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News Release Including Florida's Response to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination, 1968

Date: 1968-04-09
Description: News release describing how Floridians and other Americans responded to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and information about King's funeral and who was attending. There is also other Florida news about Governor Claude Kirk being sued by J. A. Maloney; Floridians fighting in the Vietnam War; a car accident along the Tamiami Trail; an arrest at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami; the murder of William Guffey of St. Louis; and Boca Raton police sergeant Robert Lynch being charged with embezzling money.
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News Release Including Florida's Response to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination, 1968

What Uncle Sam Asks of You: General Orders for the Home Front, ca. 1942

Date: 1942 (circa)
Description: Bulletin issued by the Office of War Information with cooperation from the State Defense Council of Florida regarding rationing of gas and foodstuffs during World War II.
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What Uncle Sam Asks of You: General Orders for the Home Front, ca. 1942

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s419_b041_f13_07	What Uncle Sam Asks of You: General Orders for the Home Front, ca. 1942	text	World War, 1939-1945 World War II WWII Consumer rationing War--Economic aspects	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s419_b041_f13_07_01.jpg

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News Release Including Florida's Response to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination, 1968

News Release Including Florida's Response to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination, 1968

What Uncle Sam Asks of You: General Orders for the Home Front, ca. 1942

What Uncle Sam Asks of You: General Orders for the Home Front, ca. 1942

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News Release Including Florida's Response to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination, 1968

News Release Including Florida's Response to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination, 1968

What Uncle Sam Asks of You: General Orders for the Home Front, ca. 1942

What Uncle Sam Asks of You: General Orders for the Home Front, ca. 1942