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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual\ncollections.\nCollection: Tate, Sheila: Files\nFolder Title: 3/30/1982 - Year Anniversary of\nShooting\nBox: CFOA 6222\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\ninventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at:\[email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nPRESERVATION\nSEPTEMBER 16, 1982 USA TODAY\nNo purge in the offing,\nWhite House claims\nBy Ann Devroy\nity\" and the controversy sur-\nUSA TODAY\nrounding him has made it vir-\ntually impossible for him to do\nWASHINGTON - Don't\nhis job. When Reagan goes\nlook for a wholesale purge at\ncampaigning for Rep. Millicent\nthe top levels of the administra-\nFenwick Friday in New Jer-\ntion and in the Cabinet after\nsey, Donovan's home state, the\nthe November elections, say\nlabor secretary most likely will\nWhite House officials.\nnot be along. The White House\nThere will be some changes,\nand the candidate reportedly\nthey say, but not many.\nagree that his presence would\nWhite House communica-\nhurt, not help.\ntions director David Gergen\nDavid Stockman, director\nsaid Wednesday that a major\nof the Office of Management\nrestructuring of Reagan's top\nand Budget, who admitted to\nteam is unlikely and that no de-\nan interviewer that he had seri-\ncisions on who will go and who\nous doubts about Reaganomics.\nwill stay have been made.\nNow, some congressional lead-\nGergen said changes will be\ners are complaining that he\n\"much less extensive than\nAP\nmisleads the president on the\nhave been suggested.\" He con-\nEDWARDS: The only known\nmood of Congress.\nceded that he once thought ma-\ndeparting official\nJames Watt, secretary of\njor changes were coming, but\nthe interior, a controversial fig-\nsaid \"it's my hunch\" that the\nure since the day he walked\npresident \"Is likely to keep the\ninto his office. Some White\nstructure in the White House.\"\nHouse officials accuse him of\nOnly one Cabinet officer, En-\nneedlessly provoking confron-\nergy Secretary James Ed-\ntations with conservation and\nwards, has announced definite-\nenvironmental groups and of\nly that he is leaving.\nhurting Reagan where the\nGergen insisted that changes\npresident is the strongest, in\nthe West.\nwill result more because these\nofficials want to move on than\nAnother who has come un-\nder criticism within the admin-\nbecause Reagan wants to get\nrid of them.\nistration has been Housing and\nThe third year of an admin-\nUrban Development's Samuel\nistration is \"a natural time\" for\nPierce, the only black Cabinet\nofficer. Pierce has been so low-\npeople to decide whether they\nwant to stay the full four years\nkey that Reagan called him by\nor move along, he said.\nthe wrong name at least twice,\nand once greeted him as a visit-\n\"The president has not fo-\ning mayor.\ncused on personnel,\" he said,\nUPI\nBut one official who had an-\n\"and will not do SO until after\nDEAVER: May change his\nnounced last year that he\nthe elections. The guy who de-\nmind and stay\nwould leave after the elections\ncides is Ronald Reagan, and he\nnow may stay after all. Aides to\nhasn't considered it yet.\"\nProminent on those lists:\nMichael Deaver, Reagan's dep-\nGergen and other White\nRaymond Donovan, secre-\nuty chief of staff, said he has\nHouse officials were putting\ntary of labor, who was the sub-\nnot made a final décision but.