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...Governor of Alaska: B. (for nothing) Frank Heintzleman, 64, long (16 years) the Department of Agriculture's regional forester in Alaska. Woodsman Heintzleman follows the prevailing Washington opinion that Alaska is still too green for statehood. Says he: "I am very much interested in getting statehood for Alaska when it can finance the services of state government . . . I hope [that stage] will come in the next few years...
...Passed (274-138) a bill to make Hawaii the 49th state. A group of Democrats tried but failed to block statehood for Hawaii (pop. 499,800) until Alaska (pop. 128,650) also becomes a state. This is the third Hawaiian statehood bill passed by the House in six years; both previous bills died in the Senate. The new bill will be opposed by some of the Senate's Southern Democrats-who like neither Hawaii's political complexion nor its lack of a color line-but the prospects for a 49th state are better than ever before...
...Hawaii Statehood bill was cleared for early passage by the House when it received approval from the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee...
...Will the President recommend statehood for Alaska? Not yet. Hawaii, said Eisenhower, is ready for statehood, but Alaska is more of a dependency than on a self-supporting level...
...Hawaiian statehood bill sailed serenely through the House Territories Subcommittee to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, a strong indication that Hawaii would get its flag star, and soon...