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Nation IN BRIEF : ALABAMA : Wallace Continues to Gain, Son Says

From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Ailing former Gov. George C. Wallace improved for the second straight day but still faces an uphill battle to overcome a severe blood infection that threatened his life, his son said. “I must stress that we have a long way to go,” state Treasurer George Wallace Jr. said. But the younger Wallace said he is pleased with the improvement his father had made since he suffered a heart attack and underwent emergency surgery Friday at Montgomery’s Jackson Hospital.

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