\nout the word that President\nject of two investigations into\nthat the Reagans, particularly\nReagan \"isn't mad at anyone\"\nalleged associations with orga-\nNancy, will urge Deaver to\namong his top advisers and is,\nnized crime figures. Investiga-\nstay, Unlike the president's oth-\nin fact, annoyed that the names\ntors said they found Insuffi-\ner top assistants, Deaver is not\nof some of them have ap-\ncient evidence to charge\nwealthy, and had complained\npeared on speculative \"hit\nDonovan with any wrongdoing.\nthat he had to take a substan-\nlists\" being discussed by mid-\nDespite that, aides concede\ntial pay cut to serve in the\ndle-level aides.\nDonovan is \"a political liabil-\nWhite House.\nAP\nFILED- 3/28/1982 AM NANCY\nWASHINGTON (AP) NANCY REAGAN SAYS THAT A YEAR AFTER HER HUSBAND WAS SHOT,\nTHE MEMORY REMAINS VERY, VERY FRESH VERY RAW.\nSHE SAID SHE AND PRESIDENT REAGAN NEVER DISCUSS THE SHOOTING BUT THAT\nSHE THINKS ABOUT IT EVERY TIME HE LEAVES THE HOUSE, PARTICULARLY TO GO\nON\nA TRIP I THINK MY HEART STOPS UNTIL HE GETS BACK.\nIN AN ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEW WITH NBC's TODAY SHOW HOST CHRIS WALLACE,\nMRS. REAGAN SAID SHE HAS PAINFUL MEMORIES OF MARCH 30, 1981, WHEN RONALD\nREAGAN WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST AFTER DELIVERING A SPEECH AT A DOWNTOWN\nWASHINGTON HOTEL.\n`ACTUALLY, I REMEMBER EVERYTHING ABOUT THE DAY, MRS. REAGAN SAID.\nAND I GUESS IT'S SOMETHING IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T FORGET. I\nTHOUGHT IT WOULD FADE A LITTLE BUT IT DOESN\nMRS. REAGAN SAID IF HER HUSBAND WORRIES ABOUT BEING SHOT AGAIN, ``HE\nDOESN'T TELL ME'' AND THAT SHE NEVER ASKS HIM ABOUT IT. No. BECAUSE\nWELL, SOME THINGS ARE JUST TOO PAINFUL TO TALK ABOUT, AREN'T THEY?'' SHE\nSAID.\nDOES SHE WORRY HE WILL BE SHOT AGAIN? WELL, MRS. REAGAN SAID,\n``IT's JUST THE WHOLE MEMORY OF IT IS VERY, VERY FRESH, VERY RAW.\nASKED IF LIFE AT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN MUCH FUN SINCE THE SHOOTING\nTHE FIRST LADY REPLIED WELL, LIFE IS ALWAYS PEAKS AND VALLEYS; AND\nTHAT WAS CERTAINLY A VALLEY. IT's DIFFERENT.\nWHEN ASKED IF SHE WANTS HER HUSBAND TO RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN 1984,\nMRS. REAGAN BORROWED A LINE FROM MARGARET MITCHELL'S BOOK GONE WITH THE\nWIND, SAYING, ``I'LL THINK ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.\nMRS. REAGAN SAID SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE REARRANGED THEIR PRIORITIES\nAS A RESULT OF THE SHOOTING.\n`WELL, THINGS THAT USED TO BOTHER YOU TERRIBLY DON'T BOTHER YOU AS\nMUCH ANYMORE, SHE SAID. IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, THEY TAKE THEIR\nPROPER PLACE. AND WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.\nChatterroga Teus\nFP 3/29 C-9\nNancy Always Thinks\nOf Assassination Try\nWASHINGTON (UPI) - First\nsaid.\nLady Nancy Reagan says she and\nShe said they never talk about\nPresident Reagan never talk\nthe assassination attempt last\nabout the attempt on his life a\nMarch 30. Asked, however, if she\nyear ago Tuesday, but she thinks\nthinks of it, she replied: \"Oh, yes.\nof it \"every time he leaves the\nOh, yes, every time he leaves the\nhouse.\"\nhouse, particularly to go on a trip,\nMrs. Reagan told NBC News\nI think - I think my heart stops\n\"the whole memory of it is very\nuntil he gets back.\"\nfresh, very raw.\" The interview\nIf the president worries about\nwas released Sunday night and is\nit, \"He doesn't tell me,\" Mrs. Rea-\nto be aired on NBC's \"Today\"\ngan said. She said they don't talk\nshow Tuesday, the anniversary of\nabout it because, \"Well, some\nthe assassination attempt.\nthings are too painful to talk\nMrs. Reagan told correspond-\nabout, aren't they?