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Louisiana's gravel-voiced Governor Earl Long decided to give adjourning members of the State Legislature a pat on the back. Both the House and the Senate had all but walked on their hands to do his will, had raised taxes by $80 million dollars, upped old-age pensions, wreaked revenge on his enemies in New Orleans, and given him vast political power. Earl made his thanks as handsome as possible. Said he: "I don't think I've ever seen a legislature with less drunkenness and less rowdyism...
...through the hot morning they streamed into Baton Rouge-wool-hatted farmers, "Cajuns" with whiskey on their hips, gamblers, cattlemen, oilmen, old folks and bobby-soxers. They came by train, bus, automobile and even on yachts. The Longs were coming back into power: Huey's greying, gravel-voiced brother Earl was being inaugurated governor of Louisiana...
...Sure, I want to be governor," bellowed Louisiana's greying, gravel-voiced Earl Long. "Only one person in more'n two million people can be governor of this state. Think about that. Ain't that an honor? And then every time you go to the door of the mansion somebody's bringing you a turkey or a ham or a basket of something. I like that free stuff...
...mile Alaska Highway, now an all-weather (gravel) road from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Fairbanks, Alaska, was finally opened to tourists. Among new accommodations: public camping grounds (with fresh water and cooking stoves) in the 600-mile stretch through Yukon Territory. Canada's advice to tourists: make reservations early (inns are few & far between) or bring camping equipment...
Earl himself was not so much a root as a full-grown shoot. He had split away from Huey in 1931, calling his brother "a big-bellied coward." Earl was a gravel-voiced, bitin', scratchin' man. He once nearly bit an antagonist's finger off. On another occasion, he sank his teeth so deep in the neck of a state representative that the legislator took a shot of lockjaw serum...