[News Script: Gunman/ McGovern] Page: 1 of 2
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.APO 52
070
FIRST EXPANDED--TAKE THREE
GUNMAN
DIRECT TRAFFIC FROM MEMPHIS TO ARKANSAS WAS CUT OFF FOR 45
MINUTES TODAY WHEN A MAN CLIMBED A MISSISSIPPI' RIVER BRIDGE AND
REPORTEDLY FIRED A PISTOL AT TWO PERSONS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED
INJURIES. TRAFFIC CONTINUED LATER WHEN AUTHORITIES DECIDED TO
SEE IF TI+E MAN WOULD COME DOWN FROM THE SUPERSTRUCTURE VOLUNTARILY.
TROOPERS, RIFLEMEN, AND A HELICOPTER-WITH-SFARCHLIGHT REPORTEDLY
ARE ON THE SCENE.
--DASH--
A MOTORIST SAID HE WAS STOPPED BY A WOMAN WHO SAID HER HUSBAND
HAD GIVEN HER A BLACK EYE, STOPPED THEIR CAR ON THE BRIDGE,
AND CLIMBED THE STRUCTURE. A FRIEND OF THE MAN TRIED TO COAX
HIM DOWN WITH A BULLHORN. PUT THE MAN TOLD GATHERED CROWDS TO
GO AWAY.
MCGOVERN
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE GEORGE MCGOVFRN SAYS HE'LL
END WAGE AND PRICE CONTROLS WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER TAKING OFFICE
IF HE'S ELECTED PRESIDENT. AND HE SAYS HE'S MORE CONFIDENT THAN
EVER THAT HE WILL BE ELECTED. SPEAKING IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
TO A GROUP OF UNION LEADERS LAST NIGHT, MCGOVERN SAID THE CONTROLS
CAN BE LIFTED ONCE THE WAR IS OVER. MOST AMERICANS' WAGES HAVE
PEEN FROZEN OR REGULATED SINCE ONE YEAR AGO YESTERDAY.
--DASH--
T\ODAY, THE SOUTH DAKOTA SENATOR PLANS TO VISIT A FARM AND THE
ILLINOIS STATE FAIR. THEN HE'LL HOLD A CONFERENCE WITH LEADERS
OF THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE FARMERS UNION. YESTERDAY,
IN NEIGHBORING INDIANA, MCGOVERN RECEIVED A SETBACK WHEN THE
STATE AFL-CIO VOTED TO REMAIN NEUTRAL. PUT TWO BIG UNIONS--THE
UNITED AUTO WORKERS AND THE INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS
UNION--VOTED TO SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Gunman/ McGovern], script, August 16, 1972, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1544283/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.