ARIZONA REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER
New hotels are opening everywhere. The Valley Ho opens, by Robert Lawrence Foehl and his wife Evelyn, in the downtown area.
The new Safari Hotel opens in Scottsdale.
Business is booming. Motorola opens a huge plant on McDowell Road.
Agriculture falls to second behind manufacturing in the city’s economy.
Goldwater’s department store opens and Fashion Show Mall is created.
Terminal One opens at Sky Harbor Airport. It represents the most modern and efficient passenger terminal of its time.
Phoenix doubles in size through annexation of surrounding properties. During the 50s Phoenix annexes 94.87 square miles of additional land.
I drive to my office every day through a maze of traffic now. Everything moves slowly due to the heat and traffic congestion that has
