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- NATION, Page 33American NotesALASKAParty Pooper
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- When Alaska Governor Walter Hickel was elected last November
- as the candidate of the Alaskan Independence Party, nobody
- expected him to do much to further its secessionist platform.
- Nobody, that is, except a vocal faction of the tiny fringe
- party. Angry that Hickel has not done enough to detach Alaska
- from the U.S., the group is mounting a campaign to have Hickel
- and Lieutenant Governor Jack Coghill recalled from office,
- charging that their nomination was illegal.
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- Hickel joined the Independence ticket just minutes before
- the filing deadline for last fall's election and signaled
- throughout the campaign that he did not share its views. Though
- Hickel has been ignoring the campaign, Coghill has not. As head
- of the division of elections, he has refused to give the recall
- committee any information about what legal steps must be taken
- to eject an official.
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