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“Compromise, hell!” Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement.Jesse Helms mostly was a polarizer, not a compromiser. He would rather win elections...
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Don Helms, a renowned steel guitarist who played in Hank Williams’ Drifting Cowboys band and on country classics by Patsy Cline and Lefty Frizzell, has died of an...
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A longtime North Carolina state employee has chosen to retire instead of lowering flags to honor former Sen. Jesse Helms, saying in an e-mail that the late conservative...
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A longtime North Carolina state employee has chosen to retire instead of lowering flags to honor former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms.U.S. and state flags have been...
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Reaction to the death of former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms, who died on the Fourth of July at age 86:”Jesse Helms, my friend and long-time senator from my...
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At Fourth of July parades and barbecues around the Tar Heel state, Jesse Helms’ supporters recalled this father of the conservative movement as the man who stood...
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Reaction to the death of former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms, who died on the Fourth of July at age 86:”He stood by the things that he believed in, and the...
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NAME _ Jesse Alexander Helms.AGE _ Born Oct.18, 1921 in Monroe, N.C.EDUCATION _ Monroe public schools; Wingate Junior College and Wake Forest College.FAMILY _ Wife,...
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Some quotes of Jesse Helms, who died on the Fourth of July at age 86:”I’m so old-fashioned I believe in horse whipping.” _ During a debate in 1991 on...
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Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July, the Jesse Helms research center says. He was 86.The center, based at Wingate...
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Former Sen. Jesse Helms has died at age 86, Jesse Helms research center says.
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Steel guitarist Don Helms is seen in a Noveber 9, 1961 photo. Helms, a renowned steel guitarist who played in Hank Williams’ Drifting Cowboys band and on country classics by Patsy Cline and Lefty Frizzell, died of an apparent heart attack Monday, Aug....
