3/30/1981 page 7

 3/30/1981 page 7 by ric gustafson

At 9:15 am, President Reagan was talking to German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. They talked about the Soviet Premier Brezhnev and the subject of Poland. At 10:30 am, Reagan attended a 15 minute briefing on hispanic supporters. At 10:45 am, Reagan headed back to the Oval Office. He had to work on a speech for that afternoon.

Nancy Davis met her husband in 1949. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild. She was 28 and had just signed a 7 year contract with MGM. She got involved with the Red Scare. She asked for Reagan's help. He promised her that SAG would defend her if a problem arose. Then Reagan asked her out. Reagan right away fell in love with her hazel eyes and her laugh. She enjoyed listening to his acting stories and about his ranch.

As John Hinckley was taking a shower, he had already changed his plans. Instead of committing suicide in New Haven, he was thinking about the newspaper article he had read. He read that President Reagan was going to speak to a trade union at 2:00 that afternoon.

After the shower, Hinckley felt nervous and jittery. His pulse was rising. He decided to take some Valium. He put on dark trousers and a blue striped shirt. He decided that he was going to kill the President of the United States. From a suitcase, he took out a gun and 6 Devastator bullets. He smiled. He knew what he had to do.

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