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Texas congressmen survive terrorist attack

Puerto Rican terrorists turned the U.S. House of Representatives into a turkey shoot on Mar. 1, 1954. While his colleagues dove for cover, Congressman Wingate Lucas of Fort Worth reacted in true Texas tradition by bounding up the stairs to help subdue the snipers in the gallery.

Three and a half years after an abortive attempt on the life of President Truman, the island nationalists returned to Was…

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