\"\nent Chris Wallace what she re-\nMrs. Reagan said it \"bothers\"\ncalls most about that day is \"the\nher that a year after the assas-\nshock of it, I suppose. Actually, I\nsination attempt, John W. Hinck-\nremember everything about the\nley Jr., accused of shooting Rea-\nday; and I guess it's - it's some-\ngan and three others outside a\nthing that you don't forget. I\nWashington hotel, has not yet\nthought maybe it would fade a lit-\nbeen brought to trial.\ntle, but it doesn't.\"\n\"I think it should be faster than\nBefore the shooting, Mrs. Rea-\nthat,\" she said. \"But, personally,\ngan said, she \"really didn't\" wor-\nyou try not to think of it in those\nry about her husband. \"Yes, you\nterms, really. I don't know wheth-\nalways - you know that that's a\ner I'm making much sense or not,\npossibility and so on, but you nev-\nbut you try to separate the per-\ner think it's going to happen to\nsonal - your personal feelings as\nyou; and when it does, it's a shock\nagainst what you believe is right\nthat stays with you,\" Mrs. Reagan\nfor the country.\"\nFIRST LADY INTERVIEWED - NBC correspondent\nChris Wallace, right, is shown at the White House recently in-\nterviewing First Lady Nancy Reagan for a tape to be released\nTuesday (AP Laserphoto)\nThursday, September 16. 1982\nTHE WASHINGTON POST.\nBrady Met With Cheers in Home State\nCHICAGO, Sept. 15 (AP)- Pres-\npublican Fund's Lincoln Award at a\nidential Press Secretary James\n\"Welcome Home, Jim Brady\" dinner\nwas greeted by 300 cheering\nThursday night.\nwishers today as he arrived for\nOn Monday, he is scheduled to\nst visit in his home state since\nthrow out the first ball at Wrigley\nshot more than a year ago.\nField when the Cubs play the Pitts-\nidy, 41, giving the thumbs-up\nburgh Pirates on Diehard Cub Fan\nrom his wheelchair, was accom-\nClub Day.\nproded on his train trip from Wash-\nPart of the proceeds from the\nington, D.C., by his wife, Sarah, and\n$125-a-plate dinner Thursday will\n3-year old son, Scott.\nbe donated to the James S. Brady\nBrady received head injuries and\nFund, established by Congress to\nwas critically wounded during the\nmake contributions to persons in-\nMarch 1981 assassination attempt\njured in the line of duty while pro-\non 19311 President Reagan.\ntecting the president, officials said.\nRaised in downstate Centralia,\n\"All Right,\" shouted Brady as\nBrady once was a publicist in Chi-\nwell-wishers at the train station car-\ncago.\nrying \"Miracle Jim\" placards ap-\nplauded and chanted, \"Welcome\nHe is to receive the United Re-\nhome, Jim.\"\nto\nPart Thursday September LG 1982\nPresidential Prem. Secretary\nNEW giving thumbs-\nup sign from his wheelchair to\nabout 300 applauding well-wishers,\narrived in Chicago for the first visit\nto his home state since he WAS shot\ninthel last NO during the LS\nsassination attempt OF President\nReager Brady <187 accompanied\non the train trip from Washington\nby his wife, Sarah, and son, Scott, 3.\nThe press secretary will receive the\nUnited Republican Fund's Lincoln\nAward at a \"Welcome Home, Jim\nBrady\" dinner tonight and he will\nthrow out the first ball Monday\n*when 140 Chicago Cubexplay the\nPittsbur Piratesing\nJacksonville Journal, Tuesday, March 30, 1982\n2A\nWorld/ Nation\nGeorge Jones held on cocaine charge People, 7B\n'My heart stops until he gets back'\ndiscuss it. \"If he does, he doesn't tell\nBy MAUREEN SANTINI\nit does it's a shock that stays with\nyers for President Reagan's accused\nme, she said.\nyou.\"\nassailant, sources told the Associated\nAssociated Press Writer\nPress.\nAnd she hasn't asked him \"because,\nAsked whether she is bothered that\nThe sources, who asked not to be\nWASHINGTON - The year-old\nwell, some things are just too painful\ndefendant John W. Hinckley Jr. has\nidentified, said Hinckley was brought\nmemory of the attempted assassina-\nto talk about, aren't they?