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...Senate had voted statehood for the territory. The news was as cheering for Schulman as it was for most Alaskans, for both he and Seattle Correspondent Russ Sackett had spent weeks in the territory when the bill was in the House, reporting the cover story on Governor Mike Stepovich (TIME, June 9), and both had acquired a glow of personal discovery for the "land of beauty and swat." Schulman blushed a modest red when enthusiastic Alaskans told him that TIME'S cover had stirred enough general interest to help give the statehood bill its final push through the Senate...
...time for the Senate vote that could add a 49th star to the U.S. flag. Interior Secretary Fred Seaton, getting word that diehard opposition, mostly Southern, had gasped its last, rushed from a steak dinner to Capitol Hill. Alaska's Governor Mike Stepovich excused himself to his dinner hosts, sped to the Capitol. The Senate roll was called, and the U.S. Senate last week voted 64 (31 Democrats, 33 Republicans) to 20 to admit Alaska to the Union. Barring only the foregone conclusions of a presidential signature and an Alaska referendum next month, the U.S. had its first...
...your cover on Alaska's Governor Stepovich: I recall that eleven years ago, Ernest Gruening, author of the relentless campaign for statehood for Alaska . . . and three times governor of Alaska, was splendidly on your cover with a big "49" star...
Congratulations on your fine cover picture of Alaska's Governor Stepovich and the comprehensive article [June 9]. We regret that the roll-call bell did not interrupt him while he was eating a sandwich of our excellent Alaska halibut instead of the variety of seafood you mentioned...
...tell you this," says John Butrovich, with the special kind of awe that seems to flourish in Alaskans, "a dynamic chemistry is working here." That chemistry is a passion for life and growth. To Mike Stepovich and the rest of Alaska's leaders, statehood is a birthright, and they have etched that declaration on the skylines of the cities and on the cold, unyielding glaciers of their land...