Reagan Survives Bullet Wound Shows Remarkable Fitness
Ronald Reagan, age 69 at the time, faced emergency surgery after a 22 caliber bullet lodged in his left lung. Doctors praised his health, noting normal blood pressure and pulse, his regular exercise, and his ability to endure anesthesia. Experts cautioned that recovery depends on overall fitness, while acknowledging others older have recovered well from major surgery.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
George Washington University Hospital
Secret Service
Dennis S$. O'Leary
O'Leary
Larry Speakes
Hollywood
Charles McIntosh
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
W. Gerald Austen
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Reagan’s Health Pushes Bush to Lead as Acting President
Vice President Bush substitutes for the wounded president at the White House. He meets staff, briefs Cabinet, and hosts a lunch with Dutch PM Van Agt while Reagan recuperates. Congress delays a price rise, aid and power transitions face scrutiny over temporary leadership and 25th Amendment procedures.
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George Bush
Washington
Reagan
Edwin Meese
HUD
Samuel
Love Miller JR
Newhouse
Bush
White House
Tears turn to pride for Tim McCarthy after Reagan shooting
Chicago Sun-Times reports Tim McCarthy, Secret Service agent, survived a bullet meant for President Reagan. Family tears gave way to pride as Tim, 31, was described in stable condition after surgery to remove a slug from his liver. Reagan staff and McCarthy's wife Carol received support from officials. He had served a decade in the Secret Service, and had previously guarded Ford and Carter.
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Bob Olmstead
Art Petacque
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago
Serel Service
Timothy J. McCarthy
Tim
Reagan
Laure Finch
McCarthy
Mmn
Champaig
Tim Whiting
Finch
Nancy Reagan
Carol
Fennell
George Washington
Secret Service
University of Ilinois
Washington
Ford
Carter
Bush
Carol McCarthy
Norman McCarthy
Betty
Washington Hospital
Karen McCarthy
South Side
Karen
Ther
McCarthys
University of Lines
Hinckleys face fallout after Reagan shooting incident
Parents John Hinckley Sr and Joanne Hinckley described as “destroyed” by their son’s arrest and the attempt on President Reagan. They stayed with neighbors as reporters gathered, while Vanderbilt Energy and DOE probe add to family stress. John Jr remains detained at Quantico.
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Evergreen
Hinckley
John Hinckley Jr
Reagan
Washington
Quantico
Scott B. Hinckley
Vanderbilt
John Jr
Department of Energy
Jack Vandenberg
DOE
Scott Hinckley
Denver
Washington Star
White House
The
Star
Hinckleys
James Robinson
John
Robinson
Edward Bennett Williams
Rohinsen
William Sells
George Bush
Houston Post
Bush
Shirley Green
Houston
Neil Bush
New Bush
Sharon
Scatt Hinckley
PBS
Tinek Dey
Ussaditts
Étud
Afvea
Christian Service
National Socialist Party chief resigns amid Hinckley ties
Harold Covington, 27, resigns as president of the National Socialist Party of America and accuses the federal government of persecuting Nazis after Greensboro arrests and John Hinckley’s assassination attempt on Reagan. He claims no party links to Hinckley now, but suggests possible government work by Hinckley.
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Chung “In- Lense
Harold Covington
National
Socqist Party of America
Covington
Greensboro
N.C
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Hinckley
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Lohan
Michael Allen
Chicago
Prosi
Heme
Sard Hinckley
John Hinckley
NSPA
Hy Gust
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National Institute of Aging
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Congress
Secretary of Defense
Texas
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Sity Hospital
Nanty
Herald-Journal
Herald Co
Syracuse
New York State
Shale
Otter
Myles
Baut
George ‘Washington Univers 'E Hospital
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Michael Reagan
Colleen
Maureen En Reagan
Center
Dennis Revell
Ronald Reagan Jr
Donna
Nebraska
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