Recreation Drives Regional Economy Along Colorado River
The Colorado River corridor is booming as recreation draws visitors to boating, fishing, and sightseeing. Officials project river-area populations and tourism to rise steeply, while conflicts over river channel work, habitat, and public facilities loom.
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Recreational Boom Predicted for Lower Colorado River Area
The 1964 land use office report forecasts a tenfold rise in facilities and a $200 million yearly recreation industry in the Lower Colorado River Valley by 1980 to 2000. Lake Mead Marina notes no Lake Havasu City development yet but expects 50,000 by 1980. Millions more will move to Southern California Arizona Nevada metros by 2000, boosting outdoor recreation nationwide.
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Secretary of the Interior
Stewart Udall
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Drug Probe Figure Faces Five Charges
Randolph o0 Hurley, 19, described as a leading figure in last month's drug raids that netted 27, has been ordered to stand Superior Court trial on two counts of illegal sale of marijuana. He remains jailed on $2,500 bond on four counts of illegal sale and one count of illegal possession of marijuana. Hurley was bound over for trial on the other three counts earlier. He was arrested May 23 amid a statewide and local probe into marijuana trafficking among students in the area.
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