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Show Page All! Till DAILY HERALD, Provo.Utah, Salurday. January 2, I9W After 40 years of statehood, "And it's going to remain a problem for a long time." Stevens, By T.A. BADGER Avmciatcd Pros Winer ANCHORACiE, Alaska -The state of Alaska marks its birthday Sunday, 40 years since a remote, thinly populated territory overcame skepticism from the Iwer 48 and became equal to every other state in the nation. The statehood struggle may now be the stuff of history books, but some of the same conflicts with the federal that drove that quest remain. kv-ernme- state took some many trips to Ilecoming a time and Washington. Hut in the end statehood supporters made their case, and on Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska's became the 49th star ; i tensions remain for Alaskans local-feder- al on Old Glory. For the 215,000 people who lived in Alaska at the time, statehood meant freedom from the indignity of not being able to vote in presidential elections, from being forced to pass through U.S. Customs upon arrival in the Lower 48, from having governmental decisions made thousands o miles away in Washington, "It all comes back to resources," said Sen. Ted Long trip Stevens, now 75, was part of the 1950s statehood struggle as a young Interior Department lawyer in charge of the agency's relations with Congress. Once the Eisenhower administration lined up behind statehood, he became the middleman for determined Alaskans making the to flight Washington. Former CJov. Walter Hickel, Anchorage developer, says he made at least a doen trips East to lobby. It didn't take long to figure out whom he had to convince. "It was really the senior members of the Senate that gave us what we needed," recalled Hickel, now 79. "You had to get the seniority to win." Alaska won in Congress by a comfortable margin in 1958 and thought it was getting out from under the federal thumb when it came to its resources. To Alaskans, that meant land the right to hunt and fish on it, access to mine it and drill it, the desire to preserve it in its natural state. The amount of land in Hunting and fishing The federal government Jt3S also riled many Alaskans tfitJr its threat to take over most of the state's fisheries. Interior Secretary Brut Babbitt has insisted that the state match federal law by giving those who fish and hunt for subsistence purposes first shot, Alaska legislators have refused to change the state law, wrjich. gives everyone equal access, and has sued the federal government over the issue. Also as it did in 1959, the state is struggling with how to pay its bills. Alaska still remains heavily dependent, on natural resources. Back then salmon was king; now it's oil. .. "In many ways we're still a. colonial economy," Naske said. "Most of what we produce goes to the contiguous states and " elsewhere for processing." But for those who were there for the front end of statehood, the vision they held in January off-limi- ts two-da- then a filed the lawsuit. "But we have to fight 'em." opened to resource development, with the state getting 90 percent of the revenue generated. But over the years, as environmental protection became a greater value to Americans,' more and more of the federal land has been closed off to development. Billions of barrels of oil could lie under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but the area is to drilling. Logging has been cut back sharply in the Tongass National Forest in recent years and many gold miners seethe about rules that make it hard to even cross federal land to reach their claims. More wilderness and park land has cheered Alaska's growing legion of conservationists. "We have to realize that 60 percent of Alaska belongs to all of the people in the United States, including us, and we don't have jurisdiction over these lands," said Claus Naske, a statehood expert at the University of Alaska. But that view isn't held by the state government, which in 1993 filed a $29 billion lawsuit against the federal government for lost revenue and other damages. "We have a few battles and we'll win 'em," said Hickel, who The Associated Press Battle won: Gov. ing the headline Mike Stepovich of Alaska holds a newspaper bear"We're in" as he stands between President Eisenhower and Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton at the White House in Washington July 1, 1958. Alaska marks its 40th birthday on Sunday. Alaska is not the problem. How it's used is. The new state government was granted about 28 an area percent of the land larger than California. The federal government, however, kept 64 percent of Alaska, just as it controls large sections of many Western states. The rest is private or native-owne- Development concerns The statehood deal called for much of the federal land to be . , 1959 lives on. "I'm not disillusioned at all " Hickel said. "I say it's going to be great. We just have to make ' . it work." Hestnn savs hp hac nrnctatp Balloon team postpones launch for two days President: Branson and Per Lindstrand of control, pilot Bob Martin ROHAN worked with team members on Sweden that resulted in a stop 'politics cancer, but it's almost gone ing off Hawaii after crossing the harness systems joining the receive treatment and then capsule, which will carry the of personal ALICE SPRINGS, Australia more than half the globe. CLAIRE ITUCCI went to work. Strong winds and equipment three crew members, to the team "They've got this huge ing to be the first to around problems have twice delayed huge balloon. destruction' Pedersen said earlier that the and machine, you they zap world the a in balloon on the Australia launch. But LOS ANGELES SULLIVAN By land- Associated Press Writer Y By A Associated Press Writer hop- fly -C- harlton By SANDRA SOBIERAJ Associated Press Writer HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. President Clinton opened 1999 with a note of optimism and a midnight kiss for his wife. He called on Washington to "move away from the politics of personal destruction." No overt reminder of his political peril darkened the dawn of the new year for Clinton, even as the Senate is poised to weigh articles of impeachment against him. Taking some two dozen questions on New Year's Eve first in a dialogue with teens and at the Renaissance Weekend intellectual retreat, then in written submissions from their parents Clinton did not receive a single query on the House votes to impeach him or a possible Senate trial to remove him from office. The president himself came closer than any questioners to Heston is battling but says he is cancer prostate on the road to recovery after