Alabama Journal from Montgomery, Alabama • 1

WEATHER Clear to partly cloudy and a little warmer today and tonight. Wednesday increased cloudiness and mild, with widely scattered showers and thundershowcrs. High today 78, low tonight 58, high Wednesday 80. 80TH YEAR NO. Ill FINAL EDITION FOR NEWS BULLETINS DIAL 265-8246 PRICE 10c ALABAMA JO MONTGOMERY, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7.

1968 24 PAGES At 2 KNAL Wo PoMo 3-Year Fight Ends Quietly In Sleep By WILLIAM 0. BRYANT "Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace lost her gallant fight for life at 12:34 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, 1968." With those simple words read by a grief-stricken aide during the dark morning hours, Alabama learned today its beloved lady governor had been taken away i and given to the ages.

I 1 I A i- 4 VI -c Ijr. Rites To Be Held In St. James Funeral services for Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace will be at St.

James Methodist Church Thursday. at 2 p.m. with burial in Montgomery's Greenwood Cemetery. But first, Mrs. Wallace's remains will make a final journey to the Capitol where she served as governor and the public will have an opportunity to pay its final respects.

The casket will remain closed at all times. The Governor's body was taken from Leak-Memory Chapel at noon to the mansion. Former Gov. George Wallace went to the funeral home and accompanied the body back to the mansion, where he has lemained since his wife died early today. The body will lie in state at the mansion from 2 until 6 p.m.

while federal, state, county, local and out-of-state dignitaries were to be received. A cortege will depart the mansion at 9 a.m. Wednesday. It will proceed north on Perry Street, west on Washington Avenue, north on Court Street to Court Square, then east on Dexter Avenue to the Capitol. Pallbearers from funeral home to the mansion and from the mansion to the Capitol were the Security Guard, Lt.

E. C. Dothard, Sgt. Lloyd Jemison, Sgt. David Harwood, Sgt.

Larry Wright, Cpl. M. L. Hilyer and State Investigator Bryant Prescott. (See FUNERAL.

Page 6) I In Capitol Office Brewer As New Sworn In Governor 4 Peace came to her frail, ravaged body quietly in her sleep. She was at mansion with her family and doctors about her. She was only 41. Lt. Gov.

Albert Brewer was notified immediately by Mrs. Wallace's aides and drove through the early morning darkness from Decatur to the Capital to assume the duties lifted by death from the nation's only woman governor. Ed Ewing, the governor's devoted press aide, told reporters her condition had begun to worsen Monday about 10 p.m. The end was then not long delayed. Perhaps fittingly for the blonde lady in whose life politics played such a major part, death came on election day i Alabama.

Among the candidates the voters were to nominate was a slate of presidential electors pledged to former Gov. George Wallace, her husband. Brewer, her successor, was on that slate. Mrs. Wallace, a petite mother of four, suffered a three-year battle with cancer.

The final long struggle began just six months after she reached the governorship, a pinnacle only two other women in the nation's history had achieved. It seemed that the lady governor could barely recover from one attack hefcre she was again under seige. Complications beset her. Throughout it all, she displayed courage, poise and determination. She underwent her third cancer operation in two years Feb.

22 in St. Margaret's Hospital in Montgomery. A team of to doctors removed a 10-inch section of intestine and a small malignant tumor. An ailment diagnosed as a blood clot in the lung and an abdominal absce.ss followed. She had to have surgery again for the abscess.

She remained in the hospital until mid-April. The first word that she was again battling for her life came Monday. A news conference scheduled by her husband was cancelled. So was a state-wide I television address he had plan-; ned. Aides said she had become ill Sunday night and had symptoms of another abdominal abscess.

Within 15 hours she stepped. By WILLIAM 0. BRYANT In a brief, solemn ceremony, overshadowed by grief, Albert Preston Brewer officially became the 48th governor of Alabama today. George C. Wallace, his face red and swollen from was among those present at the 1 p.m.

oath-tak- it ceremony in me onice leen is. Wallace. Brewer, standing before the flags of his nation, his state and the Confederacy, placed his hand on the Bible used to swear in Jefferson Davis as president Jf the Southern States. Repeating after Probate 'udge T. C.

Almon of Morgan bounty, a longtime friend and the man who gave him the oath cf office as lieutenant governor, Brewer intoned the words of the oath of the highest office Alabama can bestow. Albert P. Brewer, solemnly swe3r that I will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Alabama, so long as I continue a citizen thereof, and that I will faithfully and honestly iischarge the duties of the of-'ice upon which I am about to mter to the best of my help me God." Immediately after takins the! oath. Brewer asked the Rev. W.

