Wallace Shot Spurs 1972 Democratic Primaries Fallout
Wallace, wounded in Maryland, was favored to win Michigan and Maryland Democratic primaries. Polls opened with Wallace leading among McGovern and Humphrey, while Nixon was expected to sweep the GOP contests. Maryland and Michigan held nominations with multiple named candidates on each ballot as the shooting shook campaign plans.
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Henry M. Jackson
Vance Hartke
Shirley Chisholm
Chisholm
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Jackson
Wilbur D. Mills
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
Eugene J. McCarthy
John V. Lindsay
Sam Yorty
Wallace Wounded in Shooting Near Campaign Rally
George C. Wallace lay gravely wounded and partially paralyzed after being shot at an election eve rally in Silver Spring Maryland. Doctors reported serious injuries as the Alabama governor faced a critical moment in his presidential campaign.
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Bremer described as quiet loner in Wallace shooting case
Arthur H. Bremer, 21, the Milwaukee man charged with shooting presidential candidate George Wallace, is depicted by relatives and neighbors as shy and quiet with few friends. Investigators found Wallace campaign clippings and a Confederate flag in Bremer’s Milwaukee apartment, and his family says he had no known political interests. Bremer faces federal charges of assaulting a candidate and a federal officer plus state charges of assault with intent to kill.
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Maganzini
Michigan
Cornelia
Holy Cross Hospital
Schanno
James G. Galbraith
University of Alabama
Galbraith
USS
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Baltimore
Secret Service
Nicholas Zarvos
Zarvos
Alabama
Camp
Nixon to Tour Moscow as Summit and Speech Plan
Mrs. Nixon disclosed that President Nixon will travel to Moscow for the summit despite Southeast Asia moves. The trip starts in Salzburg on a four country, two week tour, with plans to visit a school and the Moscow subway. Paris reports Viet Cong asks resumption of peace talks with no immediate U.S. response.
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Air Strikes Stepped Up In North Vietnam and Hanoi
U S fighter bombers hit Bach Mai airfield near Hanoi destroying structures in the North Vietnamese Air Defense HQ as strikes rise to about 250 per day. The campaign aims to choke supply routes to the south while South Vietnamese forces push from Hue.
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U.S
Hue
Imperial
Nixon announces Connally resignation as Treasury chief
President Nixon disclosed that Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally resigns, calling him a tower of strength for the President. The surprise move comes amid ongoing White House turmoil and economic policy discussions.
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Area Residents React To Wallace Shooting
Winchester area residents voiced shock at Governor George C. Wallace being seriously wounded in Laurel Maryland as he rests in Holy Cross Hospital. Witnesses mourned the violence in American politics recalling Kennedy and King assassinations and criticizing the act as barbaric and unacceptable.
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Laurel
Winchester Area
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