\nnot yet been tried in the attack on her\nfrom his cell at the nearby Fort\ntion, of her husband still \"very raw,\"\nAsked whether she thinks about it,\nhusband, Mrs. Reagan replied: \"Well,\nMeade, Md., stockade for the closed\nNancy Reagan says my heart stops\nin broad terms, yes\nI think it\nMrs. Reagan replied: \"Oh, yes. Oh,\nsession before U.S. District Judge\nuntil he gets back\" every time he\nyes, every time he leaves the house,\nshould be faster than that. But per-\nBarrington D. Parker.\nleaves the White House.\nparticularly to go on a trip, I think\nsonally, you try not to think of it in\n\"Actually, I remember everything\nI think my heart stops until he gets\nthose terms really.\nOn Friday, Parker granted a re-\nquest by Hinckley's attorneys to take\nabout the day,\" she said. \"I guess it's\nback.\nThe president's wife reiterated\nthe deposition from Miss Foster, who\nsomething that you don't forget...)\nIt's just the whole - the whole\nwhat she has said many times in the\nwill reportedly be out of the country\nthought maybe it would fade a little,\nmemory of it is very, very fresh, very\npast year: that the assassination at-\nfor serveral months.\nbut it doesn't.\nraw.\ntempt has changed her outlook on\nThe actress, star of the movie\nMrs. Reagan's remarks were made\nMrs. Reagan said that prior to the\nlife.\n\"Taxi Driver,\" began her testimony\nin an interview with NBC News being\nattempt on her husband's life a year\nMeanwhile, John W. Hinckley Jr.\nMonday night in Parker's courtroom.\nbroadcast today.\nago today, she didn't worry about his\nand actress Jodie Foster appeared in\nThe hallway outside the courtroom\nShe said she doesn't know whether\nsafety. You know that that's a possi-\nthe same courtroom for the second\nwas cordoned off today and a half-\nNANCY REAGAN\nPresident Reagan worries about at-\nbility and so on, but you never think\ntime in 24 hours today as Miss Foster\ndozen marshals stood outside to keep\nJOHN HINCKUE\nMemory still fresh\ntempts on his life because they never\nit's going to happen to you, and when\ngave a deposition requested by law-\nthe public away.\nNo trial date\nWASHINGTON POST, 3/31/82, A2\nMrs. Reagan Denies Report on 84\nUnited Press International\nheart \"skips a beat\" every time her\nA year to the day after! her hus\nhusband ventures out in public\nband was shot, Nancy Reagan de-\nBut Sheila Tate, Mrs. Reagan's\nnied yesterday that she has made\npress secretary, quoted her yesterday\nPresident Reagan promise he will\nas saying a report cited in The\nWashington Post that the president\nnot seek reelection in 1984,\nhas promised he will not sun-again is\nMrs. Reagan, still carrying mem-\n\"not true.\"\nories of the assassination attempt\n\"We've never discussed. 1984\nlast March 30, said recently her\nMrs. Reagan added.\n11\nPRESERVATION COPY\nMonday, March 29, 1982\nPhiladelphia Inquirer\nNEWSMAK ERS\nA look back in fear\nNancy Reagan says that a year\nafter her husband was shot, the\nmemory remains very, very\nfresh, very raw. In an anniversa-\nry interview with Chris Wallace,\nhost of NBC's \"Today\" show, Mrs.\nReagan said she had painful\nmemories of March 30, 1981,\nwhen President Reagan was shot\nin the chest after delivering a\nspeech at a downtown Washing-\nton hotel. She said she and the\nPresident did not discuss the\nshooting now but that she\nthought about it \"every time he\nleaves the house, particularly to\ngo on a trip. I think my heart\nstops until he gets back. Actu-\nally, I remember everything\nabout the day, And I guess it's\nsomething = it's something that\nyou don't forget, I thought it\nwould fade a little, but it 2.