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The Nation - News from Jan. 15, 1986

Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, faced by critics who are urging him not to seek a record fifth term, emerged after a weeklong hospital stay to deliver a “state of the state” speech in Montgomery that did not close the door on a 1986 reelection bid. Wallace, 66, included no definitive statement about a reelection effort in his speech but has indicated he will announce a decision before month’s end, Press Secretary Billy Joe Camp said. Wallace was treated for a urinary tract infection.

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