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...signs that Wallace, 50, may not win at all. His power has declined precipitously since 1966, when he was able to hand-pick his wife as his successor. Polls show Wallace running neck and neck in the Democratic primary with his former protege, the reserved, effective incumbent, Albert Brewer...
There is some question whether Wallace's earthy brand of ol' time politics will work in Alabama any more. It is becoming more urban and sophisticated. And Brewer has this kind of voter. Crowds come to his rallies mostly in cars, not pickup trucks. His audiences are younger and better-dressed than Wallace's, and many of them resent Wallace's use of the Alabama statehouse apparatus for his national grandstanding...
...Says Brewer in his high-pitched voice: "I won't ever do anything to embarrass you and make you ashamed you voted for Albert Brewer." This is a pointed reference to Wallace's past antics, which. Brewer charges, have cost Alabama vital outside investment...
...Governor Lester Maddox even told schoolchildren not to get on buses that would take them to integrated schools and that "somebody ought to let the air out of them [the tires] and steal them [the buses]." He and Louisiana's John McKeithen, Alabama's Albert Brewer and Mississippi's John Bell Williams met in Mobile, announced that they would go to Washington to try to "save our public schools." The issue is being inflamed by George Wallace, who has been attending anti-integration rallies in his drive to unseat Brewer this year and to reach again...
...reaction was swift and predictable. It began with officially sanctioned moves, and was encouraged when Governor Albert Brewer declared full state support for efforts to drive the Muslims out. The state filed several suits seeking to invalidate the Muslim purchase. Farm workers and whites dealing with the Muslims were repeatedly arrested on spurious charges. The tiny Pine Forest Missionary Baptist Church, whose cemetery is surrounded by Muslim land, filed damage suits of $250,000 against the Muslims for trespassing. Unofficial harassment was even worse. Six cows on the farm were shot and killed. Ray Wyatt, the white Pell City automobile...