\ndoesn't\nUP066\nR W\nPRESIDENCY\nWASHINGTON (UPI) -- FIRST LADY NANCY REAGAN TUESDAY DENIED A\nPUBLISHED REPORT THAT INDICATED SHE DOES NOT WANT HER HUSBAND TO SEEK\nR SECOND TERM BECAUSE OF THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE ONE YEAR AGO.\nSHEILA TATE, THE MRS. REAGAN'S PRESS SECRETARY, QUOTED THE FIRST\nLADY AS LABELING \"NOT TRUE\" A REPORT IN THE WASHINGTON POST THAT\nCITED TALK IN REPUBLICAN CIRCLES OF AN ALLEGED PROMISE BY THE\nPRESIDENT TO NOT RUN AGAIN.\n\"WE'VE NEVER DISCUSSED 1984,\" MRS. REAGAN SAID.\nTHE POST REPORT SAID:\n\"MANY SUPPORTERS OF REAGAN BELIEVE THAT THE SHOOTING ALSO HAD AN\nEFFECT ON HIS WIFE NANCY, WHO IS SAID NO LONGER TO WANT HER HUSBAND\nTO SEEK A SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.\n\"THE REAGANS HAVE NEVER DISCUSSED THIS PUBLICLY, BUT ONE STORY,\nWHICH HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY REPEATED IN REPUBLICAN CIRCLES IS THAT THE\nPRESIDENT HAS PROMISED HIS WIFE THAT HE WILL NOT RUN AGAIN IN 1984.\"\nTHE PRESIDENT WAS MAKING NO PUBLIC APPEARANCES TUESDAY, THE\nANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE, IN WHICH HE SUFFERED A\nGUNSHOT WOUND IN THE CHEST IN FRONT OF A WASHINGTON HOTEL.\nUPI 03-30-82 01:32 PES\nN071\nRW\nNANCY-SPECULATION\nWASHINGTON (AP) THE WHITE HOUSE DENIED A PUBLISHED REPORT TODAY\nTHAT FIRST LADY NANCY REAGAN HAD EXTRACTED A PROMISE FROM HER HUSBAND\nNOT TO SEEK A SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT.\nTHE WASHINGTON POST, IN A STORY ON THE IMPACT OF REAGAN'S SHOOTING\nA YEAR AGO TUESDAY, REPORTED:\nMANY SUPPORTERS OF REAGAN BELIEVE THAT THE SHOOTING ALSO HAD AN\nEFFECT ON HIS WIFE, NANCY, WHO IS SAID NO LONGER TO WANT HER HUSBAND\nTO SEEK A SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.\n''THE REAGANS HAVE NEVER DISCUSSED THIS PUBLICLY, BUT ONE STORY\nWHICH HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY REPEATED IN REPUBLICAN CIRCLES IS THAT THE\nPRESIDENT HAS PROMISED HIS WIFE THAT HE WILL NOT RUN AGAIN IN 1984.''\nHOURS AFTER THE STORY APPEARED, HOWEVER, MRS. REAGAN'S PRESS\nSECRETARY, NANCY TATE, DENIED THAT THE FIRST LADY HAD GOTTEN THE\nPRESIDENT TO PROMISE NOT TO RUN AGAIN.\n''WE'VE NEVER DISCUSSED 1984,'' MRS. TATE QUOTED MRS. REAGAN AS\nSAYING.\nAP-WX-03-30-82 1306EST\nN052\nUW\nREAGAN-SHUTTLE\nWASHINGTON (AP) -- PRESIDENT REAGAN WATCHED THE SPACE SHUTTLE\nCOLUMBIA'S LANDING TODAY AND EXCLAIMED, ''THAT'S MARVELOUS.''\nTHE PRESIDENT AND A PERSONAL AIDE, DAVID FISCHER, WATCHED THE\nLANDING IN A STUDY NEXT TO THE OVAL OFFICE.\nFIRST LADY NANCY REAGAN CALLED HER HUSBAND JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN\nTO TELL HIM THE SHUTTLE'S TRAJECTORY HAD TAKEN IT OVER THEIR\nSPRAWLING RANCH NORTH OF SANTA BARRARA, CALIF., ACCORDING TO WHITE\nHOUSE DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY PETER ROUSSEL.\nAP-WX-03-30-82 1158EST\nPRESERVATION COPY\n12\nPart I/Tuesday, March 30, 1982\nLos Angeles Times\nPresident Returns to Scene of Attempted Assassination\nheart stops until he gets back,\" Reagan's wife, Nancy,\nsaid in an interview with NBC News to e aired on the\n\"Today\" show on the anniversary of the assassination\nattempt.\nBy DAVID TREADWELL, Times Staff Writer\nThe First Lady said she also is bothered because a\nWASHINGTON-Or Monday, the day before the\nlower than those given other recent Presidents two\ntempt resulted in personal tragedy.\nyear after the incident, the 26- year-old man accused of\nfirst anniversary of the attempt on his life by a young\nmonths after they took office.\nBrady, 41, was hit in the skull with a bullet. The pic-\nshooting Reagan and the three other men still has not\ndrifter from Colorado, President Reagan returned to the\nAfter the assassination attempt, his approval rating\nture of him bleeding from the head as he lay face down\nbeen brought to trial.