GOVERNOR WALLACE Good Evening : May l5, 1972 A lla11 Jacks on A tragic event at a sllo1>1>i11g ce · nter ,,. Laurel, Maryla,sd tllis after,sooN - A . labama's Gover,aor George Wallace - in a /Jrt . mary cam1>aig11 a 1>t,eara11ce - slaot a,ad serio,.sly 1Uounded . Be is 6•i11g treated by a s/Jecial medical team - i11 tlle Holy C,.o•• laost, · Ual i11 Silver S1>ri11gs, Maryla,ul. Here's tlle lt1te,t • from CBS News Corre,t,011de11t Ber,aartl Kalb. LAUREL TIie tooundi,eg of Governor Wallace cast a 1>all ove,- Ma,-yla,ad's presidential PFima,-y campaig,e - a11d subd11ed llis opponents on Ille eve of tlae election. Se11ator B11,,.plarey - cons ide,-ed to be Wallace's cllief oppo11e,el ,,. Ma,-yla11tl - cut slaort lais campaign;.- in BaltimoFe - aolae11 lae lea,-,eed of tlae sllooti11g a11d F11slaed to tlae laos1>ital ,,. Silve,- sp,-;,.,I B•I R11mp1t.,-ey - a11d Senato,- McGove,-,. tolao aoas cam,,al6fd•I ,,. Miclaiga11 - equated tlt.e slaoottng of Wallace 111illa tie• f•l•l 111ou11di11g of tlae late Se,aato,- Robe,-1 Ke1111edy - a,ed M•,-11• Lutl,e,- Ki,ag. eve11ts - will& DF. Ma,-1111 Lutlaer Kb,g, ,Ir. a•tl Bobby Ken11edy - tlaose were fatal - a,id 11oao aoe laave Ille atlact o,e Gover11or Wallace - I j11st lao1>e a,atl t>ray it is j11st a 111011•4!' McGover,a - ;,. Miclaiga11 said -"I'm totally sleoct•d by tlais savage act. If we've gotte11 to tlae t,oi11t ,,. tlais country wlaere a p,,blic figure can't speak 0111 011 tlae iss11es of tlae day - a 11 tl seek tlae presitle11cy willaout bei11g slaot tlaen I tremble for tire future of our 11atio11 ." Aul Mc Gover11 added - "We can only IJope artd pray for tla e •Pee ' d y recovery of Gover,eor Wallace - a11d 111e cart o,ely say a #)rayer for 011r C Ollfl try. " Lead for 8 : 00 P.M . Report Word from tlie Justice Department a sllort "111ile ago - ide,ctification of tl,e man cllarged 11Jitl, s•ootiJ1g Gover,c.or Wallace tllis after,aoon. The Justice Det,artmeJ1t ,aames laaB recovered a 38 caliber revolt•er - "111ic1J U.S. Attor••Y George Ball aays- "1aB fJurclaased by Breffler - laat Ja••ary l!IIII. Tle coJ1llitio11 of Gover,aor Wallace - I• tle•crl6ell •• ••rfo•• ""' stable - llere'• tit• latest fro• CBS N••• To repeat: The Justic Department has identified Wallace's alleged assailant - as Twenty-One year old ~ Artltu.r .a1_,,---, - a white man - from Milwaultee - five fo · ot six inches tall - with blond hair a,ad blue eyes. Tlte Justice Det,artme,it says tint 1,e ltas o,re previous coJ1vicUo,i - of dis orderly conduct - after be i,r,g arrested OJI a clior1• 1 of carrying a co,acealed weapon - in Wisco,.si11 last Oclo6•r. TIie Det,artment says it llllll ask tlaat •• be liel4 ,,. a o,ae-leu.,ulred-tlrousa"d dollar bo,ad - tomorro• •or,ai,a1. TIie formal charge under wllicla Ire is bei,ag la•l4 I• violatiug of Ille Ni11eteen-Sixty-Eiglet Civil Riglits Act - ,,. assaultl11g a ca11didate for a,i elective office - •l•o, for assa,dt OJI a Federal of/seer - for sllooti,ag a11d ••rio11•ly •oMJ1diJ1g tlae sttcret servic• age•t. Maxima,• t,e,a11lly u,ider eitllef' cliarge is te11 a,id te,i - teJ1 years ,,. !Jri•o• a11d TeJI T1rousand Dollars /irae. Tie cluirges •Ill claa,age of course, if eitlier victim dies. PRE!ilDENT NIXON Preside,st Nixon immediately after learnirtg of tlte slrooti,eg - directed T-reasury Secretary Connally to provide secret service t,rotectio,s fo • r Se11ator Edward Ke'll11edy a11d Representative Shirley Clais1tolm. Th , e secret service i• i'II Connally 's department . R et,res enta ti ve C lais la ol m is a,. ac live c,,,,dida le for tlte Democratic Presidential nomi11atio11 but .,as r,.ot giv•11 protection at the time agents werP. asslg,aed to Wallace a,ad /our otlaer Democrat ast,ria,ats last Marcia. TIie co"'"'"'•• "'" tell , e I Ilse gu id elin es at that time excluded la er beca••• site was ,aot judged lo be a major ca'lldidate 11,ader t1te 1J•11•l'• criteria. Ktu111edy ts "ol ,..,,.,.;,.g a•d repeatedly ltas said lie • ,aot seek tlae Democratic 11omh1atio,a - but Ills brotlter• Preside,st Ker,.,aedy a11d Se,iator Robert Ke,u,edy - .,ere killed by assassins . Artd word from Waslat,egto,e is tlu, t Se11a tor or Edward K en11edy lias agreed - to accept tlte ,.,,., protection - at least termporarily. To summarize - Governor Wallace is reported to be ht a s , ,rious but stable co11ditio11 - u11dergoi11g ezt,lo-rary surge-ry by a medical team of Jive doctors. KONTUM-BASTOGNE-CAM RANH BAY Tire latest from Vietnam tel ls of i, ., c reas ing Communist pressure - on the city of Kontum in tl,e Central Hi git lands. Enemy tanks rumbling to witl,in a mile-a,.d-a 1,alf of that provincial capital - we are told. Appare,.tly part of a,. all-out effort - to cut Soutl, Viet,.am in t11Jo. To the Nortlt tltough, heliborne government troO/IB were recap tu ring today - fire base Bas togne on tl,e road to Bue. Tl,is follo11Jing a ltit-a,.d-ru,. raid by Soutli Vietnamese Marines -into nearby e,.e,,.y-1,eld territory; according to U.S. Vice Admiral William Mack - t,erl,a/1• tlte turning point in tlae battle for the ancie,.t i111perial capital of Hue. Meanwhile, the U. s. Air Force ltandi11g over to South Vietnam - its single most expensive property i11 Vietnam. The sprawling Cam Rania Bay Airbase - serving as another milestone in the U.S. Vietnamlzation program.