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Article: Weyrich led long crusade as conservative movement icon.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 19, 2008
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Byline: Ralph Z. Hallow, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
When Free Congress Foundation President Paul M. Weyrich arrived in Washington in the 1960s, he found the conservative movement existed mainly in the imagination of right-wing intellectuals. But he changed all that, and spent next 40 years shaping the movement with structure, discipline and eventually influence over the Republican Party.
He also co-founded Washington's conservative Heritage Foundation with Edwin J. Feulner in 1973.
Mr. Weyrich, 66, died Thursday in Fairfax after a long illness. He had fought against health problems and the amputation of both legs to remain active to the end, organizing summit meetings on ...