\nWashington hotel where the shooting incident took\nshot up sharply-and that, in turn, helped propel his\non the sidewalk was one of the most vivid scenes from\nHer sentiments have been echoed in other Washing\nplace to deliver a speech to a group of realtors. This\ncontroversial economic recovery plan of deep tax and\nthe carnage that day outside the Washington Hilton\nton circles and even by the defendant's father John W.\ntime, the President's appearance was marked by the\nspending cuts through Congress with almost blinding\nHotel.\nHinckley Sr.\nheavy security that has surrounded him since the assas-\nspeed.\nToday, although greatly recovered, Brady still suffers\n\"John is truly ill, and we anxious to get that across\nsination attempt last March 30: He was escorted in a 14-\nIn no small measure, the abrupt change in public sup-\nfrom slurred speech and paralysis in his left arm and left\nin court,\" the elder Hinckley, a Denver oilmañ, saidwin\ncar motorcade, which included a decoy limousine, and\nport for Reagan stemmed from the grace under pressure\nleg. He still returns for almost daily therapy.\nan interview published Sunday in Denver's Rocky\nwas taken in and out of the hotel through a rear under-\nthat he showed during his ordeal. Americans were im-\nMountain News. \"His rights to a speedy trial have\\been\nground corridor.\npressed with a President who, upon seeing his wife for\nFeeling Just Wonderful'\ndenied him.\"\nThe stiffened presidential security measures are grim\nthe first time after the attempt on his life, blithely said:\n\"He's feeling just wonderful,\" his wife, Sarah, said in\nArrested With Gun in Hand\nreminders of that fateful spring day when the President\n\"Honey, I forgot to duck.\"\na telephone interview. \"He's doing great.\"\nand three other men were seriously wounded in a hail of\nA banner-sized get- well message suspended from a\nStill, the odds against his returning to his White\nThe younger Hinckley, who had said in a letter to ac-\nbuilding near the hospital where Reagan was con-\nHouse post appear to be great, most observers say.\ntress Jodie Foster that he wanted to kill the Presidentito\nbullets from an assailant's shub-nosed revolver.\nvalescing from the gunshot wound in his left lung\nDelahanty, 48, who had been assigned to special duty\nprove his love for her, was arrested with gun-in hand\nDespite the horror of the moment, some consequences\nsummed up the feelings of most citizens\nat the Washington Hilton on the day of the assassination\nbefore several dozen witnesses.\nof the shooting have worked to the political advantage\nattempt, retired from the police force late last year with\nYet, what appeared to be an open-and-shut case of\nof the President. Other victims of the shooting and their\nDear Mr. President: There ain't no Republicans or\nfamilies have suffered continuing personal tragedy. And\nDemocrats\nnow.\nWe are all family.' It was signed\nfull disability benefits after 18½ years of service.\nattempted assassination of the President has dragged on\nsimply \"America.\"\nDelahanty never returned to duty after a bullet\nwithout going to trial. Hinckley remains in a military\nfor the perpetrator of the assassination attempt, John\nstruck him in the neck and he underwent a series of\nstockade, while attorneys for both sides haggle.\nW. Hinckley Jr., the special treatment accorded him has\nMore Insulated Life\npainful operations.\nAlthough the President returned to the scene of the\nraised questions about the American justice system.