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Opposition grows to Hickel Interior nomination
President elect Nixon faces Democratic and Western resistance to Alaska Governor Walter J. Hickel's bid for Interior. Senators govern and Proxmire question Hickel's conservation stance while reps Mink and Muskie press for confirmation scrutiny. Eastern lawmakers weigh in as I nomination risks clash with Western reform views and intercontinental water policy stakes.
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