Press recordings and news conference transcripts, 1971-1978.

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Press recordings and news conference transcripts, 1971-1978.

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This series contains Governor Askew's news conference files from 1971 to 1978. The records include the text of the news conference, dictabelt tapes for each conference, and videotapes of some of Askew's messages. Box 1 contains an incomplete index of the news conferences.

5 cubic ft.

Florida State Archive

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Florida State Archive

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Askew, Reubin O'D., 1928-2014

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Lawyer, state legislator, and governor of Florida, b. Reubin O'Donovan Askew in Oklahoma; educated at Florida State University, Tallahassee, and the University of Florida, Gainesville. Florida House of Representatives, Escambia County, 1959-1962; Florida Senate, Escambia County, 1962-1970; Governor of Florida, 1971-1979; U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary, 1979: Oct.-Dec. From the guide to the Reubin O'Donovan Askew Speeches, 1971-1979, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Sma...

Florida. Governor (1971-1979 : Askew)

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Reubin O'Donovan Askew, the thirty-seventh Governor of Florida, served from 1971 to 1979. He served in the state House and Senate before being elected governor in 1970, defeating incumbent Claude Kirk. Askew was reelected in 1974, becoming the first governor in state history to be elected for a second successive full term. Askew was primarily involved in tax reform, especially in the increase of homestead exemption, and passage of the "Sunshine Amendment" which called fo...