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| Last Edited | CBlock941 May 24, 2006 08:07am |
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| Category | Obituary |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 24, 2006 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | TALLAHASSEE - As Reubin Askew's running mate in 1970, Tom Adams played a vital role in the election of a progressive underdog candidate for governor.
Three years later, in the midst of Watergate, Mr. Adams became a symbol of the need for higher ethical standards in Florida politics. He was nearly impeached for using a state employee to manage his farm and was dropped from Askew's 1974 re-election ticket. He ran for governor himself that year but lost.
Mr. Adams, 89, died Monday of injuries suffered in a traffic accident on Interstate 10 near Live Oak in Suwannee County. He was taking his 19-year-old son to Gainesville, where Thomas Adams III was to attend the University of Florida next semester. |
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