Word: reubin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...white jury took only 90 minutes to find Pitts and Lee guilty of murder all over again. They would have been convicted, said a shaken defense attorney, even "if the Twelve Apostles testified for them." Refusing to give up, Miller* and others continued to fight until Governor Reubin Askew agreed to order a new investigation a year and a half ago. Askew personally participated in part of the inquiry and sent his legal aide to talk with Adams. He confessed again, recanted and then confessed a third time to Florida Attorney General Robert Shevin...
...REUBIN ASKEW, 46. First elected Governor of Florida on a tax reform theme in 1970, the former state legislator delivered on his promises and won a smashing re-election last year to be come the state's first successive two-term Governor. The feat was particularly remarkable because he favored busing. A native of Oklahoma who neither smokes nor drinks, Askew is a Southern liberal who has raised corporate taxes, repealed var ious consumer levies and pushed hard to help the elderly and protect Florida's endangered environment. Soft-spoken and handsome, he was an effective keynote speaker...
...nine of the U.S. Governors running for re-election were victorious, as were all five Senators and 92 of the 95 Congressmen. Republican Governor Francis Sargent, 59, won easily in Massachusetts, although he is considerably to the left of his party, and Florida's Democratic Governor Reubin Askew, 46, also had no trouble, despite his controversial advocacy of busing to integrate local schools. Running with Askew, James Williams was the victor in his bid for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor...
...biggest political beneficiary of the entire Watergate tragedy could well turn out to be some horse too dark to be seen just now. The Democrats are well aware that any of their current major candidates would alienate some sectors of the party. A new star-a Reubin Askew of Florida, a John Gilligan of Ohio, a Wendell Anderson of Minnesota -might just be kicked up by the need for a fresh face. This possibility makes it important for Kennedy to decide early on his own plans. As long as he waffles over running for the presidency himself, less well known...
...Reubin Askew, 45, is the odds-on choice to be re-elected this year as Governor of Florida. The keynote speaker at the 1972 Democratic National Convention, ex-Paratrooper Askew had served in both houses of Florida's legislature before becoming Governor in 1970. He has achieved significant tax reforms while working actively to improve prison, judicial and election systems, expand consumer and environmental protection, and broaden programs for Florida's elderly. Askew is on practically everybody's list as a vice-presidential possibility...