Flagstaff Art Gallery Rezoning Vote Sparks Opening Plans
Flagstaff City Council defeated a rezoning request for the Covered Bridge Art Gallery to C-2 status after a sign permit dispute. Co owner Gene Gordon and partner Lee Addis discussed a planned grand opening around April 7 6, with no immediate halt to operations. The gallery occupies the old ATT repeater station atop a hill near the covered bridge, aiming to develop into a regional arts center with studios and crafts shops.
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Flagstaff
Covered Bridge Art Gallery
Gene Gordon
Denny’s
Gordon
Flags Statt Community Hospital
Lee Addis
Photenix
American Telephone and Telegraph
Addis
Arizona
Firce
Phoenix
Att Station
Huners
New England
Sing Flagstaff
Supervisors Ready to Act on District Boundaries
Supervisors moved to adopt the remapped county supervisorial districts after a noon deadline with only one citizen, Lou Bader, present to review maps. District Two expands north of Coney Park toward Camp Townsend. districts' populations are within about three percent of equal. They also directed bids for a new $200,000 juvenile home near the NAU South Campus, opening May 1, with completion aimed between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Republcan
Democratic County Central Committees
League of Women Voters
Lou Bader
Robert Proehnow
SUN
Coney Park
Camp Townsend
John Blady
Blady
Arizona
Nau South Camerus
Babbitts Named National Retailer of Year Award Winner
Ravtitt Brothers Trading Company of Flagstaff won Brand Names Retailers of the Year in the department store category for 1971. Sponsored by Whirlpool Corp and Pendleton Woolen Mills, Uw Babbitt entry honored for good retail citizenship consumer protection and outstanding brand name merchandising.
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Ravtitt Brothers Trading Company of
Flagstaff
Whirlpool Corp
Pendleton Woolen
Ted Babbitt
Babbitt Brothers Trading Co
Righ
W. Harvey Morschauser
Babbitt's Department Stores
Babbitts Receives Distinction in Retailer of the Year
Perine announced Babbitts won a 1970 Certificate of Distinction and 1972 Advertising Excellence award for brand name merchandising. Founded in 1887 by the Babitt brothers, the family business now reports 20 million dollars in sales. The award will be presented at the Retailer of the Year Banquet on April 20 at the Americana Hotel in New York.
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Perine
Babvitts
Babbitt’s
Babbitt
David
Edward
Charles
George
William
Comany
Foundation
New York
Americana
NAU to Establish ROTC Program on Campus
The Arizona Board of Regents approved an AFROTC unit at Northern Arizona University after Walkup reported broad support. Faculty and student surveys showed 72.2 percent student and 77 percent faculty approval. Regents also ratified a $1,928,700 bid for a 152‑unit married student housing project and approved matching funds for Phase I of the Creative Arts building. Construction could begin in May with occupancy aimed for summer 1973.
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Arizona Hoard of Regents
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
Afrotc
Northern Arizona University
Tucson
J. Lawrence Walkup
Walkup
NAU
Thal
Hrough Walkup
Fle
Hunt Building Marts, Inc
Board of Regents
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Office of Education
Creative Arts
Supreme Court to Reexamine Miranda Rule Next Term
The Supreme Court agreed to reconsider the Miranda doctrine's technical limits after Philadelphia prosecutors sought review in light of the 1968 Federal Crime Control law. The case involves Paul D. Ware, who confessed in 1963 to murdering four elderly people, with Miranda limitations deferring his trial. The court gave no elaboration on timing.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Ught
Paul D. Ware
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Washington State
Zoning Hearing Set Tuesday For Mobile Home Area Rezoning
Flagstaff Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing Tuesday starting at 7 30 a m to consider rezoning a parcel east of Smoke Rise Valley for mobile home use. Also on the agenda is an interpretation of zoning for a parcel in Bow and Attow Acres and proposed amendments to the zoning code.
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Flagstaff
Rce
Bow
Attow Acres
First National Bank Plans New Flagstaff Branch
Work begins on FNB Arizona fourth branch in Flagstaff with 4900 square feet, three drive in tellers. Robert Clark says the bank will be built at Riordan Road and SR 89 A by Hare Construction Co. Architects are Guirey Srnka Arnold Sprinkle. Opening set for early fall.
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First National Bank of Arizona
Flagstaff
Robert Clark
Northern Division
Riordan Road
Hare Construction Co
Guirey, Srnka
Arnold & Sprinkle
FNB
Richards Seeks Democratic Nomination for Coconino Sheriff
County investigator Joe Richards 36 announces bid for sheriff in Coconino County. A former 12-year deputy and past sergeant now with the County Attorney's office, he highlights training from NAU, AZ Highway Patrol Academy, and other programs, aiming to boost interagency cooperation and patrol coverage in northern Arizona.
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Joe Richards
Coconino County
Richards
Coconine County
Northern Arizona University
Arizona Highway Patrol Academy
Sev
Sheriff’s Reserves
Coconino County Search and Rescue Unit
NAU
Flagstaff Soromimist Club
Arizona
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California
Non Cole
Coconina
Robert Knoles
Fore
Knoles
Chias
Kuoles
Democrats
GOP
Babbitts
National Retailer of Year
High
Federal Reserve Board
P&z
Sheriff's Post
Eral
US. Bureau of Prisons
Arizona Law Enforcement Advisory Council
Coconino County Medical Society
Arizona State Dept. of Health
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