K. Stevenson of First Baptist' Church of Decatur to lead a' prayer in the small, jam-packed office devoid of anv remaining sign of Brewer's predecessor. The minister asked that "Thy richest blessings" be granted Rrewcr antt hlessinp uimn u'nii. Before the ceremony, Brewer' had told the gathering, "Mv A former governor. Wallace, came with me today ci this occasion." Among those present were Sens.

Alton Turner and Jonrnl Staff Pht' 7is Photograph Was Reported To Be One -Oi Mrs. Wallace's Favorites Gov. Wallace Lived An Inspiring Life Capitol Flags Governor Wallace Gov. Lurleen Wallace was to every Alabamian a gallant lady. The expression has been used thousands of times since she died early today.

It or its equivalent has been uttered by people in all walks of life, the influential to the humble. Stanley N'orris, for example, was one of the first private citizens to hear of the governor's death. He's in a line of business drjving a taxicab that keeps him up late hours. It happened that this morning he was drinking coffee at Molton and Montgomery when the news came. He bowed his head to a gallant lady and was, in a sense, reting for Alabama from the Gulf to the mountains.

She Liked Flying By MADERA SPbNLhK Judiciary anu at which, for the Mansion kitchen by the'them; vet these events were Gov Lurleen "urns Wallacelthe first time in years, no hard pn down in hutorv as thpuwior was served.) out airs, i first woman, governor i AioKoma ih in th naJ tion Her nfluence on 4 abama i oolitics will be duly recorded.and scnooi organizations, vvauace nas oroRcn an rewrus tiTn i i i i i in the number of teas and receptions given ior cnaruaDie vention and civic groups and individual clubs from all over 'he state. Refreshments for, these affairs were prepared in so taieiy neia oy uov. lur Gov. Brewer Proclaims Mourning Gov. Albert Brewer, in his fir-st official act as Alabama's new chief executive, toaay proclaimed a period of mourning for Gov.

Lurleen Wallace. "I am today directing that all state office be closed for the re- mainder of the week and that 'be flacs on all state properties courage to all her friends and countless millions who never Brewer's statement a issued tor him by Ewing who had served Mrs. Wallace and her husband before her as press secretary. 1 fv Ik Governor Brewer Friends Wanting To Help Wallaces Goodwyn. president pro tem of flown at half-staff until sun-ithe Senate and now next in line rise Monday, May 13." Brewer Ride-And Walk-To Mansion 'Home' into the pages of history.

Mis. Wallace, whose honey-: blond hair was just beginning to show signs of gray, rose from a small town dime store clerk with hopes of becoming a nurse to the highest office Alabama jcould bestow. And she was only 'the third lady governor in (nation's history. She rode her husband 'popularity into office am nnnniar finrp nn hPr own. The bravery she displayed in the long, paintul struggle her disease won her the Irespect and admiration of the nation.

She left four children, in cluding a 6-year-old, Janie Lee The others are Bobbi Jo, now i Mrs. James Parsons of Birm-1 (See GOVERNOR. Page 6) plane that statement obvious. became She told about how she had flown in a jet one time and how excited she became at the high rate of speed. She also told about how she had taken flying lessons and how she looked forward to flying on her own.

Saw Beauty In Land It soon became obvious also that she loved this state in which she lived. Looking down at the Black Belt flatlands, she spoke of the lands' beauty and her passion for it She had been born in the Piedmont of West Alabama, near Tuscaloosa. But she had traveled every broad mile from the hills of (See CAMPAIGNER, Page 6) Lurleen Happy As A Campaigner never released for publicity bne maintained personal supervision 01 ner own cnuaren i and their activities even after tne ncavy mad of state rcsponsiouuies fell on her shoulders. Mrs. Wallace's personal Uste! ran more to simplici.

and con- Sre INSPIRING, Taw 6) number of women and men who had become attached to and identified with Mrs. Wallace. "Is there anything any of us can do?" the woman asked. "No," a Mansion security guard replied. Later the guard said that he had bn at the Mansion for 10 years.

"I feci like a part of that family," he said. "Officials and politicians from everywhere have been here this morning," he said. Former Gov. George Wallace and the children were inside the Mansion. Mrs.

