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...change capitals. Under the terms of the initiative, the new site cannot be closer than 30 miles to either Anchorage (pop. 48,029) or Fairbanks (pop. 14,771) and will have to be carved out of the wilderness between those two cities. Governor William A. Egan will now appoint a commission to propose sites, and its three likeliest choices will be put before the voters in 1976. Among the more exotic possibilities already suggested are Nenana, Talkeenta and Wasilla. Whatever the electorate's decision, the new capital will bring up to date the state motto: "North to the Future...
...police department is seeking to appoint only nine sergeants, ruling out the possibility of promoting the highest ranking black, who scored 20th out of 110 patrolmen who took the exam in April...
April 30: He announces the resignations of Haldeman and Ehrlichman, calling them "two of the finest public servants it has been my privilege to know," and of Dean and Kleindienst. Nixon grants the new Attorney General the authority to appoint a special prosecutor...
McCarthy said the police chief and city manager appoint sergeants from a ranked list of qualified patrolmen. The Civil Service Department makes the list based on test score results. The exam has been given three times in the past 17 years. He said a name on the list can be skipped if the patrolman's performance is deemed unacceptable...
Thrower's warning about a personal police force was in response to the President's attempt to appoint a secret investigator for the White House, John Caulfield...