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Alcatraz Becomes Focus of Federal Survey and Plans
Interior Secretary Hickel ordered a National Park Service survey of Alcatraz to assess possibilities for a federal recreation area or monument as San Francisco officials spar over Lamar Hunt’s planned space age museum and development. Public protest mounted with thousands sending coupons to city leaders amid a delay until December 1 for the survey deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Hickel
National Park Service
Prison Island
Hickel
San Francisco
William Blake
Lamar Hunt
Blake
Robert Mendelsohn
Mendelsohn
Hunt
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay National Park
Rock
Interior Department
Alvin Duskin
Manhattan Island
Joseph L. Alioto
General Service Administration