Word: alaskan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prominence helps explain how so unconventional a man as Gruening got to the Senate. He came to Alaska as a New Dealer from Washington, and as a Federal appointee, he had fourteen years of secure power during which to establish himself for the future. During the negotiations leading to Alaskan statehood, Gruening was tentatively appointed Senator; and on January 3, 1959, he became the new state's first representative in Washington...
Even when they live outdoors for days on end with only tents for shelter, men can prove more rugged than their machines. Last week 6,000 weary G.I.s trekked back to the warmth of barracks after a fortnight of war games across 642,000 acres of frozen Alaskan muskeg 128 miles below the Arctic Circle. Though they were engaged in the coldest winter maneuvers on record, only eight soldiers had been hospitalized briefly for frostbite and 46 others treated for minor freezing pains (six men died in accidents not connected with the cold). At the same time, 100 cold-soaked...
MUTUAL OF OMAHA'S WILD KINGDOM (NBC, 6:30-7 p.m.). The annual spawning run of salmon fighting their way up Alaskan rivers is detailed in "The Return of the Salmon...
Then there was the Interior Department's executive order holding in escrow 262 million acres of Alaskan land until Congress could settle century-old claims by Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos. That same land contains the largest untapped pool of oil in the U.S., and Hickel has been accused of trying to free it for exploration by oil companies. As Governor, Hickel successfully contested the federal order, which is now before an appeals court. Last week he agreed that as Secretary he would confer with Congress before making any decision on the land...
...week's end, even the thorniest conflict-of-interest problem facing Nixon's extraordinarily affluent Cabinet seemed to have been resolved to the Senate's satisfaction. As for Hickel, the Senators kept their prehearing promise of teaching the Alaskan millionaire exactly what was expected of him in his national post...