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<br /> At a Regular Me~ti~g of th'e.'~Cit~' council on Tuesday; June 23, 1998,
<br />there were present:
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<br />Mayor James W. Holley III, Vice Mayor Johnny M. Clemons, Bernard D. Griffin,
<br />sr., Cameron C. Pitts, James T. Martin, P. Ward Robinett, Jr., J. Thomas Benn
<br />III, City Manager Ronald W. Massie, City Attorney G. TimOthy Oksman.
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<br /> Vice Mayor Clemons opened the meeting with prayer, which was
<br />followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
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<br /> MaYor HOlley called the meeting to order and welcomed all in
<br />attendance.
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<br /> Motion by Mr. Martin, and seconded by Mr. Pitts, to approve the minutes
<br />of a Called Meeting on June 9, 1998, and a Regular Meeting on June 9, 1998,
<br />and was adoPted by unanimous vote.
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<br />98-144 Presentations:
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<br />Adoption~of a resolution expressing the great esteem in which the memory
<br />of Senator William B. Spong, Jr., is held by the members of the PortSmouth
<br />City Council and the citizens of Portsmouth.
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<br /> Motion by Mr. Benn, and seconded by Mr. Martin, to adopt the following
<br />resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: ~
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<br /> "RESOLUTION HONORING THE HONORABLE WILLIAM B. SPONG, JR."
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<br /> WHEREAS, William B. Spong,, r., a PortsmOuth native, a former United
<br />States Senator from Virginia, and a p Jblic figure of rare stature for more than
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<br />forty years, died on October 8, 1997;
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<br /> WHEREAS, he graduated from
<br />degree at the University of Virginia
<br />University of Edinburgh, and then rett
<br />Wythe School of Law at the College of
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<br />lampden-Sydney College, earned his law
<br />studied for a year in Scotland at the
<br />rned to Virginia to teach at the Marshall-
<br />William and Mary; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, he became involved
<br />the House of Delegates in 1953 anc
<br />moderate Democrats that forced the
<br />and
<br />
<br />in politics when he ran successfully for
<br />joined the "Young Turks," a group of
<br />tate to spend more on public education;
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<br /> WHEREAS he won election to he Senate of Virginia in 1955 and served
<br />until he accompliShed his biggest p,)!itical upset in 1966, defeating 20-year
<br />incumbent A. Willis Robertson in the Democratic primary for the U. S. Senate;
<br />and
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<br /> WHEREAS, he served honorabl
<br />was appointed to the prestigious SE
<br />served alongside such legendary t
<br />Sparkman, Mike Mansfield, Frank Ch
<br />Edmund Muskie, Jacob Javits, and H
<br />distinction that he came to be spoken
<br />of State; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, his political caree~
<br />Virginia, from the dominance of the
<br />moderate Democrats, to the new-foum
<br />
<br />y in the Senate for one term, where he
<br />nate Foreign Relations Committee and
<br />igures as J. William Fulbright, John
<br />~rch, Stuart Symington, Claiborne Pell,
<br />ugh Scott, and he performed with such
<br />of as a potential United States Secretary
<br />
<br />'spanned a time of great change in
<br />BYrd organization, through the rise of
<br />power of the Republican Party; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, following his service in the Senate, he remained active and
<br />influential in Virginia's public affairs, particularly in the field of higher
<br />education; and
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