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26 NC lawmakers sit out of Helms resolution vote

Jun. 9, 2009
Twenty-six North Carolina legislators sat out a vote Tuesday on a resolution honoring the late U.S. Sen Jesse Helms, showing that the Republican remains polarizing figure a year after his death. The state Legislature approves dozens of honorary resolutions...
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Mourners view Helms body

RALEIGH, N.C., July 7 (UPI) -- A steady stream of viewers walked past the casket of the late U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms as it reposed in a Raleigh, N.C., church through the holiday weekend.
Former U.S. Sen. Helms dead at age 86

Former U.S. Sen. Helms dead at age 86

RALEIGH, N.C., July 4 (UPI) -- Former arch-conservative U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina died Friday at age 86 after battling cancer and heart disease, hospital officials said.

Helms suffering from dementia

RALEIGH, N.C., April 3 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., is suffering from dementia and is at a convalescent center, the Raleigh News & Observer reports.

Helms memoir claims he's 'no racist'

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Former Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., known for opposition to civil rights measures and the holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr., writes he is not racist.

Co-worker's rare gift -- a kidney and life

WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- A Washington man received a kidney donation from an unusual source -- one of his co-workers, a gift that gave the man an additional six years of life.

Ex-Sen. Helms to have school named for him

LYNCHBURG, Va., June 1 (UPI) -- Lynchburg, Va.'s, Liberty University said it would name its school of government for former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms.

Wes Helms undergoes knee surgery

MILWAUKEE, May 24 (UPI) -- Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Wes Helms had surgery on his right knee Monday and is expected to be sidelined up to a month.

Former CIA chief Richard Helms dies

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Richard Helms, director of the CIA during the nation's Vietnam and Watergate woes, died Tuesday at his home in Washington, the agency said. He was 89.

Dole, Bowles to vie for Helms' seat in NC

, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Two high-profile names will be on the ballot in November when North Carolinians select a replacement for the venerable Sen. Jesse Helms. Elizabeth Dole handily won the state's Republican primary Tuesday while former Clinton aide Erskin Bowles captured the

Elizabeth Dole favored in N.C. primary

RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Elizabeth Dole, briefly a Republican presidential candidate in 2000, and former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles, a Democrat, are favored to win party
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American Military Service members and Veterans hold a 100 foot wide U.S. Flag for Memorial Day ceremonies at the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum in New York City on May 28, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo