WALLACE AT ROSTRUM, SPEAKING; STUDENTS HECKLING IN AUDIENCE - SOUND ON FILM THROUGHOUT.



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WALLACE: "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS GROUP BACK HERE ON THE LEFT, IF YOU'RE FOR ME YOU'LL JUST LET ME GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. BUT JUST WAIT A MINUTE. I THINK THOSE ARE SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO HAVE SOME FUN HERE......YOU'RE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, AREN'T YOU. WELL, IF YOU'RE FOR ME, LET ME GO AHEAD AND SPEAK .....THAT'S RIGHT YOU LITTLE PUNKS, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP HERE ..... COME ON UP HERE...I TELL YOU WHAT: WHEN I'M ELECTED I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO CALIFORNIA, AND YOU JUST TRY ME WHEN I GET BACK, YOU JUST TRY ME WHEN I GET BACK."




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Background: A THOUSAND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CHEERED AND WHISTLED A GEORGE WALLACE CAMPAIGN MEETING INTO DISORDER IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, ON MONDAY NIGHT. MR. WALLACE WAS MET BY STUDENTS CARRYING SIGNS READING "WALLACE IS OUR HERO" AND "WALLACE IS OUR GURU".

MR. WALLACE, THE THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE FOR THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, HAS ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION FOR HIS NORMALLY COOL HANDLING OF HECKLERS AT POLITICAL RALLIES. BUT THE STUDENTS, WITH THEIR NOISY AND APPARENTLY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR MR. WALLACE, LEFT HIM PUZZLED.

MR. WALLACE LOST THE PLACE IN HIS SPEECH, AND BROKE OFF SEVERAL TIMES TO CONSULT WITH HIS STAFF......