreement.
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U.S
Vietnam
Kissinger
Nixon
North Vietnam
Leonid Zamyatin
Wounded Raleigh trooper hunted after scuffle
Raleigh police seek 22 year old Charles A. Chavis after a scuffle following a traffic stop led to trooper Donnie E. Harrison being shot in the hand and assaulted. Chavis and accomplice John McIntosh fled as Harrison tried to regain control of the officer's .357 revolver at a southeast Raleigh residence area.
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Raleigh
N. C
John Jenkins
Donnie E. Harrison
Wake Memorial Hospital
Jenkins
Charles A. Chavis
Chavis
John McIntosh
Harrison
McIntosh
Progess
Five Investigators Help Defend Angela Davis in Trial
Five defense investigators linked to the Communist party operate as a collective for Angela Davis. They organize worldwide campaigns to Free Angela, travel to raise funds, arrange rallies, draft statements, and guide defense strategy. Members include Fania Davis Jordan, Franklin Alexander, Kendra Alexander, Charlene Mitchell, and Bettina Aptheker Kurzweil, all close friends of Davis and active in the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Communist Party
Angela
Miss Davis
Marin County Civic Center
Fania Davis Jordan
Franklin Alexander
Cochairman
National United Committee
Franklin
Kendra Alexander
Th Alexanders
Charlene Mitchell
San Francisco
Bettina Aptheker Kurzweil
Daugher
Herbert Aptheker
National Peace Movement
Ex Gardner Worker Details 1968 Wallace Sticker Campaign
Melvin L. Hamby a former Gardner staffer testified in a sworn statement that Gardner paid workers ordered Gardner Wallace bumper stickers and distributed them from Gardner’s Raleigh operations. He said images showing Democrats with blacks were produced and used including a Muskies family photo caption Meet the Muskies. Gardner called the affidavit absurd and pursued evidence linking Holshouser to prior sticker drops. Gardener’s travel agenda and weather delays affected Asheville Murphy and Franklin stops.
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Charlotte
Jim Gardner
George Wallace
Gardner
Melvin L. Hamby
Raleigh
Gardner's
Gardner-Wallace
Hamby
Gardne
Edmund Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Muskie
Muskies
Yates Nagle
Jim Holshouser
Hendersonville
Holshouser
North Carolina
Asheville
Greenville
S.C
Murphy
Franklin
War Dead Honored at Floral Garden Park Cemetery
A crowd of hundreds gathered at Floral Garden Park Cemetery as the 82nd Airborne Division Band opened ceremonies honoring fallen service members. Rep L Richardson Preyer was expected to speak but was called away to Europe. Lt Col Edward M Knox Jr led the event with Gold Star Mothers and war widows present. Taps rang as flags and rifles marked the occasion around a giant cross formed by 800 small U S flags placed on graves.
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82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
Rep. L. Richardson Preyer
State Department
Europe
Edward M. Knox Jr
United States
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Ziegler
Southland Supply CO
Greensboro Rd
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South Main Street
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N. Centennial
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