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Former Senator Jesse helms passes away on July 4.(Inside Track)(Obituary)(Brief article)
On July 4 of this year, an old patriot passed away. Former five-term North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, retired since 2002, finally succumbed at 86 after a long career on the forefront of American conservatism during the Cold War and thereafter.
Senator Helms was a consistent and outspoken opponent of abortion, homosexual rights, communism, affirmative action, tax increases, and big government generally, and was instrumental in getting Ronald Reagan elected president in 1980.
In late August of 1983, Senator Helms was part of a congressional delegation bound for South Korea to observe that country's 30th anniversary of the United States-South Korea Mutual Defense Treaty, along with Senator Steve Symms of Idaho, Representative Carroll Hubbard, Jr. of Kentucky, and Representative Larry McDonald of Georgia. Helms, who changed his flight plans to attend a fundraiser, took a separate flight (KAL 015) from Congress man ...
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- Magazine article from: National Review Buckley, William F., Jr. March 4, 1988 700+ words
SENATOR HELMS IS LUCKILY IN THE WAY...fashionable to make fun of Senator Jesse Helms, and fashion...reductions in the treaty.c Senator Helms was making the neat...number (715), and--Senator Helms suggests--there is...
- Womble Carlyle Government Relations Team Expands Again with Former Senator...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 16, 2003 700+ words
...of staff to North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms. "Jimmy Broughton...12 years in the office of Senator Helms where he served as the Senator...government," Broughton said. "Senator Helms trained us well and I look...assistants in Washington," Senator Helms said. "It's good ...
- Secretary Of State Albright, Senator Helms Discuss International Trade With...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 25, 1997 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Senator Jesse Helms, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...practices." During the visit, Secretary of State Albright and Senator Helms toured the Tactical Planning Center, which coordinates the...
- Senator Helms receives artificial heart valve replacement.
- Newspaper article from: Transplant News April 28, 2002 700+ words
Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) underwent open heart-surgery on April 25 to replace a failing artificial valve that was installed 10 years ago...
- 'Conservatives to Salute Senator Jesse Helms'.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 15, 2005 700+ words
...the newly released memoirs of Senator Jesse Helms, HERE'S WHERE I STAND...Helms Center, stated, "When Senator Helms retired from the Senate, national...work." For more information on Senator Jesse Helms, please visit http...
- SENATOR JESSE HELMS RECEIVES DEFENSE RECOGNITION.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 30, 2002 700+ words
...Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service to Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina at a Pentagon luncheon. This award...any nation, to address the U.N. Security Council. "Senator Helms has dedicated his career to promoting America's principled...
- Statement by Evangelist Billy Graham on the Death of Senator Jesse Helms.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 4, 2008 700+ words
...birth of our nation, I thank God for the blessings we enjoy, which Senator Helms worked so hard to preserve. Over three decades in the United States Congress, Senator Helms was a loyal and effective leader on behalf of our State, with whom...
- The odd couple carries a big stick. (implications of Secretary of State...
- Magazine article from: American Shipper Howard, Hayes H. May 1, 1997 700+ words
...knowing that "port practices" is just the first of many similar tests of strength which may be initiated by the odd couple of Senator Helms, who wants to stand guard at any open door for trade, and Secretary Albright, who serves at the pleasure of a president...
- THANK YOU, SENATOR HELMS.(Jesse Helms leaves at last)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: National Right to Life News September 1, 2001 700+ words
"With its constant turnover in membership and frequent shifts in party control, there is rarely anything as precise as an end to an era in the Senate. But Sen. Jesse Helms's departure comes about as close as it gets. Friends and foes of the conservative Republican icon from North Carolina agree on
- Ex-U.S. Senator Helms urges churches, religious to fight AIDS in Africa.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire December 1, 2005 700+ words
(From AP Worldstream) Byline: PETE YOST Retired U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms has recorded a videotaped plea urging church members and other supporters to help combat the AIDS epidemic in Africa and to treat victims of the deadly disease as if they were members of their own family. The new video was being
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