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...comes into conflict with Liberty Valance again when the town has to elect two representatives to the Statehood Convention; Sotddard and the townspeople want statehood--it would mean government protection of their rights, the establishment of schools and the railroad. But Liberty Valance and his guns work for the cattle barons who want to keep the territory for themselves. Valance challenges Stoddard to a show-down, although he knows Stoddard can hardly hold a gun. Miraculously, Stoddard kills Valance, wins Hallie (Tom's former girl), and goes to the political convention...
...Vere Cornell Bird, a mulatto who for two decades has been the prophet of Antiguan independence. Ever since Britain began the evacuation of empire, even the tiniest of its island colonies in the West Indian crescent has craved recognition of its separate identity. Last week Britain granted "associated statehood"-something above colonial status but below independence-not only to Antigua but also to Grenada, St. Lucia, Dominica and the group of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. In May, St. Vincent will get "associated statehood." The new states will conduct most of their affairs through popularly elected legislatures, but by mutual agreement...
...most ambitious of all gubernatorial pipedreams was put forward by Walter Hickel, Alaska's first Republican Governor (its second Governor since statehood), who envisioned a new railroad that would stretch 500 miles across the state's high plateau from Fairbanks to Nome. The line would connect with the 470-mile line, known affectionately as the "Moose Gooser," currently running from Seward to Fairbanks. And, said Hickel, it would open Alaska to development just as the transcontinental railroad opened the West in 1869. Who knows? If the détente with Russia flourishes, the line-if it is built...
...spell take the visitor too firmly and his ambition wavers, his memory clouds. That, in Hawaii, is a pleasant affliction known as "Polynesian paralysis." But one thing that is most emphatically not suffering from paralysis in Hawaii is the tourist business. Since statehood and the jets arrived, tourism has taken off like a surfer riding one of the 25-ft. "Castle Break" curls at Makaha Beach. In 1960, there were 296,517 mainland visitors to the state. In 1966, there will be 700,000. The most conservative estimate predicts 1,000,000 visitors by 1970, the most optimistic...
...Republicans' mid-term resurgence gained a little extra luster last week. In Juneau, Democrat William Egan, 52, Alaska's only elected Governor in eight years of statehood, formally acknowledged his defeat by Republican Walter J. Hickel, 47, a hotel and construction millionaire who landed in Anchorage in 1940 with 37? in his pocket. Egan originally conceded the day after the election, only to withdraw his concession when Hickel's lead narrowed. Last week's official canvass put the vote at 33,145 for Hickel, 32,065 for Egan and 1,085 for an independent. The outcome...