Word: governor
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GEORGE D. CLYDE Governor of Utah Salt Lake City
Breakfasting with island legislative leaders at his official residence one morning last week, Hawaii's last appointed Territorial Governor, William Quinn, was interrupted by his wife. "I thought you might want to see this radiogram," said Nancy Quinn. "It came a few minutes ago, and Cecily [aged 4] answered the door and opened the envelope. It could be important." It was; from President Dwight Eisenhower had come 1) notification that he had just signed the Hawaiian statehood bill, and 2) orders directing Quinn to proceed with appropriate plans for election of state and congressional officials...
...bill, there must be 1) a gubernatorial proclamation calling for a referendum to approve statehood, and 2) a primary election within 60-90 days. General elections must be held no later than 40 days after the primaries. Hawaii will then be officially proclaimed a state. Depending on how soon Governor Quinn acts. Hawaii could just get its star pinned to the flag next July 4-the date set for Alaska's big moment...
...sorry-looking collection, but Grivas said he could have gone on fighting "forever." "Some day," he said, "the Greek Cypriots should erect a statue to [British Field Marshal Sir John] Harding, for his cruelty and stubbornness helped me more than anything else. Sir Hugh Foot [the present Governor] was a different man. A diplomat...
...black plot to massacre the whites-the major excuse in the first place for the wave of repression that had so far killed 50 Nyasa blacks but no whites. Neither had anybody proved that the blacks of Northern Rhodesia were about to set up a "Murder Inc.," as Governor Sir Arthur Benson alleged. Lord Perth. Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, arriving from London on a visit, announced that he had no doubt whatsoever that such a plot existed. But when asked whether he had seen the evidence, Lord Perth haughtily shifted position: "I believe it when a governor says...