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...most rebellious warriors of the 30-odd largely illiterate montagnard (hill people) tribes that are scattered through the empty high lands-half of South Viet Nam (TIME Oct. 2, 1964). Trouble could break out again, for the rebels demand more aid and more jobs as well as autonomous statehood for the lightly populated areas they occupy. But pointing to dozens of government posts recently handed to the montagnards, Ky for the moment had damped the smoldering discontent. His ultimate aim: to use the breathing space to bring all the montagnards back into the front line against the Viet Cong...
Since Hawaii achieved statehood in 1959, the waves of tourism that wash its many beaches have reached almost tidal proportions. Visitors have increased by 75% in the past six years, and developers have rushed to capitalize on the bonanza. On four of Hawaii's major islands, some 64 resorts and hotels are now in various stages of building or planning. This week one of the biggest names in the resort business in another ocean makes his Pacific bow: Laurance Rockefeller will open his $15 million-plus Mauna Kea Beach Hotel complex on the "big island" of Hawaii...
...companies are spread over the island. He brought in the hotelmen who turned Puerto Rico into the Caribbean's richest tourist market, with 500,000 visitors spending $100 million last year. In 1952, Muñoz won U.S. approval for a unique "commonwealth" status, combining many advantages of statehood (U.S. protection and citizenship) with those of a possession (no federal taxes). All of this has combined to give Puerto Rico an annual per-capita income of $830, highest in Latin America...
...rule had a short but fruitful life. Under it, an anti-poll tax bill, housing and minimum wage acts, the bill establishing the National Science Foundation, Alaska and Hawaii statehood measures, and several other bills were called to the floor. The threat of the rule forced the committee to act by itself on other occasions. But the rule s success was its downfall; when the Republican-Southern Democratic coalition came back into power in 1951, the 21-day rule was repealed immediately...
They have no vote in Congress and cannot vote for President, but their local government is completely independent -Congress cannot overrule island legislation. A few rabid Independentistas make trouble now and then, and a small but a growing group agitates for statehood. Yet in every election since 1952, Muñoz and his Popular Democrats have walked off with between 58% and 65% of the vote...