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VOl. II Issue 11. August 1961
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ADVISORY
COUNCIL
The regular: meeting of the
Citizen's .Kdvisory Council was
called to order at 8:1.0 pm by ;the
Chairman Rudy Regel.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved as read.
Mr... Regel reported onold busi-
ness which he •had taken up with
the Town Council_ - the flower.
stand at the Junction; transient
produce peddlers and safety pre
eautions on a portion of- 56th.
Ave, South.
Mr. Regel also reported on
other items discussed with Town
Council.. the unsightly and un e:.
dead trees in the Puget Sound
right-of-way along Interurban Ave,
So, and the condition of - th
b» idge over ,Green River at the
junction.
Mr. Zepp volunteered to check
into Sewer Local; Improvement,
Districts and to report bank t�
Advisory Council,.
The deplorable condition of
that protion •of 144th Ave. South
known as Brummer's Hill was dis-
(cont. page 2 - col. 2)
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E. Rinehart
Tuesday,July 25, is a day to
remember in the annals of Tukwila
history. We wish all of you could
have been' a t the "ate t. on" to
meet the Tukwila—Andover :r_!xpress
on its maiden journey to the slte
of the new General Electric b-
, ing in our new 32b -acre A :! _fever
Industrial park. I:.ore th:°..i. ?5
ruget Sound area business lea.de_s
civic officials, and government
officers; including Mayor Baker
and other townsmen, arrived on
the -train from Seattle at 11 -a.m.
to take part in the ground break-
ing ceremony for General Electri's
;1,500,000 warehouse and sales -
center
In Mayor Baker's excellent pres-
entation he' praised General
Electric and Andover developers
for showing the same foresight as
our Tukwila pioneers who dreamed
our community would one -day be-
come important in the northwest.
The other speakers included Mr.
J.H. Clawson, President of Puget
Power;: who gave credit to Tukwila
leaders and pledged to help devel-
op the industrial payroll of the
area, and Mr. William Bugge, Nara
ington Director of Highways, who
spoke for the State in the ab-
sence of Governor Rosellini ,
thanking General Electric for .
their vision and faith in the
State of 'Washington. Mr. Bugge
also accepted the challenge of
getting the freeway' through as
soon as possible and stated the "
cast -west interchange construct
ion would begin in the fall.
•• Mr. C. C. :talker,, Regional Vice-
President for General Electric,
stated that the new plant would
offer improved electrical appli-
ance service to this community
and,the 67 million dollar General
Electric payroll in the northwest
would increase with new `job oppor-
tunity.:The annual payroll of the
new plant was estimated to be one
and a half million dollars. The
plant will serve Alaska, rJashi.ng-
ton, Oregon and parts of Calif -
( cont. page 2 - Col. 1 )