Independent Alaska defines its Last Frontier spirit
Barrow residents value self reliance in a remote town without street signs or tourist appeal. Prices reflect isolation with milk at 4.15 dollars and eggs at 3.00 dollars. Barrow’s people live off caribou and seafood while water costs 0.15 dollars per gallon. The piece paints Alaska as vast, sparsely populated, and fiercely independent with a rough edge and a social critique of outsiders.
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Boston Globe
Barrow
Alaska
Prudhoe Bay Fields
Arctic Ocean
North America
America
Toledo
Alaska's wild life and people shaped by cold and freedom
An extended portrait of Alaska life from Fairbanks to Barrow highlights a laid back work ethic, subsistence living, and unusual social norms. It sketches diverse figures like Peter Glass and Clem Tillion, notes marijuana tolerance, and celebrates glaciers such as Mendenhall near Juneau while contrasting native and white cultures.
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Mt. McKinley
Peter Glass
Fairbanks
Matanuska Valley
Alaska
Reet
Michelle
Lorna
Cat
Barrow
Sadie Neakok
Nate
Orange
N.J
Swanson
Homer
Halibut Cove
Tillions
Scrape
Clem Tillion
State Senate
Diana
Paradise
Calif
Clem
Arizona
Mendenhall
Juneau
Stevenson eyes Illinois governor post for 1986 race
former Sen Adlai E Stevenson III says he plans to seek the Democratic nomination for governor of Illinois. He would run if endorsed but not via a draft and would avoid becoming a divisive force in the party while urging unity. Stevenson criticizes Gov James Thompson over Illinois economic conditions as the campaign issue.
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Baltimore Sun
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson III
D-Ill
Illinois
Stevenson
Chicago Sun-Times
Irv Kupcinet
Springfield
Cook County
George W. Dunne
James Thompson
Thompson
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Wolfe Nursery Guarantee
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Saie Prin
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