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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M91- 13
Creator: United Press International.
Title, Dates: United Press International, Tallahassee office files, 1970-1985.
Amount: 9.25 cubic ft.
Medium Included: photographs
Organization/Arrangement: Alphabetical.
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Biographical/Historical:     United Press International (UPI) is a major news service headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. In 1907, newspaper publisher E. W. Scripps founded United Press, which merged in 1958 with International News Service. UPI flourished in the 1960s and 1970s but suffered from decades of mismanagement and missed opportunities beginning in the 1980s. UPI continues to operate under News World Communications.
Summary:     This series contains the press files of United Press International (UPI) maintained by the Tallahassee office. The files contain teletype and newspaper copies of UPI articles, photographs, and other supporting materials. The Tallahassee office, which closed in 1991, used these files as reference materials. The clippings document the political, educational, and social conditions in Florida during this period. Major topics covered are capital punishment, criminal justice, universities, insurance, natural resources, public utilities, taxation, and transportation.
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Subject Access Fields: Capital punishment History Florida
Criminal justice, Administration of Florida
Education Florida
Insurance Florida
Journalists Florida
Natural resources Florida
Newspaper publishing Florida
Public utilities Florida
Taxation Florida
Transportation Florida
Universities and colleges Florida
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