Word: bochenek
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Dates: during 1973-1973
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When Cincinnati Clockmaker Joseph Bochenek took his son Chris, 12, to visit George Wallace in Montgomery, it was not to offer the Alabama Governor his political support. Bochenek wanted Wallace's support for his own drive to raise funds for research into spinal injuries and to boost his son's morale. Young Chris lost the use of his legs when a friend accidentally shot him in the spine just five days before the assassination attempt on Wallace. When the two paralytics got together, it was obvious that they were not down in spirits. Counseled Wallace: "The fact that...
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