Word: interior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...into nearby mountains. The remark would not be very important except that it was aimed at Alaska Governor Walter Hickel, 49, who tried last summer to open the oil-rich range to the oil industry. This week Hickel, who is Richard Nixon's nominee for Secretary of the Interior, comes in for a barrage of questions when he appears for confirmation hearings before the Senate Interior Committee. He has already learned that what is true of Alaska's moose is also true of the critics who have made him a controversial Nixon appointee: You have to understand...
...House of Representatives, a similar but unsuccessful revolt took place. There, Morris Udall, 46, a brilliant legal scholar and brother of outgoing Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, took on Boston's venerable John McCormack, 77, in a contest for the post of Speaker. Udall, who was entering first grade when McCormack took his seat in the House, also defied precedent: few Speakers in modern times have been threatened by a member of their own party, and none has ever been ousted. It was Udall's challenge to McCormack that inspired Kennedy's campaign against Long...
Beyond that, much of the interior was unfinished. Hallways were cluttered with unpacked cartons; in some staterooms, naked bulbs dangled from wires, handles and racks fell off in passengers' hands, and plumbing and soundproofing were erratic. Though some of the finished public rooms were beautifully furnished in suede and velvet, many rooms showed misguided efforts to cater to an unhappy estimate of American tastes. Decor ran from motel modern to floating Howard Johnson's. One Cunard official tried to explain the limp bill of fare: "What we are trying for is decent middle-class food...
...Gard Wiggins, vice-president of the University, said yesterday that the outside and all interior doors of the Harvard-owned building at 6 University Road are equipped with locks. "We do not check daily or even every other day if the locks are operational," he added...
...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...