Word: 49th
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Alabama, at least, is aware of its shortcomings and is trying to overcome them. The legislature created a study committee in 1969 that has made 68 recommendations for reform, which are now under consideration for approval. That is not true of Wyoming, which ranks 49th and seems unconcerned. Its legislature is allowed to meet only 40 days (including Sundays and holidays) every other year and does not even have the power to extend its session if business is incomplete. It is forbidden to take any action between sessions; it cannot even conduct studies. Not one employee is engaged in research...
...morning last week, two men rang the doorbell at the fashionable Montreal home of James R. ("Jasper") Cross, who directs the British trade office in Quebec. "A present for Mr. Cross," said one of the men, displaying a gaily wrapped package. Since her employer had celebrated his 49th birthday only six days earlier, the Portuguese maid unchained the door. With that, one of the men whipped out a revolver and the other pulled an M-1 rifle out of the package...
Today a dramatic conflict between man and nature is being staged in Alaska. Wild, virtually unspoiled and fabulously rich in natural resources, the 49th state is a testing ground of American values. The Aleuts aptly named the place Alakshak, or "Great Land," and modern Alaskans just as properly think of it as America's last frontier...
...vital first step would be to establish a federal-state land commission to plan and zone all of Alaska. This can be done because the 49th state is still mainly wilderness, most of it controlled by the state and federal governments. The old mining and homesteading laws should be reformed to prevent continuation of the present system of irrational first-come, first-served claims. In addition, a partial land freeze should be continued until present surveying and assessing programs by federal agencies can be completed. With 20 more planners, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management estimates, it can classify...