Fletcher Gives Conference Speech from Hospital Bed
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AF admitted to Yakima hospital due to chest pain but insisted on still taking part in the Minority and Women�s Small Business Conference by videotaping his 25min. keynote address. Notes that Wiliam Allen's resignation has not yet been accepted by Bush. Conference organizer blames the hospitalization on frequent travel, which AF, not yet chair of USCCR, compares to his youthful ways of getting on football teams: "Rather than wait to get named, I have suited up and started playing," referring to his heavy appearance schedule. Article states he had a heart attack six years before. There are no records of this.