Rezoning Hearing Draws Crowded Hart Prairie Meeting
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors began 1972 hearings on the Post Company property rezoning near Hart Prairie to guide winter summer resort development. The packed room moved through the initial speaker phase as Chairman Robert Prochnow enforced strict rules amid opposition aiming to delay or halt Hart Prairie development and possibly affect Arizona Snowbowl operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coconino County Board of Supervisors
Post Comepany
Hart Prairie
County Planing and Zoning Commission
Robert Prochnow
Board of Supervisors
Prochnow
State Senate
Post Company
San Francisco Peaks
Arizona
Flagstaff
Nixon Group Files Paperwork For New Hampshire Primary
Concord A P New Hampshire filings moved President Nixon onto the ballot as a Republican candidate for the March 7 primary. Former Governor Lace Dwinnell led a citizen group submitting petitions with over 1,000 signatures from each district, double the required total. Dwinnell said Nixon would likely win. Nixon has ten days after filing to decide to stay on or withdraw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N.il
Nizon
New Hampshire
Lace Dwinnell
Dwinnell
City candidates mount as Turner aims for mayor
Flagstaff council member C Russell Turner plans a two year bid for mayor after drawing petitions Friday. Turner, 1st elected in 1968, joins four semi declared contenders including Sylvan Harenberg Laura Runke and William Egan. Primary is Feb 1 followed by March 1 general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Dick Williams
Turner
Sylvan I Harenberg
G. Robert Knoles
Joseph J. Rowan
Farmers Insurance
Omnar and
Parentor
Harenberg
Laura A. Runke
William M. Egan
Williams
Steve Gladden
Fill Baw
City Family Held Captive As Hunts For Pistol
Police seek three men after a bizarre incident at the El Pueblo Motel 3102 East Santa Fe Avenue. A gun was drawn on Miss Vickie Botts and her family amid a claim a package from Germany held a handgun. A motel employee fired at the suspects as they fled, injuring no one. Roadblocks and searches failed to locate the trio, one described with blond hair and an Army Jacket bearing the name Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toe Flagetatt City
Gus Abumada
Germany
Vickie Botts
el Pueblo
East
Santa Fe Avenue
Trey
Atamade
Miss Botts
Michael Botts
Mine Botts
Mit Therio
Allen Mattie
Mattie
Taylor
Ahumade
City plans voter tally for Feb 1 Flagstaff election
City officials in Flagstaff await a final voter count for the February 1 election as registrar Edas M Thornton reports registration forms remain scattered after the Friday deadline. The 1972 elections will extend the franchise to 18 year olds who meet city residency rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Offic of Coconino County
Edas M. Thornton
Freday
Tocal
Summit Properties Ski Village Rezoning Hearing In Coconino
Coconino County Supervisors opened a hearing on Summit Properties request to rezone a 7 acre Hart Prairie parcel for a cluster type ski village development. Over 100 people attended as parties debated zoning history, water supply, and required landowner consents ahead of a decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coconino County Board of Supervisors
Summit Properties
Hart Prairie
Robert Prochnow
Jack Smith
Smith
Smitt
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Als
Bruce Leadbetter
Post Company
Houston
Texas
Leadbetter
Tin Post Company
Snow Bowl
Hawaii
Mexico
Richard Wilson
Tucson
Wilson
Summits
Joseph McDonald
Planning and Zoning Commission
Summit
McDonald
U.S. Forest Service
Coconino County
Leonard Halpenny
Halpenny
Suramit
The
SUN
Uth
Hartke Entering Race Plans Flagstaff Visit
Indiana Sen Vance Hartke announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and will visit Flagstaff January 18. He will speak at Flagstaff and Caroline High Schools and at Northern Arizona University, with an evening cocktail at Dr and Mrs Ted Wyckoff’s home. The campaign tour includes southern Arizona stops and a speech in the lobby of the Sheraton Carpenter Hotel. Hartke urged the party to lead and said he is ready to lead the fight for change despite skepticism about his primary chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Flagstaff
NAU
Young Democrats
Hartke
Caroline
Northern Arizona University
Ted Wyckoff
Arizona
University of Arizona
John Kennedy
Sheraton Carpenter Hotel
Robbery Suspects Remain at Large in Flagstaff
Flagstaff police and the FBI report no leads in the daylight heist of First Federal Savings and Loan at 22 West Birch Avenue. Two men robbed the office at about 1 20 p.m. Friday, one 40 to 45 wearing a blue golf cap and the other about 22 in a blue fishing cap, then fled. A silent alarm failed to alert the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoth
Flagstaff
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Savings and Loan Association
FBI
First
Federal Savings and Loan Asso
First Federal Building
West Birch Avenue
Loan Association
Chow Line Feeds Charity At Feb 3 Help Event
The Flegsaff Sheriff's Posse announces a 1972 charity barbecue on February 3 from 4 p.m. until food runs out at the Pagal Armory. Jota Johnson and Robert Frayne say the event features western music and a cake auction led by Frank L. Michelbach, with beef and beans and sides. All proceeds support charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flegsaff Sheriff's Posse
Jota Johnson
Robert Frayn
Hel Cue
Posse
Burglary Charge Stands as Kelley Sentencing Delayed
Superior Court postponed Michael Kelley’s sentence in Flagstaff at his attorney’s request. The county attorney dismissed all charges except burglary after Kelley agreed to testify against Donald Farrell. Farrell, 23, of Kingman, faces concurrent prison terms for Dutchman’s Cove and Poco Clabin arson and burglary, with federal conspiracy charges also noted. Probation was recommended for Kelley on the burglary count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Kelley
Flagstaff
Kelley
Richard Mangum
Coconino County
Michael Flournoy
Flournoy
Donald Farrell
Kingman Farrell
Arizona State
Florence
Dutchman's Cove
Poco Clabin
New Liberia Chief Tolbert Sworn in as 19th President
Pat Nixon greeted William R. Tolbert Jr. with a cheek to cheek embrace after Tolbert’s oath at the Centennial Memorial Pavilion. Tolbert praised U S support, announced Durant’s Order of the Pioneer for Mrs Nixon, and a 21-gun salute marked the ceremony in Monrovia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monrovia
Liberia
Pat Nixon
William R. Tolbert Jr
Tomark
Nixon
Tolbert
Miaritanta
Ivory Coast
Centennial Memorial Pavilion
Ocean Front
Ft. Norris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nixon Group
Mas
Leroy —Arguello
N, Main
Phillip Leroy Arguello
Arguello
Daily Sun
Flagstaff Community Hospital
Don Cole
Sacred Mountain
Boys Club of Trading Post
Navajo Flagstaff
Craig Beauty Commission
William A. Morrall
Glen Longley
Joseph L. Hushand
Gary M. Mitchell
Charles R. Mugg
Robert Moody
Douglas Twiford
J. Dale Nations
A.J
Tony) Lee
Hunts For
By Jeff Stone
Sen. Hartke
Democratic Party
Edmund Muskie
Maine
George McGovern
South Dakota
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Senate Veterans Committee
Senate
Pat
Nixon Liveria
Order of the Cordon of the Poneer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!