Word: 47th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...delegation, four hold important committee jobs: Mills, Senator William Fulbright (chairman, Banking and Currency Committee, ranking member of Foreign Relations), Senator John McClellan (chairman, Government Operations), Representative Oren Harris (chairman, Interstate and Foreign Commerce)-a sizable share of congressional power for a state that is 32nd in population and 47th (next to Mississippi) in per capita income...
Rodeos to Generators. Boosting electrical output is a key phase in the drive to industrialize the state that is eighth largest in area but 47th in population. With only 321,000 inhabitants, Wyoming has long been known for its rodeos, dude ranches, and Yellowstone National Park. But industrially it lags far behind the rest of the nation and its Rocky Mountain neighbors. A few years back the people of Wyoming decided to take matters into their own hands. One result was the election in 1954 of Republican Governor Milward Lee Simpson...
Americans spent a record $1.25 billion on boating last year, bringing the nation's pleasure armada to one vessel for every 28 people. Last week, as beaming boatbuilders launched the 47th National Motor Boat Show, the outlook for 1957 was for more clear sailing. Outside Manhattan's cavernous Coliseum, thousands queued up for as long as two hours in near-zero weather to see the biggest boating exhibit ever: 420 boats and thousands of nautical gadgets crammed into seven acres by 363 manufacturers...
...buses and off to the nearest schoolhouse. Three women pulled their total of seven kids from a swimming pool and hauled them off, still dripping, in bathing suits. In High Point an hour-long traffic jam developed around the Ray Street School. Reason for the activity: North Carolina, 47th among the states in fulfillment of polio vaccination goals, was staging a blitz campaign to get out in front. In Guilford County (pop. 209,000) alone, busy physicians donated their time to man 55 clinics...
...Yale Debate Council won the 47th annual Triangular Debates Friday night by beating teams from Harvard and Princeton, while their opponents split, one apiece. Yale's win followed a Harvard victory last year, and a three-way tie for the two preceding years...