\nBut ever since the assassination attempt the Pres-\nFor Secret Service agent Timothy J. McCarthy, 32,\nshooting Monday, he made no reference to the assassi-\nAt the time of the attack, just 70 days into the Reagan\nident has led a more insulated life. Although he con-\nthe fourth victim of the assassination attempt, there was\nnation attempt in his talk to the National Association of\npresidency, the White House was smarting over a na-\ntinues to make appearances both in Washington and\na happier ending.\nRealtors.\ntionwide poll showing Reagan's job approval rating\noutside the capital, when he does he is far more careful-\nMcCarthy, who was wounded in the liver during the\nBut the 3,000 realtors, spouses and children in His atd-\nly guarded and restricted.\nshooting, returned to work on the presidential protec-\ndience needed no reminders. As they wound into the\nOther victims of the shooting have suffered even\ntive detail after recovering.\nballroom, they were required to walk through metal de-\nmore severely. For James S. Brady, (plamp, at\nmemory of that day lingers whenever the Pres-\ntectors, briefcases and purses were searched and equip\nfable press secretary, and Thomas Delitiany,\ndent-leaves the white House. \"Every time he leaves the\nment such as tape recorders and cameras were exa-\ntrict of Columbia police officer the assassination at-\non\na\ntrip,\nI\nthink-I\nthink\nmy\nmined by uniformed White House police.\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1982\nNotes on People\nAn Unforgettable Day\nShe and her husband never mention\nit, Nancy Reagan said, but, a year\nlater, the memory is still \"very, very\nfresh, very raw,\" and apparently al-\nwayswill be.\n\"It's something that you don't for-\nget,' she said. \"I thought it would\nfade a little, but it doesn't.\nWhat Mrs. Reagan was discussing\nwas the attempt on President Rea-\ngan's life last March 30, and in a taped\ninterview to be aired by NBC on its\n\"Today\" show tomorrow, Mrs. Rea-\ngan needed no prompting to recall the\nevents.\n\"I remember everything about that\nday,\" she said.\nUntil then, she said, she had been\nconcerned for her husband's safety\nonly in the abstract. Since then, the\nfear has been specific,\n\"Every time he leaves the house,\"\nshe said, \"particularly to go on a trip\n- I think my heart stops until he gets\nback.\"\nPRESERVATION COPY\nMonday, March 29,1982 / The Miami Herald\nNancy still feels pain\nof attack on Reagan\nWASHINGTON - Nancy Rea-\ngan says that a year after her hus-\nband was shot, the memory remains\n\"very, very fresh, very raw.\"\nIn an anniversary interview with\nNBC's \"Today Show\" host Chris\nWallace, Mrs. Reagan said she had\npainful memories of March 30,\n1981, when the President was shot\nin the chest after delivering a\nspeech at a downtown Washington\nhotel.\nShe said she and President Rea-\ngan never discuss the shooting but\nshe thinks about it \"every time he\nleaves the House particularly to go\non a trip. I think my heart stops\nuntil he gets back\n085\nUW\nREAGAN-SHOOTING\nBY MICHAEL PUTZEL\nWASHINGTON (AP) -- PRESIDENT REAGAN SAID TODAY IT SEEMS A LOT\nONGER THAN A YEAR AGO THAT HE WAS WOUNDED IN AN ASSASSINATION\nTTEMPT, AND HE FEELS BETTER THAN EVER.\n\"I REALIZE IT WAS A YEAR AGO,'' REAGAN SAID ON THE FIRST\nANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH 30, 1980, ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE. \"IT SEEMS A\nLOT LONGER AND I FEEL FINE.'\nASKED IF THE SHOOTING GAVE HIM A SENSE OF HIS MORTALITY AND A NEED\nTO HURRY HIS PROGRAM, REAGAN REPLIED, ''IT'S NOT SO MUCH FROM THAT. I\nREMEMBER THE SAME FEELING WHEN I WAS A GOVERNOR, THAT GOVERNMENT DOES\nSEEM TO MOVE SO SLOWLY AND THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE DONE. I THINK YOU'D\nAVE THAT FEELING EVEN WITHOUT GETTING SHOT. \"\nHE SPOKE WITH REPORTERS IN THE OVAL OFFICE AFTER HE TALKED BY\nTELEPHONE WITH RETURNED SPACE SHUTTLE PILOTS JACK R. LOUSMA AND C.