Word: florida
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strode to a 90th place finish in the National Division One Championship at Florida State College, with a time...
...Klan activities have been reported in 22 states, from Middletown, Ohio, to Castro Valley, Calif., as well as on the aircraft carrier A U.S.S. Independence and at the Fort Carson army base in Colorado. But four out of five Klansmen are in the old Confederate states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. Most of the Klan members are blue-collar men with no more than three years of high school. About a third are women, usually the wives or girlfriends of male members. There are even a few Roman Catholic members, which is a sharp departure from...
According to Klan watchers, the growth in membership is mostly a reaction to busing for school desegregation and to affirmative action, which Klansmen figure gives blacks an advantage over them in competing for jobs. David Chalmers, a historian at the University of Florida and author of Hooded Americanism, observes that most Klansmen have a resentful sense of being unfairly excluded from the middle class. Says he: "By joining the Klan and defending Americanism, they confer on themselves the status that society has denied them...
Lawton M. Chiles, Florida Democratic Senator, assessing budget requests for protection and perks provided for former Presidents: "This year, for the first time, the amount we spend on former Presidents will be more than the appropriation for the White House...
...investment advantages of home ownership, but usually for less money. Their appeal is strong among retired people squeezed by rising rents, young married couples and middle-income suburbanites stunned by fuel costs. "Going condo or coop" has become a buzz phrase in real estate, as San Francisco apartment buildings, Florida motels, and even a renovated Brooklyn church and a convent have become condominium or co-op flats...