Retired Colonel Finds Niche in Florida Port Charlotte
In Port Charlotte Florida a retired Army engineer nicknamed the colonel becomes civil defense director highlighting a town’s unusual civic spirit. General Development Corp backs rapid growth with plans to 129000 residents by 1970 and a Port Charlotte U program enrolls 380 older students in varied courses signaling a new life phase for retirees.
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Port Charlotte, Fla
UPI
Gulf of Mexico
Chuck McCarthy
Port Charlotte
McCarthy
Civil Defense
Colonel
General Development Corp
Detroit
Cleve
General Development
Frank Mackle Jr
Instruments May Become Glamour Industry of 1960s
In New York a UPI report notes instruments and gauges could rival electronics as a glamour industry. Commerce Department projects scientific instrument production at 1.3 billion dollars this year, with gauges pushing total to around 4.5 billion and thousands of new devices appearing yearly.
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Richard Blakey
Pennsylvania
Ann X. Alpern
Penman
UPI
New York
Commerce ‘Department
Financial Weekly
Barron’s
NUISANCE LEVIES DON'T HELP WASHINGTON
Washington faces a $5 million gap in the 1961-62 budget despite new nuisance taxes as lawmakers fail to push an income tax. Sales taxes fund education and welfare, while public anger grows over a wide tax package. Legislative inaction risks deeper service cuts and fiscal strain.
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Olympia, Wash
Northwest
Scottsdale Resolution No 172 Adopted July 24 1961
The Town Clerk Dorothy J Ketchum certifies that Resolution No 172 was passed and adopted by the Scottsdale Town Council at a meeting on July 24 1961 with a quorum present. Publish dates July 28 29 31 August 1 2 1961.
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Common Council
Scottsdale
Indian School Road
Taylor Avenue
Miller Road
First Alley
Western Park Drive
Marshall Avenue
Orange Avenue
Scottsdale Road
Third Avenue
Craftsman Court
Fifth Avenue
A.R.S
IIT
Burwick Court
S.R.V.W.U.A
Miller and
Indian School
S.R.V.W U.A
Scottsdale Roads
Town of
Maid Council
G&srb&m
Maricopa County
Arizona
Arizona Canal
Winfield Scott Plaza
Scottsdale Manor
Redell Subdivision
East First Avenue
South George Avenue
First Avenue
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Dorothy J. Ketchum
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Florida
Donna
Robert L. Mott
Washington
Albert D. Rosellini
Miury
Robert B. McNutt
Dorothy I. Ketchum
Pye
Television
Plaza
S. Scottsdale Road
Saddle Shop
Ray de Berge
E. Main
Family & Friends
E. Indian School
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