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...replace a light bulb; Patrick Lyndon Nugent, nine months, running a fever of 104°, high enough to bring a doctor to the White House; Pakistan's President Ayub Khan, 60, reportedly ill with pneumonia, though rumors buzz in Karachi that he has suffered a stroke; Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace, 41, in St. Margaret's Hospital in Montgomery after an operation for an abdominal infection, having already undergone surgery for cancer three times in the past two years...
...intends to keep barnstorming until the election with his 21-member campaign entourage in a chartered DC-6, meanwhile governing Alabama via a sophisticated telephone hookup that keeps him in constant communication with the state. Only his wife's illness could possibly slow him down. Last week when Lurleen Wallace underwent emergency cancer surgery for the third time in two years, George canceled all speaking engagements to join...
Wallace told the press that his wife, Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace, had been a spiritual force behind his decision to run. But Mrs. Wallace, recovering from her latest series of radiation treatments for pelvic cancer at Houston's M. D. Anderson Hospital, could not come to Washington for George's announcement...
...taking a leading hand in behind-the-scenes work to put together the challenges in both states. In Alabama, the likely organizers include former state attorney general Richmond Flowers, who won the lasting love of local Negroes by seeking their votes in his unsuccessful gubernatorial fight against Lurleen Wallace. He will be working closely with leaders of the only state-wide Negro political organization, which is dedicated to supporting the national party...
...capital of Alabama, Montgomery is a governmental ghost town. Since Governor Lurleen Wallace underwent a cancer operation in July, she has spent less than two weeks attending to her putative duties at the statehouse. Meanwhile, George Wallace, who wears the pants if not the titular authority in Alabama's first family, has spent 47 days out of state campaigning for President. At least ten top-ranking state officials, still drawing their regular salaries, are off helping Alabama's First Gentleman drum up votes...