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Southern Governors Endorse nondiscriminatory education and restraint on busing
In Williamsburg Virginia the Southern Governors Conference backed a nondiscriminatory education goal for every child and urged restraint in busing for integration after a bloc defeated a withdrawal proposal. The compromise resolution by Gov Godwin of Virginia passed 9 to 3, with key votes from Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia. The Brewer proposal failed 8 to 3 with one abstention.
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Dixie
Williamsburg
Alabama
Albert Brewer
Brewer
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia
Southern Governors Conference
Spiro T. Agnew
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Russell W. Peterson
Delaware
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Mandel
Moore
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vic Godwin
Peterson
South
John Bell Williams
Robert E. McNair
John McKeithen
Godwin