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Senator Dempsey Barron tries to walk out with one of Weeki Wachee's mermaids - Tallahassee, Florida.
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Accompanying note "Senator Dempsey Barron, (D)-Panama City, tries to walk out of the Senate chamber with a mermaid taken into the chamber here Tuesday to kick off the annual Tourism Day. The young lady was later relinquished by Barron. She is Kim Vande Vusse of the Weeki Wachee tourist attraction."
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Dughi, Donn(Donald Gregory), 1932-2005. Senator Dempsey Barron tries to walk out with one of Weeki Wachee's mermaids - Tallahassee, Florida. 1983. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/102834>, accessed 15 June 2026.
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Dughi, Donn(Donald Gregory), 1932-2005. Senator Dempsey Barron tries to walk out with one of Weeki Wachee's mermaids - Tallahassee, Florida. 1983. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/102834>
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