weeks of intense radiation treatments. "It's not totally gone but it's on the path to it," the Academy actor said Friday from his home in the Los Angeles Santa Monica Mountains. "Happily, I seemed to have survived. It's very good news." He said he found out about the cancer during his annual checkup and prostate screening in June. Doctors agreed to let Heston, who is active in politics and is president of the National Rifle Association, postpone radiation treatment until after the November election so he could stump for Republican candidates and continue shooting a film. Heston, 75, underwent the treatment for six to seven weeks, finishing last month. He said he went to the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center about 7 a.m. five days a week to Award-winnin- g addressing those issues stemming from his actions in the Monica Lewinsky affair. Clinton, asked about the Republicans' 1994 "Contract With America," sounded almost By RICK CALLAHAN wistful for the days when Associated Press Writer issues divided the political parties. The aggressive GOP legINDIANAPOLIS islative agenda may have won Midwesterners headed to Republicans House control in supermarkets and hardware 1994, but the public backlash stores Friday to snap up two years later got him resupplies as the region elected, Clinton said. prepared for a storm that was He wanted expected to drop more than a said he Democrats and Republicans in foot of snow. "We don't advise travel at Washington to get back to a vigorous debate of issues such all ... especially with the as Social Security reform and strong winds," said Robin "move away from the politics of Smith, a meteorologist the National Weather Service in personal destruction." The president's Joliet, 111. icomments in the two private, Several inches of snow had linvitation-onlsessions were already fallen in parts of the relayed to reporters by White Plains. In Missouri, the new House spokeswoman Amy year brought a combination of Weiss. snow, sleet, ice and freezing One of the youngsters asked that made things a mess for Clinton, at the uncertain midholiday travelers. Forecasters said the northpoint of his second term, what he had learned about life. ern parts of Illinois and "He said he's more optiIndiana could get up to 14 mistic than when he took office inches of snow by Saturday in 1993 about the capacity of night. Gusty winds could cre the American people to make changes and the ability of the government to help people improve their lives," Weiss said. FAMILY MORTUARIES ' First lady Hillary Rodham Provo Payon Orem SpaninK Fork Clinton answered many of the our Families "Serving same questions put to her husand the Community" band. Asked how she wanted to be remembered by history, Mrs. Clinton referred to earlier in Funeral Anthony H. Taylor the evening when the emcee services will be Saturday, Jan. 2, 1999, jokingly wondered how the at 11 a.m. at the Oak Hills Sixth Ward heck a Wellesley grad ever Chapel (Hillside Chapel) 1900 North 1500 East, Provo! Utah. landed in Vogue magazine. you go on about your day's work," he said. "You're in and out." He currently is shooting "Town and Country," a comedy also starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn. It is his 75th film and third comedy. Heston said he will have another checkup in several weeks. No surgery is planned but he may undergo radioactive seed implants. The implants deliver a strong dose of radiation to the prostate but deliver little radiation to other organs. Heston won an Oscar for "Ben Hur" in 1959. He also starred in films such as "The "El Ten Commandments," Cid," and "Planet of the Apes." He has been an outspoken advocate of gun rights and for active campaigner candidates. Republican Heston said he also plans to star in a play in Britain in the summer, but hasn't decided yet what role he will last-minut- ; , y A i e around-the-worl- 'n Dent) The Daily Herald obituary rates are as follows: $15.10 per column inch and $7.00 per picture, for each publication. For further information King Queen King Full Twin Full Twin mod a let . ST r5. If t Twin Queen Pillow Top Sets Mattress FUTONS ON SALE XKA tml WITH 17 WON MATTWSS 1200 WITH MtTTWis wmoftrMl st8 JSI JHectronlAdlustable I Queen FUTON Tl. . M ftim. ant) ' tiiii""' IT ' King 'Jj A.fkVs! $323 BUNK BEDS ZiTT P" OAK Futon Bunk "Tfc QueerT Crsm Only sZl HABPWOQD W I ADJUSTABLE BED 1333 W'ftUTTKSf hi m duty '( Months r.w Futon Bunk Bed 1 , T3 T call DEADLINES Tuesday Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Day before publication. Sunday: 12:30 p.m. on Saturday Monday: 12:30 p.m. on Sunday Photo deadlines same as above. 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CHRISIMAS Buy-Lo- of d Saturday Onl 3 k (or Scratch d body we could," Quirk said as he took a break from checkout lines where he had spent most ' where other balloon attempts have failed because they will fly at the edge of the atmosphere, and harness solar winds on a route that almost directly follows the Tropic of Capricorn. Buffeted by 47 mph winds, the team canceled some equipment work earlier Friday. At one hangar at mission after ate conditions. In Evansville, Ind., where the snow arrived first as the storm rolled up the Ohio River customers Valley, flocked to Buehler's to stock up on milk, bread, eggs and meat. near-blizzar- "We're not going home. We're going to do this," Pedersen said. The team expects to succeed All Prices choose. Midwest braces for big storm Martin, equipment and pilots a journalist from Albuquerquei balloonist N.M., Australian John Wallington and Denver real estate magnate Dave were ready to fly. Liniger "We definitely could have gone this morning," said Pedersen, a former U.S. Navy captain and Fighter pilot. "But we can't control the weather",-Weather conditions give the team a takeoff window that lasts until After winds that, the now blowing east to west will shift direction until next despite the looming closure of the launch window, team directors said they were confident the mission would go ahead. Friday put off launch plans for at least two days. The ReMax International team says it is ready to go but has been frustrated by strong winds blowing over the launch zone in the Australian outback, which would make takeoff dangerous. Mission control director Dan Pedersen said the launch tentatively set for dawn Saturday was canceled and the next possible takeoff would not be until Monday. The team's bid comes just days after a failed attempt by millionaire Steve Chicago Fossett, British tycoon Richard Bunk TTwln WflKlttlMS Fs 1 1 4A7-S76- FACTORY MT1 .JESS. 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