[GH85Carrera]

Back in the olden days when I was a news photographer we were often told to wear a coat and tie to some events. Governor Wallace was always holding press conferences and it was coat and tie dress code. One of the old timer photographers told me to never ever wear a real tie, always a clip on. He said you never know when some other low life out of town press member will grab you by the tie to move you so he can get a better angle.

I saw more than a few fights when the big network boys came to town and thought they were important and the locals were just peons. I saw a zillion dollar NBC video camera smashed on the steps of the Governor's Mansion when the network boys made a human barricade to get an "exclusive" for themselves. Wallace knew how to take care of the local guys and just rolled forward enough that the network guys had to back up. One of the local guys just by chance had a leg ready to trip the network camera man. He fell over backward and smashed the camera lens first. All the locals just stepped all over him and the sound man.

The network boys got nothing but a broken camera. My photos were picked up by UPI and used in lots of papers.