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...morrow of the greatest victory of his turbulent political life -winning a stunning 42% plurality in the eleven-candidate Florida Democratic primary. Lighting up a cigar, clearing his throat of the ever-present phlegm and spitting it into a handkerchief, Wallace was exuberant as he talked with his wife Cornelia and TIME Correspondent Joseph Kane. "They having trouble with all that baggage back there? I wish I could travel with just one suit like I used...
...Lyndon Johnson with his polls of old. "I carried every county in the state. See here. I even carried Dade County. Dade 10th: 13,500. Dade 11th: 22,000." As the plane soared into the azure sky, the candidate kept looking at the figures and talking. Now and again Cornelia would butt in for some comment on the press's treatment of George and how he is misunderstood. He would tell her to "hush now, I'm talking...
...Cornelia sat across the cramped aisle from her shirtsleeved husband. Still unrecovered from the aftereffects of kidney medicines that triggered phlebitis, she propped up her shapely legs on the armrest of the seat in front, pulled a furry quilt round her, and sucked on a glass of ice water. As the craft neared Montgomery, she began to feel nauseated and asked a security guard to pass her a green plastic trash basket in case she needed it. "You feel all right, honey?" George asked. "Maybe this cigar is bothering you." He stubbed it out and lit one of her Virginia...
...Cornelia Wheeler, former city councillor and chairman of the Planning for People Committee, said she expected that the project would remain intact at least until the hearing. "Nobody is quite sure who makes the final decision," she said...
...kingdom come" and candidates "doing the St. Virus's dance," he usually gets the guffaws he seeks. And not just in the South, either. Wallace fancies himself a national candidate with appeal to the population in many Northern states, like Indiana and Wisconsin. His youthful, photogenic wife Cornelia has even given his candidacy a patina of glamour. Nothing fancy 'bout ole George, though. With no special strategy or schedule, he buzzes about in a small aircraft, lighting down wherever the campaign pickings seem to be good...