Word: gastineau
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Socked In. The Nixon motorcade sped nine miles down Glacier Highway along the Gastineau Channel to downtown Juneau. There, in a Front Street theater around the corner from the Red Dog Saloon, Nixon was greeted by about 1,000 Alaskans (Juneau's pop. 7,000). Missing were several of the top Alaska Republican candidates, including former Governor Mike Stepovich, now running for the Senate, and the only Republican given a real chance in the 49th state this year. Stepovich and his running mates had been socked in at Sitka and Anchorage by the foul weather...