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  1.                                                                                 MILESTONES, Page 62
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  4.     DIED. LeRoy Collins, 82, Governor of Florida from 1955 to
  5. '61 and an early proponent of racial justice in the "New
  6. South"; in Tallahassee. After the civil rights movement began,
  7. Collins called for peaceful integration of public facilities
  8. and schools. Besides championing civil rights, Collins was
  9. widely credited with modernizing Florida's education and
  10. health-care systems.
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