Alaska Seen as New State Ready for Growth and Change
The article surveys Alaska as it nears statehood, highlighting soaring costs, oil prospects, timber and mineral potential, and tourism. It notes population 205,000 with a young median age, vast land, aviation activity, and high living costs due to distance and freight.
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Fairbanks
Seattle
Little Diomede Island
Big Diomede
Studio One
Walter Akpik
Point Barrow
Seals
Les McNamee
Antlers
Tigers
American Legion
Anchorage
Ketchikan
Baranof
Juneau
Jansen Appointed Library Extension Department Head
Guenter A. Jansen age 27 of Washington D C has been named head of Cedar Rapids public library extension department by Director James C Marvin. A Philadelphia native, he holds a Penn degree and a Drexel MS in library science, with 11 years in the field and prior work at Houston public library Jefferson Medical College Hospital and Library of Congress internship. He arrived in Cedar Rapids last week to supervise Bookmobile service and the Kenwood branch library.
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Guenter A. Jansen
Washington, D.C
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson Medical College Hospital
Philadelphia
Library of Congress
Washington
Jansen
Kenwood
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Expands Tourist Draw
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway enters its second summer as a premier Louisiana attraction. The 23.8 mile bridge links St. Tammany parish with New Orleans, drawing motorists from all states and beyond. Traffic rises monthly with over 100,000 cars. visitors cite beaches and state parks as drawcards.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Louisiana
St. Tammany Parish
Greater
Jansen plans future expansion of services
The passage notes plans for expanding services in the future. It mentions his wife, a Houston native and University of Houston graduate with a master of library science degree. The Jansens have one child.
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Houston
University of Houston
Jansens
Causeway fuels growth as Lake Pontchartrain area booms
The causeway boosts tourism and new development in St. Tammany parish north of Lake Pontchartrain. Resorts beaches and parks Fontainebleau and Bogue Falaya attract visitors while nearby Jefferson parish south of the lake adds fast growth with new subdivisions and shopping centers.
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St. Tammany Parish
Lake Pontchartrain
United States
Mandeville
Abita Springs
New
St. Tammany
Fontainebleau
Bogue Falaya
Covington
Jefferson Parish
New Orleans
Louisiana
Norwegian Liner To Make Stop at Scrabster Scotland
The Norwegian liner Ostofjord will likely make the first regular Atlantic passenger stop at Scrabster Highland port on July 29 during its New York to Bergen voyage starting July 23. A party led by Ohio paper-maker Fullerton Miller will alight via Scrabster’s lifeboat Pentland to tour Castle Reiss site and local estates as residents boast of this high profile visit.
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Scrabster
Ostofjord
Dunnet Head
Thurso Bay
Thurso
Mackenzie
Dunnet
Oslofjord
Fullerton Miller
Central Ohio Paper Company of
Columbus
Pentland
Scrabster Bay
Orkneys
Sir David Robertson
Caithness and Sutherland
Scotland
Pentland Firth
Firth
Scapa Flow
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Uo Oh
Tom Henshaw
AP Newsfeatures
IFE
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North
Fairbanks News-Miner
Richfield Oil Company
Kenai Peninsula
States
U.S
Kenai
Yakutat
Anchorage Daily Times
New York
Chicago
Tongass National Forest
Alaska Visitors Association
AVA
Everett Patton
Chamber of Commerce
Travelers Inn
Little League Women’s Auxiliary
Carpenters Hall
Fifth Ave
Furn
Tudor Rd
Apt. Furn
Priv
Bath
Copper’s Hardware Co., Inc
Second Avenue
Empress
Fourth Avenue Theater
God’s Little Acre
Statehood
Guenter Jansen
Cedar Rapids’ Memorial
Red Cedar River
Eighth Avenue
Gazette
Tom Merryman
Carmelletes
Life Stride
Naturalizers
Craemer's
Craemer
Ral PS
Arnolds
Jamaica
Bermuda
Scottish
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