Vo. XXIINo 6S Ar, Michignesa, a 1,192T ets itenPae Vol. LXXXII, No. 6-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, May 17, 1972 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages ViIALLA cE ViINS LANDSLIDE VICTORS I 1 " -Daily-Rolfe Tessem GEORGE MANGUM, a Wallace campaign aide, tallies up the votes last night at the Wallace victory celebration near Detroit. Wallace out o danger; campaign -may continue From Wire Service Reports Alabama Gov. George Wallace, shot at an election eve rally Monday and suffering at least temporary paralysis of his legs, was removed from the critical list at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md., yesterday af- ternoon. Wallace's life is no longer con- sidered in danger. Meanwhile, aides said, he vow- ed to continue his presidential campaign from a wheelchair if necessary. Wallace yesterday won two key primaries - here and in Maryland, the state where he was shot. Wallace was under heavy se- dation last night, recovering from a five hour operation Mon- day night to remove a bullet which had torn through his stomach. He acknowledged his primary victories with a nod and a smile. It is also doubtful whether Wal- lace can fulfill his pledge to con- tinue campaigning. Even though he is expected to recover, it is censidered unlikely that he would be well enough to travel exten- sively, even in a wheelchair, for some time to come. One bullet still remains lodged in the governor's spinal column. It is this bullet that has caused the paralysis, which could pos- sibly be allayed by further sur- gery when W a 11 a c e regains strength. The Washington Post reported today that the bullet had sever- ed Wallace's spinal cord and quoted unnamed medical sources as saying the governor'srchances of ever walking again arc zero. But Charles Snider, Wallace's campaign manager, said tests showed no blood in Wallace's spinal fluid; that the bullet may have been spent by the time it reached the cord and the dam- age could be less than feared. He said the governor has slight sensation in one leg, a hopeful sign. Over 200 jubilant Wallace sup- porters gathered at the Ramada Inn outside Detroit last night, cheering reports from the two primaries showed Wallace vic- tories, and praying f6r Wallace's recovery. The red, white and blue hat and button bedecked crowd roar- ed at the announcement, "We've won Michigan, we've won Mary- land. Now, we've got to send them a message in November." A Wayne State student said, "If Governor Wallace could get shot for me, the least I could do was spend 13 hours at the polls." See WALLACE, Page 13 McGOVERN 2ND IN STATE; GOP VOTERS CROSS OVER By The Associated Press Alabama Gov. George Wallace won the Maryland and Michigan presidential primaries last night, and acknowl- edged the greatest triumph of his Democratic White House campaign with a nod and a smile from the hospital bed where he lay partially paralyzed, victim of an election eve assassination attempt. Crossover voting by Republicans in Michigan's Demo- cratic primary apparently added to Wallace's impact in the state. McGovern ran second in Michigan, where he was polling 25 per cent of the vote. Humphrey took second place in Maryland, with 27 per cent. McGovern had campaigned just one day in Maryland. The Alabama governor was polling 50 per cent of the Michigan vote, with 65 per cent of the precincts count- ed. In Maryland, with the M c overn count nearing completion, he had 40 per cent. At that point, Wallace was in the lead for 112 national con- vention nominating votes in the two states, which would push " his total commitments to 322in c u t and install him in second place. McGovern was leading for a total of 42, to send his leading By PAUL TRAVIS count to 400 nationally, Hum- phrey for 31, which would put Ann Arbor voters gave Sen. him at 272?/2. George McGovern (D-S.D.) his Wallace, under heavy seda- only county-wide victory in tion awakened briefly in his Michigan yesterday, while de- hospital room in Silver Springs, feating a one-year 2.5 mill in- Md., and his wife, Cornelia, told crease in the city's property tax. him of the primary victories. Lt eun hwM~vr She relayed word that he nod- Late returns show McGovern ded and grinned. with a 2,000 vote margin over The twin victories were Wal- wounded Alabama Gov. George lace's first outside the South: Wallace, who is reported to And he won here by a mas- have won in all other counties. sive margin in a traditionally Sen. Hubert Humphrey and liberal, industrial state which is Rep. Shirley Chisholm trailed vital to the Democratic game plan in any White House elec- far behind. tion. With 69 of Washtenaw Coun- Wallace had been favored in ty's 90 precincts totaled, Mc- both primaries, but no one had Govern led with 13,000 votes. forcast the margins by which Wallace had 11196H h he left McGovern and Humoh- ,1, umphrey rey behind. With 65 per cent of 3,037, and Chisholm 1,517. the Michigan precincts counted, The Ann Arbor millage pro- the vote stood this way: posal was losing early this Wallace 492,239 or 50 per cent. morning by 11,360-4,835. McGovern 251,421 or 25 per City Administer Guy Larcom cent. had predicted that if the mill- Humphrey 172,928 or 18 per age was not approved, garbage cent. cgectig Michigan's DAmocratic nomi- collection and transportation nating votes wre apportioned services would have to be cur- among the candidates winning tailed. 5 per cent of the vote, the basis The latenrss of Ann Arbor re- of their shares of the popular vote. That meant Wallace led turns was caused by the largest for 71 first ballot votes. Mc- absentee ballot count in the Govern for 36, Humphrey for city's history. Over 6,000 absen- 25. tee ballots were cast, mostly in In Maryland, this was the the student-dominated first and situation with 98 per cent of the precincts counted: second wards. In some precincts Wallace 212,017 votes or 40 the absentee ballots totaled 20 percent. to 25 per cent of the registered Humphrey 142,991 votes or 27 voters. per cent. McGovern 116,149 votes or 22 Results were not in yet on per cent, the question of a state lottery That put Wallace in the lead nor on the question allowing for 41 Maryland dele ate votes state representatives to resign at the national convention Humphrey and Wallace for 6 during their term to be ap- each.Th delegates were ap- pointed to or run for another portioned among congressional public position. districts. The balance of the The Associated Press reported field of 11 in Maryland trailed far behind, as did four other late last night that Wallace had entries on the Michigan ballot. swept all counties in the state See WALLACE, Page 12 except Washtenaw. GOV. GEORGE WALLACE lies in a station wagon Monday after being felled by a sniper's bullet. Wallace, shot while campaign- ing in Laurel, Md., was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring.