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...voting against the civil rights bill, Goldwater has upheld the Constitution of this country. The Communists hate him; they hate anyone who is against Communism. They also hate the John Birch Society, which is the only organization actively fighting Communism in this country...
Although the pilot and Teddy's aide, Edward Moss, were killed in the crash, the Kennedy luck stretched far enough to cover his other traveling companions, Indiana Senator and Mrs. Birch Bayh. Strapped down by their seat belts, the Bayhs suffered torn back muscles, but they were saved from serious or fatal injuries. What puzzled the doctors, though, was how the Senator had been able to help Kennedy get away from the wreck. Once he got to the hospital and had time to realize how badly he had been banged up, Bayh was in too much pain to move...
...Teddy Kennedy's telephoned voice from Washington came over the public-address system. Teddy had planned to be on hand to accept his Senate renomination by acclamation. But now, because of the vote on the civil rights bill, he would be delayed. So would Indiana's Senator Birch Bayh, who was scheduled to be the convention keynote speaker. "I want every one to know that I am a candidate this next year, even though I'm hundreds of miles away," said Teddy. "We are now 15 minutes away from the vote for civil rights...
Suddenly the plane soared into a steep, desperate climb, shook violently, plunged and crashed. There was a moment of deep, terrifying silence: everyone aboard was stunned or dying. Birch Bayh recovered before the others. "My first thought," he said later, "was that the plane had been hit by lightning." He looked cautiously about. "I saw black things outside my window," he recalled. In his shock, it took him a while to notice the black things were trees, that the Aero Commander had crashed-as it turned out, in an apple orchard on a hill three miles short of the airport...
...Walker assumed control of the crowd," Savell wrote of the man who had ended a distinguished military career by joining the John Birch Society and resigning his commission. Savell went on to say that the general "led a charge of students against Federal marshals on the Ole Miss campus," was met with a repelling volley of tear gas, then climbed the base of a Confederate monument to dispense tactical advice and rally the scattered segregationists: "Don't let up now. This is a dangerous situation. You must be prepared for possible death. If you are not, go home...