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...thing to visit Las Vegas and go on a spree," says Florida Governor Reubin Askew. "It's another thing entirely to drag Las Vegas home with you and set it up in your own community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: High Stakes in Miami Beach | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

Florida Gov. Reuben Askew selected Janet Reno, Harvard Law School '63, to head the Dade County Attorney's Office in Miami, Fla. yesterday, making her the first woman to head the jurisdiction with the largest office staff in the South...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Harvard Law School Alumna Gets Influential Florida Post | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

Present State Attorney Richard Gerstein announced his retirement last March, and for the past six months Askew has been looking for a replacement...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Harvard Law School Alumna Gets Influential Florida Post | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

...Governor studied the suggested candidates and made contacts. From the contacts, Janet was the near unanimous choice," Morris Harling, special assistant to Governor Askew, said yesterday...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Harvard Law School Alumna Gets Influential Florida Post | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

...ironic, therefore, that the hotelmen are now looking to legalized gambling for their salvation. Sanford Weiner, the publicist who helped push through the referendum in New Jersey that will bring craps and slot machines to Atlantic City, has been retained to head the effort, even though Governor Reubin Askew has vowed to fight such an idea. "Gambling would change our image overnight," says Beach Tourist Chief Cohen. "It would combat the feeling that there's nothing to do here." Agrees Joel Gray, executive vice president of the Doral Hotel: "Gambling can return Miami Beach to a point of prime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Ebb Tide at Miami Beach | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

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