\nGORDON FULLERTON.\nREAGAN TOLD REPORTERS, \"I REALLY NEVER FELT BETTER.\nTONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT RETURNS BRIEFLY TO HIS ACTING CAREER IN A\nAPED TELEVISION SHOW ABOUT THE SHOOTING INCIDENT.\nIN ''THE SAVING OF THE PRESIDENT,' A TELEVISION RE-ENACTMENT OF\nTHE HOURS AFTER THE SHOOTING, A STAND-IN PLAYS THE PART OF THE\nDUNDED REAGAN FOR MOST OF THE PROGRAM.\nBUT IN THE CLOSING MINUTES, THREE DOCTORS WHO CARED FOR THE\nRESIDENT AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAKE A ''HOUSE\nCALL' TO VISIT REAGAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER HIS RELEASE, AND THE\nREAL RONALD REAGAN GREETS THEM IN HIS QUARTERS.\nREAGAN AND THE SURGEONS CHAT BRIEFLY ABOUT THE MASSIVE BLOOD\nRANSFUSIONS HE RECEIVED AND HE THANKS THEM FOR THEIR HELP.\n\"I FEEL THAT I WAS VERY LUCKY ... THAT WE WENT WHERE WE WENT WHEN\nE DID, AND I AM GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU,'' THE PRESIDENT SAYS.\nWHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAID THAT VISIT TOOK PLACE SHORTLY AFTER THE\nSHOOTING AND THAT REAGAN AGREED TO RE-ENACT IT FOR THE CAMERAS.\nTHE PROGRAM IS TO BE AIRED TONIGHT ON WASHINGTON'S WJLA-TV AND\nILL BE BROADCAST NATIONALLY ON ABC-TV'S \"20-20\" THURSDAY.\nP-WX-03-30-82 1426EST\nN111\nRW\nREAGAN-NEWS CONFERENCE\nBY JAMES GERSTENZANG\nWASHINGTON (AP) -- PRESIDENT REAGAN WILL HOLD HIS NINTH WHITE\nHOUSE NEWS CONFERENCE TONIGHT, AND HIS FIRST IN THE EVENING, AND THE\nPRESIDENT'S AIDES SAY HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT NUCLEAR ARMS\nLIMITS.\nTHE SESSION WITH REPORTERS IN THE EAST ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE IS\nTO BEGIN AT 8 P.M. EST AND WILL BE CARRIED BY THE MAJOR BROADCAST\nNETWORKS.\nON TUESDAY, DAVID R. GERGEN, THE WHITE HOUSE ASSISTANT FOR\nCOMMUNICATIONS, ANNOUNCED THAT REAGAN, STARTING SATURDAY, WILL\nDELIVER A SERIES OF 10 WEEKLY RADIO SPEECHES, AVAILABLE FOR NETWORK\nUSE.\nHE SAID THE LIVE, FIVE-MINUTE RADIO SPEECHES, WILL BE DELIVERED\nFROM WHERE EVER REAGAN IS EACH SATURDAY -- THE WHITE HOUSE, BARBADOS\nON APRIL 10, CAMP DAVID, MD., HIS RANCH NORTHWEST OF SANTA BARBARA,\nCALIF., OR VERSAILLES, FRANCE, WHERE HE WILL ATTEND AN INTERNATIONAL\nECONOMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE JUNE 5.\nHE SAID THE ADMINISTRATION IS SEEKING ''AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF\nREACHING A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'' AS THE\nPRESIDENT SEEKS TO PROMOTE HIS ECONOMIC AND FOREIGN POLICIES.\nTHE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FIRST SPEECH ''MAY WELL'' DEAL WITH THE\nECONOMY.\nTHE RADIO SPEECHES WILL BE BROADCAST AT 12:05 P.M. EASTERN TIME.\nGERGEN SAID REAGAN'S WILLINGNESS TO HOLD AN EVENING NEWS\nCONFERENCE, WHEN THE AUDIENCE MAY BE TWICE WHAT IT WOULD BE DURING\nTHE AFTERNOON WHEN HE HAS HELD PREVIOUS SESSIONS WITH REPORTERS,\nINDICATED HE WAS NOT INTIMIDATED BY CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING ERRORS IN\nHIS STATEMENTS.\nASKED WHETHER A NEED TO BOOST REAGAN'S SAGGING POPULARITY, AS\nMEASURED BY PUBLIC OPINION POLLS, OVERCAME STAFF CONCERN ABOUT NEWS\nCONFERENCE 'BLOOPERS'' AND THE LARGER AUDIENCE THAT AN EVENING\nBROADCAST ATTRACTS, GERGEN TOLD REPORTERS:\n\"IF YOU FELT WE ARE SO INTIMIDATED BY PRESS CONFERENCES AND THE\nERROR ISSUE, OBVIOUSLY HE MIGHT NOT CHOOSE TO GO ON IN PRIME TIME. \"\nAT THE SAME TIME, HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SOME ON THE WHITE HOUSE\nSTAFF MAY HAVE BEEN DISSATISFIED WITH THE COVERAGE REAGAN IS BEING\nGIVEN BY THE NEWS MEDIA.\nAP-WX-03-31-82 1628EST"
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