Jesse Helms 1921 - 2008
Winston-Salem Journal
Jesse Helms, a conservative icon who wielded political power in North Carolina and in Washington across 60 years, died of natural causes yesterday morning.
Helms, 86, rose out of a small, cotton-farming town to become a sharp-tongued commentator and five-term U.S. senator capable of making or breaking presidents.
In editorials and on the Senate floor, he railed against civil rights, government spending, abortion, homosexuality, pornography and communism.
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