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Incoming Interior Secretary Hickel unveils plans for a 60-lane automatic bowling alley atop famed Niagara Falls. As work continues on the lunar landing module, America launches Apollo 9, the first successful attempt to place three men and a dog in orbit around the moon...
Secretary Hickel announces plans to build a 32-story parking garage along the walls of Grand Canyon. President and Mrs. Nixon acknowledge the engagement of their daughter Trish to George Hamilton, the actor...
Secretary Hickel releases plans to divert the Mississippi River through Alaska and build a $500-million amusement park called "Tom Sawyer's Bargain Basement." Selective Service rejects David Eisenhower's claim that he is a Quaker by marriage, and dispatches young Eisenhower to South Vietnam...
...third contractor in the Cabinet, Walter Hickel (Interior), put his private holdings, worth an estimated $14 million, into trusteeship after being elected Governor of Alaska in 1966. Even if Cabinet salaries are not increased, Hickel stands to get a raise; the Governor of Alaska receives $27,500. But he must give up his free mansion in Juneau. Michigan pays its Governor $40,000, so George Romney (Housing and Urban Development) will be taking a $5,000 cut. Romney's personal holdings are estimated at $1,500,000, and have been in trust since he left American Motors to enter...
Alaska Governor Walter Hickel also stirred controversy when discussing his new job as Interior Secretary. "I think we have had a policy of conservation for conservation's sake," he said. "Just to withdraw a large area for conservation purposes and lock it up for no reason doesn't have any merit." His statement immediately evoked the image of a reckless exploitation of natural resources...