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MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1981
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at Lhagra’s bm WASHINGTON — A juicy rumor that has made the rounds of
inpointing the bjJi Washington for weeks broke into print Sunday.
rifle used in Wo*' The rumor involved Vice President George Bush, an alleged
•wever, authorities E shooting, a police coverup, maybe even a romantic assignation — in
' whether theihapli short, all of the ingredients of a good story, the kind Washington
' 41 " ‘ ' loves to read.
The only problem with the rumor is that it was not true. Not a
word of it. Zilch.
The rumor was that Bush had been shot at — actually wounded
slightly — as he left a Capitol Hill townhouse late one night in
February, and that the police and Secret Service were covering it
up.
Reporters in the capital heard the rumor about two weeks ago. It
was brought up officially at the regular White House press briefing
last Tuesday.
At that time, deputy White House press secretary Larry Speakes
was caught off guard by the question. He had not heard a word about
the rumor.
“You mean literally?” he asked. “You mean fired upon?”
Speakes said he would check on the rumor or “the rumor of
O rumors,” as he put it. But other reporters went to work to determine
l J. ^ to their own satisfaction whether there was any basis in fact.
Until Sunday, the rumor had stayed just that and had not been
broadcast or printed. Sunday The Washington Post, one of a number
of organizations that had pursued the item, printed the story of the
rumor on its front page, and went to unusual lengths to knock it
down.
The Post said the source of the rumor was a Capitol Hill artist,
who had witnessed a traffic accident near her home and claimed to
have heard an investigating police officer remark, “The vice presi
dent was shot today.”
The policeman denies having ever said that or anything like that.
The woman, whose identity was not revealed, called news organi
zations to check out the officer’s statement and succeeded only in
weighed 3 poundii fanning the flames of the unsubstantiated report.
One news organization after another got word of the tidbit and the
rumor mill — which has a way of embellishing things as it moves
along — was soon running full bore.
Bush, who considered the talk “the craziest thing I have ever
heard,” was understandably annoyed and offered finally to have the
FBI interview him so he could deny it officially.
As for the rumor, the FBI said: “There is nothing factual about it. ”
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Onlookers treat Klan rally as picnic
22 people injured in confrontation
United Press International
MERIDEN, Conn. — Hours
before a Ku Klux Klan rally began
Saturday, the tension was masked
by the festiveness of supporters
who munched on pretzels and soft
drinks and taunted uneasy civil
rights advocates with racial slurs.
Within a few hours, the tension
gave way.
At least 22 people — many
policemen who had tried to keep
the peace — were injured, one of
them seriously, in a shower of
bricks, logs, rocks and golfballs as
hooded Klansmen and rally
watchers made a desperate dash
for the safety of cars and police
cruisers.
The KKK staged the rally to
show support for white police
officer Euguene Hale, who last
month shot and killed a black sho
plifting suspect, Keith Rakestrau,
in a local shopping center parking
lot.
Even before it began the crowd
was excited, apparently stirred up
at the thought of a possible con
frontation between the KKK and
their opponents.
Young mothers hoisted small
children to their shoulders to give
them a better view of the Klan
march.
Older men carried drinks out
side of neighborhood taverns to
cheer on about two dozen hooded
Klansmen. Other supporters per
ched on rooftops to welcome the
robed marchers, shouting, “We
love you klan.”
Chants of “KKK, all the way”
were answered by “KKK, go
away. ”
“I’ll bet 75 percent of these
people came here to get into a has
sle. I know I did,” said a teenager
between sips of beer.
White youths taunted black
protesters with racial slurs and
choruses of “cotton fields back
home,” while local blacks dared
their antagonists to follow them to
a nearby low-income housing pro-
ject.
“Black is beautiful,” repeated a
young black man who had let loose
with a steady stream of profanity
while walking ahead of the Klan
parade. “You people, you just
don’t know. Come down there and
see how we live.”
Bill Wilkenson, imperial
wizard of the Invisible Empire of
the Knights of the KKK, came
from Louisiana tolead the rally.
He said he was pleased by the
show of support for the Klan.
“If there’s anything we can do
to help the police, we’ll be by your
side,” he shouted through a louds
peaker on the steps of cty hall.
As he spoke, bystanders
noticed that the word “Atlanta”
was chiseled on a Civil War Monu
ment fronting the building.
“Now that’s appropriate,” one
them said, referring to the un
solved deaths of 20 black youngs
ters in the southern city.
Soon after, members of the In
ternational Committee Against
Racism rushed a cordon of riot
police wearing helmets and gas
masks who dodged flying rocks
and bottles, and used night sticks
to force the crowd back.
An ICAR leader urged his
members on, telling police that
they would “be moved out of the
way” if they continued to inter
fere.
Klansmen took refuge in city
hall, but later insisted against
advice from police that they be
allowed to march back to their cars
parked about two blocks away. It
was then that the tensions ex
ploded, and 17 police officers suf
fered injuries as they tried to res
tore order.
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United Press International
An electrical engineer at the
'University of Arizona listens to
electrical signals generated by
plants, according to Science
Digest magazine,
ress international In an arid valley near Tucson,
111, Mass.-rt At* . Arizona, Dr. William Gensler, has
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