ASU geographer maps Phoenix growth from 1915 to 1973
Arizona State University geographer Dr. Charles Sargent developed a series of maps showing dramatic growth in the Salt River Valley from 1915 to 1973. The maps highlight land development, major cultural features, and overlay comparisons across key years, with notes on Phoenix Scot tdale Chandler and other communities evolving along Central and Apache corridors.
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Greater Phoenix
ASU
Charles Sargent
Arizona State University
Salt River Valley
ASU Institute of Public Administration
Southwest
Greater
Phoenix
Central
Scottsdale
Gilbert and
Chandler
Sunnyslope
Sargent
el Mirage
Surprise
Marinette
Sun City
Goodyear
South Phoenix
Guadalupe
Arcadia
Scottsdale Road
Apache Junction
Seip
Scott
Paradise Valley
Tempe
Mesa
Apache Boulevard
Cave Creek
Carefree
Fountain Hills
Deer Valley
Apache Trail
Automaker E L Cord dies at 79 in Reno Nevada
E L Cord, 79, founder of the Cord automobile and a Nevada mining and California real estate magnate, died of a heart attack at his Reno home. He helped shape early front wheel drive designs and the Cord 810, owned Auburn Dusenberg interests, and held extensive holdings in Malibu Beverly Hills Dyer Nevada. He also backed early aircraft engines and worked with Hughes and Boeing on super planes. Cord faced kidnap threats in 1934 and sent guards for his two sons. He was born July 20, 1894, in Warrensburg Missouri.
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Reno, Nev
UPI
E. L. Cord
Cord Automobile
Nevada
California
Cord
Ab. Jensen
Tthe Dusenberg
Auburn
Dusenberg
Auburn Automobile Co
Dusenberg and Limousine Cos
Stimson and Lycoming (Aircraft) Cos
Hughes
Boeing i
Malibu
Calif
Beverly Hills
Dyer
Nev
Owens Valley
Kfac Radio
Los Angeles
Radiotelevision
Kcrl J
Reno
Cords
Europe
Warrensburg
Alien address reporting under way in Arizona
Grove K. Callison of the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service says the annual alien address program is active. Aliens in the United States as of Jan 1 must report addresses by Jan 31, even if unchanged. Last year 55 000 Arizona aliens filed, with higher expected this year.
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Grove K. Callison
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Immigration and Nationality Act
United States
Callison
Arizona
U.S
Immigration and Naturalization Service Office
Immigration and Naturalization Office
Federal
Phoenix
Dayan Kissinger to Discuss Arab Israel Disengagement Talks
Secretary of State Kissinger heads to Washington for a Friday meeting with Moshe Dayan to coordinate disengagement of Egyptian and Israeli forces. Officials expect a disengagement agreement by month end, with pullback taking one to six weeks after negotiation completion.
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SAN Clemente
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Middle East
Washington
Moshe Dayan
Suez
Kissinger
White House
Geneva
Dayan
Golda Meir
Likud
Tex Ritter dies of heart attack in Nashville jail visit
Tex Ritter 67, a veteran film star with 85 movies and a six decade singing career, died of a massive heart attack while visiting a friend in the Davidson County Jail. Fellow artists called him a giant of the industry as services were set in Tennessee and Nederland, Texas.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Tex Ritter
Davidson County
Ritter
Lamar
Jack
Watkins
Bond
John Brewer
First Presbyterian
Nederland
Tex
Roy Acuff
Houston
Bill Brock
Tennessee
White House
Nixon
Country Music Association
Country Music Hall of Fame
Country to pave Carefree Highway bids opened
Bids will be opened January 24 for paving the Carefree Highway from Cave Creek Road to Scottsdale Road, announced by Supervisor Eldon Rudd. The board awarded a contract for the segment from Interstate 10 to 19th Avenue to Edward S. Kelton Contracting Co. on the low bid of 36,564 dollars.
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Cave Creek Road
Scottsdale Road
Eldon Rudd
Rudd
Board of Supervisors
Interstate 10
19Th “Avenue
Edward S. Kelton Contracting Co
Pre-school talk by Phoenix educator Dr Wynn Wright
Dr Wynn Wright coordinator of early education in the Washington School District will speak at 7 30 p m Tuesday at United Methodist Church 4140 Miller Rd on parental participation in pre school teaching The talk is sponsored by the Council of Cooperative Pre schools a network of six preschools emphasizing parent involvement in early education
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Wynn Wright
Phoenix
United Methodist Church
Miller Rd
Wright
Washington
Council of Cooperative Pre-school
Waldheim sees Mideast hope during Mexico City visit
U N Secretary General Kurt Waldheim says the Middle East situation has reached a turning point but no immediate solution is expected. He arrived in Mexico City for a three day visit and called Geneva talks favorable, noting a way to solve the problem may emerge.
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Mexico City
Golston to head Phoenix city courts
Rodger Golston, 32, named chief city magistrate in Phoenix after Eugene Mangum loses post during a police probe of the court system. The outgoing council approved Golston minutes before new Mayor Timothy Barrow and the new council were sworn in.
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Phoenix
UPI
Rodger Golston
Golston
Eugene Mangum
Timothy Barrow
Barrow
John Driggs
Mangum
Bridge Life Master Title Earned By Bill Cole Of Scottsdale
Bill Cole of Scottsdale and his wife Bee earned the Life Master rank in the American Contract Bridge League after securing master points at the Fall National Tournament in Las Vegas. The pair were partners in the Frontier Construction Pairs event.
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Bill Cole
Scottsdale
Las Vegas
Cole
Bee
Sandlewood Drive
Frontier ‘Construction
L.F. Engle
Pat Marks
Phoenix
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Mideast
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Jean M. Watson
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Michigan State
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American Vocational Association
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Scottsdale High
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Thomas N. Pickard
E. Desert Cove
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Wayland Academy
Beaver Dam
Wis
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E. Vernon
Georgia
Institute of Technology
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Irene’ Clark
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