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...bank guard fired at Dawyyat, inside the glass cabin of the bulldozer, possibly wounding him. Then, an off-duty soldier, fresh from basic training, jumped on the vehicle and fired three shots at the driver. "He yelled 'Allahu Akbar' and hit the gas," recounted Pvt. Moshe Plesser. Soon after, two SWAT officers rammed their motorcycles into the bulldozer, slowing it so that they were able to clamber aboard and pump three more bullets into the driver...
Part of the strategy involves shedding his previous reluctance to talk about himself or his crippling war wound. Now he uses an intensely personal autobiographical campaign speech. "He grudgingly recognized that the personal touch is effective," explains Confidant Tully Plesser...
...poll has particular meaning for the White House because Cambridge is a Manhattan-based firm that undertakes political studies only for Republicans. The latest poll was directed by the firm's president, Tully Plesser, a registered Republican. His survey is considered more accurate than others because he polls only people who are likely to vote. "It is as if the voters have suddenly realized that the war is still going on," he says. The survey indicates "rough going for the President." Just how rough was shown by the fact that 33% of the people sampled said they will vote...
Though Democratic National Chairman Larry O'Brien has argued that the Wallace vote will mainly hurt the Democratic candidate, the Cambridge study shows otherwise. When Wallace was projected out of the survey, the bulk of his vote went to Nixon. Concludes Plesser: "It is important for the re-election of the President for Wallace to be eliminated from the campaign...
...poll run for the White campaign by Tully Plesser, the same man who does polls for Lindsay and Nixon, indicates that at least half of Timilty's vote will go to White...