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Nixon Finds From Page 1 Wallace's spinal injury suffered in an Wallace in attempted Monday at nearby Laurel, Md. . Good Spirits Just before the President o eful SILVER SPRING (Md.1 — gehronicie arrived, the hospital issued (AP) — has Unit ,P 1972 a medical bulletin saying given his supporters a that -Wallace's temperature thank-you message with a Silver Spring, Md. had declined -somewhat and political flavor,, a n d his President Nixon paid a that he had spent "a good press secretary says that essage surprise hospital visit to night" although he still. had means he is continuing his "There is no deadline . . Governor George C. Wal- no feeling in his legs. presidential campaign. for saying that, after' this lace yesterday and report- FOOD "I want to thank the peo- point in time there is no ed, "You would think he After Mr. Nixon's visit, ple of Alabama for staying hope for recovery." was just in for a tonsillec- Wallace sat for a while in a with us," Wallace said in a Galbraith adde d: i"We tomy or something like hospital chair and took his message relayed to news- simply say, in general, that that." first food since he was shot, men yesterday by his press the longer he goes without a half-bowl of chicken broth. secretary, Billy Joe Camp. any improvement, the moor- Mr. Nixon stopped off at Until then he had been fed "They are responsible for er the outlook for any im- Holy Cross Hospital on his intravenously. the new direction in this provement later on." way back t o the White Mr, Nixon told reporters country because most of the A bullet remains lodged in House from Camp David, that Wallace's eyes were politicians are now sounding Wallace's spinal canal, pos- Md., where he spent the past bright and "he is very alert like us," the Alabama gov- sibly "impinging on" his two days in seclusion pre- and in good spirits. He has ernor said. spinal cord, according to paring for his summit meet- not been depressed." Responding to questions, Galbraith. The cord is said ing with the Russians next Mr, Nixon said he and Camp said the statement to be damaged, but if it is week. Wallace did not discuss poli- could be interpreted as Wal- not severed he may walk tics but he also had a "geed lace'S first move toward re- again. Mr: Nixon said the 52 - If the spinal cord is sev- year - old Alabama governor talk" with Wallace's wife, suming his campaign for the Cornelia, 2, who married Democratic presidential ered, however — and Wal- "wished me well" on the lace's surgeons say they the governor about '16 nomination. trip. "I told him that when I don't know yet whether it is returned I would see to it, if months ago after the death Spinal Canal note-there can be no regen- he wanted to, that he got a of his first wife, Lurleen, As his third and strongest eration of neve fibers, no briefing on some of the from cancer. presidential bid gained mo- return of either mobility or things we discuss in the So- After visiting Wallace, Mr. mentum, Wallace was sensation. Nixon went to nearby Walter struck down by a would-be viet Union." Muscle Tone Reed Army Medical Center assassin at a shopping cen- Arriving just before 9 ter rally near here Monday. The 'medical bulletins had to see Secret Service agent little to add. ,Doctors said a.m., Mr. Nixon visited Nicholas Zarvos, 37, who He has yet to learn whether about 40 minutes with Wal- the bullet still lodged in his Wallace's legs remain para- was shot through the throat lyzed and that he is continnf.,, lace, who is still paralyzed during the attempted assas- spinal canal will leave him a from the waist down from a permanent cripple. n g physical therapy to sination. Maintain muscle tone and See Back Page However, the day brought FIND a reminder that there is blood circulation. state officials hope that some degree of He was taken off intrave- meantime reported that a mobility could return to the nous feeding and given a piece-by-piece search of a Alabama governor. His prin- meal of chicken broth. car registered to ,Arthur H. cipal neurosurgeon consult- Meanwhile, authorities Bremer, 21, , ac- ant has indicated there is a continued to probe the cir- cused of shootillg Wallace, long-shot possibility the res- cumstances of the attack by had turned up a second pis- Arthur Bremer who is tol. toration could be "signifi- charged with the shooting. cant," although it is improb- Prince Georges county po- Prince George's County able. police searched Bremer's lice said they found a 9mm The remark by Dr. James automatic in a door panel of car and said they found a Galbraith of the University gun apparently overlooked the car when they tore it of Alabama Medical School apart and searched it after in earlier FBI searches. was largely overlooked State's Atty. Arthur A. the FBI had conducted a when made to newsmen ear- regular search. Wallace was Marshall Jr. said a 9-milli- lier this week in the light of meter Browning serniautce shot with a snub-nosed 38. his statement that Wallace One of the slugs caused Wal- matic pistol and one clip had less than a 50-50 chance were found. The gun alleg- lace's paralysis when iti of walking again. lodged near his spine. The edly used in the shooting Galbraith also said, ac- was a .38-caliber pistol. revolver was recovered at cording to a transcript of the the scene. news conference: