Word: bartow
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Died. Spessard L. Holland, 79, former Democratic Senator from Florida; in Bartow, Fla. After service as a state legislator and Governor, Holland went to the Senate in 1946. He was a member in good standing of Congress's Southern bloc until his retirement in 1970, but his constitutional amendment outlawing the poll tax in federal elections, ratified in 1964, was a victory for the civil rights movement...