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...history of Alaska," he said, "is a history of neglect as far as federal relations are concerned." Only by becoming a state, he argued, could Alaskans gain better transportation, better utilization of timber lands, funds for agricultural experiment, more schools and other practical foundations for a mature economy...
With a roar, the tornado hit. It blew the house down, yanked Beebe out of the basement, 30 feet in the air, and carried him 200 yards due east. Wright was borne 40 feet aloft with "a lot of timber" which battered and scratched him. He landed some 300 yards away in a wild plum thicket. After the storm had passed, bewildered cattle stood bellowing, boards and sticks driven into their sides. Only the concrete jail remained intact. In the town's crumpled ruins, Wright and Beebe and other survivors found 16 dead and dying...
...wool products factory, a shoe factory, a tannery, a clay products plant, a box factory, a timber marketing board, a fish-filleting plant, a fur marketing service, a printing office, a housing corporation, a reconstruction corporation and insurance agency, a bus line...
...Canada's No. 3 party and has 28 seats (out of 245) in the House of Commons at Ottawa. Its national leader, Major James Coldwell, 58, is one of the most admired men in the House; by many politicians of all parties, he is regarded as prime-ministerial timber...
...from families whose incomes were above $5000, and 40 percent from an income bracket over $4000. Since there is no questioning the Committee's sincerity in choosing the most promising candidates, and even less validity in a claim that the lower income groups are incapable of producing top academic timber, it remains that a great mass of men who could benefit most from the National Scholarships never apply for them. These men lie in the income groupings below the $4000 level, where a scholarship, in most cases, would mean the difference between college and no college...