Complex sentence: His idea was soon embraced by college students throughout the upper midwest of the United States and states as far away as Texas and Florida, thanks to extensive publicity in various college newspapers and in newspapers throughout the nation over the Associated Press wires.
Split into simpler sentences: His idea was soon embraced by college students throughout the upper midwest of the United States and from states as far away as Texas and Florida. Thanks to extensive publicity in various college newspapers and in newspapers throughout the nation over the Associated Press wires.