Word: statehooder
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Although nearly everyone in the nation's capital agrees that Congressional representation for the District and local self-government are long overdue, they disagree whether statehood will best achieve those ends. One group of officials, including the District's mayor and several city councilmen, support the initiative. Another group, however, advocates continued support for the 1978 D.C. Voting Rights Amendment, which would only give the District congressional representation...
...announced. Then last week the National Conference for Unification, the rubber-stamp electoral college, convened in Seoul's Changchung arena to make it official. With only one invalid ballot marring the unanimity of 2,525 delegates, Chun was voted the country's fifth President since it gained statehood...
...American companies opening plants on the island. His proudest moment came in 1952, when Congress granted Puerto Rico commonwealth status, giving it more autonomy and entitling it to federal grants without extracting income taxes. In the 1970s, he left retirement to defend this achievement against those who favored statehood or independence; misguided bickering, he warned, was "sapping the strength of the people...
...checks: 1) refunds on state income taxes already paid and 2) dividends from the state's oil revenue fund, in which unspent royalties have been invested since the first big oil-lease sale in 1969. Residents will get $50 for each year they have lived in Alaska since statehood in 1959. That means oldtimers whose residency dates back at least to then will receive...
...island is a self-governing commonwealth, not a state, and its residents have no vote in presidential elections. This year, however, they are holding their first presidential primaries and will, as usual, send delegates to the conventions. George Bush who won the Republican primary a month ago, supports statehood for the island, as do all the other Republican candidates. Neither Carter nor Kennedy has outlined his position, although pro-Carter Puerto Ricans generally favor statehood while Kennedy supporters want improvements in the island's current status. In any case, the F.A.L.N. and its tactics seem to have little support...