Word: haydon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...help keep the new regents nonpolitical, they were to be named for stagger appointments of one to nine years, thus extending their sway beyond the maximum four-year term of any one Governor. Last month Farris Bryant was followed into the Statehouse by Haydon Burns, who charged during the campaign that there were an unspecified number of "pinks and Communists on the campuses," and warned that "they would be wise to resign." Five days before the end of his term, however, Bryant named the first nine regents. Burns refused to accept them, then announced that he would contest...
...election night Charles Holley, Florida's Republican candidate for Gov ernor, sent word to Democrat W. (for Willie) Haydon Burns. "It looks like you've won,": he said. Replied Winner Burns: "That's the first accurate statement he made during this campaign." Taking his place among the South's Governors, Burns, 52, a six-term may or of Jacksonville, will almost certainly prove to be one of the most colorful. A native Kentuckian, he is tall (6 ft. 2 in.), trim, and known as "Slick" because of his penchant for flashy clothes. Running for the nomination...
Florida: Republican Charley Holley, 39, former Florida house minority leader, last week unveiled "photocopies" of bank ledgers purporting to show that Democratic Candidate Haydon Burns, 52, Jacksonville's segregationist mayor, had $1,215,690 stashed in Nassau. Burns denied it, flew with reporters to Nassau, proved to their satisfaction that Holley's documents were phony, came home a near cinch to replace outgoing Democrat Farris Bryant...
...Fervor, the Religion." Barry was abloom in the South. Florida's Democratic candidate for Governor, Haydon Burns, said last week that he would not campaign for his party's national ticket, and added: "I expect the Republican candidate will have strong support in Florida." Louisiana's Democratic Governor John McKeithan ad mits that he may well decide to back Barry. The recent Mississippi Democratic convention was filled with pro-Goldwater sentiment. Georgia's Democratic Senators Richard Russell and Herman Talmadge both predict privately that today Barry could carry their state. Pollster Sam Lubell discov ered last...
...Ultimatum. Now enter W. (for Willie) Haydon Burns, 52, six-time mayor of Jacksonville and currently a candidate for Florida's Democratic gubernatorial nomination, who went on local television to deliver a stern ultimatum. "There will be no more demonstrations like last week," he declared. "They will not be tolerated." At the same time, in his capacity as police and fire commissioner, Burns deputized Jacksonville's 496 firemen as special police...