Wallace's bodv had boon taken to Leak-Memory Chapel Funeral Home. In downtown Montgomery shoppers and merchants went (Sc FRIENDS, PoBf 2) More Stories, Pictures Pages 5, 13, 14, 15 household staff, instead of being catered trom outsiae. interest in children, esoeciallv the omhan ea ana me nanaicappea. was Dy tne unnstmas parties she gave for groups of orphans from over the state. She personally wrapped the gifts id the gifts for the tree and entertained; family now," a woman said as she stood along sidewalk in front of the Mansion.

Tears clouded her eyes as she said, "I took a picture of her once. And one time I shook her hand. She was such a gracious lady." The woman, wearing a tattered, green dress, had walked across town to get to the Governor's Maasion. She was typical of the countless II Pit. MOINEB MOVIKS OBIT! KHIVA 0 SPORTS TH VISION J' FTHKB wmw i row of gubernatorial succession.

said- A large number of Brewer's' "0lir slale and indocd lhp familv was present. In addition of America have suffered to his wife, Mrs. Martha" Crcat loss in IFarmer Brewer, and daughters Lurleen B. Wallace," the IBccky, 16. and Alison.

12, Governor said. "Her quiet Brewer's brothers and sisters chnrm andJ manner and their children attended the navp oarnrd hn "ffectv.n of ceremony. poodle everywhere. Numerous state officials, "No other pTon in our curiosity-seekers and 1 1 litctime has enjoyed the love wishers were forced to remain and respect which she corn-in the hall or in the governor's manded. Her compassion and outer offices because of the concern for the people of our crowd.

state is rctlecied in the record Brewer actually ner administration and her governor tne moment Mrs. efforts to better the life of the died. The oath-taking mentally ill. infirm and han-iwas merely a formality. It was dicapped over in less than five minutes.

"This devoted housewife and mother became a svmbol of By DAVID CAMPBELL Car after car passed slowly by the Governor's Mansion this morning as the word spread that Gov. Lurleen Wallace had died. Solemn, saddened faces peering from the vehicles showed the feelings of the city today. Montgomery was home for Mrs. Wallace, and thousands of people here claimed her as their own.

"I wish I could be with the I in the books and her state onuprnmpntal no hrips anri ap. complishments documented for posterity. Her couraffe and intrepidity; in the face of ill health Willi be a source of inspiration to peoples all over the world andi her bravery in facing staggering! responsibility in public office) with unprecedented poise andj determination will be admiredi and remembered. But behind the pubiic figurel was a warm and compassionate! woman who never let her! primary concern ot being witei and mother become overshadowed by public events. The Wallaces would have1 celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary May 22.

When she moved into the Executive Mansion as First Lady 1963, Mrs. Wallace mi 'mediately established the policy of keeping the first floor open i to tourists. She said the mansion belonged to the people ol Alabama. However, the second floor apartments were homey and comfortable, and the children were never to feel they were living in the proverbial goldfish bowl. In fact, little Lee, now a first grader, often acted as self-ap pointed hostess to visitors at the Mansion, sometimes eve meeting them at the gate and welcoming them to the house.

The Wallaces could never be called social minded (the onlv i large party this reporter recalls iwas the traditional one honoring members of the Legislature and Sympathy Note Sent Bv WAYNE GnEENH AW i Lurleen Burns Wallace was happy, laughing, smiling in August of 1966. It was a balmy Sunday morning in the middle of her gubernatorial campaign. Earlier that summer she had won the Democratic nomination. Xow she was running against Republican candidate i Martin. This was her first trip out on tli political stump after having won the nomination As the state plane wss pulled hangar at Dannelly Field she and her husband.

Gov. George Wallace, waited with i reporter. "I like flying," she commented. And once aboard the WASHINGTON (AP) The mct hc' Sho an cx" White House said today Prcsi- for rations to come, dent and Mrs. Johnson' kept in "ln lms lime of close touch with Alabama Gov.

row. 1 know all Alabamians and Lurleen Wallace during her a11 Americans join me in ex-illness and have sent a person- tending deepest sympathy to her al message of sympathy on her dcv'ed children and death to niemher of her familv. loved ones." Two students have been suspended from Tiiskegec Institute and four placed on probation following hearings tlu'if. Page 13. Polls around Montgomery County are so far imt too crowded and officials say turnout 'ahnt average Pago 13.

ABBY nmnr.r CtASXIKIED COMICS CROSSWORD FKITORML 20-11 11 JO 4 UOROSCOI'E JO Press Secretary George Chi is- tian said the message went to former Gov. George Wallace and his four children. Christian did not disclose the contents..