European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Subdivisions continue to sprout in Arizona in spite of Lack of there flocking to by Mike Mccloy associated Pren 0 matter that Bills soar a water tables plunge no Nutter that investors have been bilked of half a Bil lion dollars in the last decade by crooked land developers no matter that there Are six times As Many people seeking jobs a there Are working no matter that a task Force of investigative reporters recently wrote at length about organized line and corruption in Arizona in a Acnes of article carried around the no the Arizona Boom goes booming this is the fastest growing stale in the u has topped million and the figure mount like a pocket calculator with the multiplication Button prom the Lush Green lawns of Phoenix to the red Rock monuments of Sedona and Oak from the forested summer resort of Pine top to the High Chaparral of the Tucson tourists and new residents Are flocking i dont care what they uld about one letter writer confided after the latest wave of Bod were coming to in Arizona where the bad men Are began the old ragtime but the gunslinger Are gone former mafia chieftains live on the ranches around going there As More common talk to share the Arizona to make Money the land and to generally enjoy a kind of comfortable a 23part series by investigative reporters and Edi on corruption in the slate dealt mostly with associations of politicians and underworld character the investigation stemmed from the bombing death of reporter Don bodies of the Arizona Arizona has grown by 25 per cent since and were not expecting any tapering off says Brent director of the state office of economic planning and certainly the bad publicity has had Little or no effect on the Call Folmana and midwesterner who visit or keep second Homes in weve just had a record tourist says Ted head of the Valley of the Sun convention and visitors there will be especially when there Are Large conventions that it will be hard to get a he arizonans attraction for conventioneers includes plenty of Golf for the men and shopping for the besides Tennis and horseback Phoenix is an easy ride from Lai vegas to the North and path Springs to the and Tucson is a Gateway to old the heart of the Arizona Boom u not the but the would be settler who comes to Ariura to live and Frank research manager of the slates depart ment of economic says his office still gels some so inquiries a mostly from people looking Tor work in construction and but in arizonans construction Job seekers out number workers 10 to and the states unemployment rate u a Shade above the National except in the lifestyle attracts Page 14 the stars and stripes f