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D154758-3R
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- 1968-09-13 (Creation)
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Wallace Walker, president of the non-profit Central Area Progressive Improvement Association, addresses city and federal officials and members of the community on September 13, 1968, at the association's headquarters, 922 So. K St. (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way). The improvement association had just been approved as a sponsor in a FHA-assisted program to sell rehabilitated homes to the poor. Listening intently are Andrew Hess, regional director of the Federal Housing Administration (seated 3rd from left) and Mayor A.L. "Slim" Ramussen, a charter member of the association (seated 4th from left). David Rowlands, city manager, is standing extreme left. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. (TNT 9-14-68, p. 7)
Walker, Wallace; Central Area Progressive Improvement Association (Tacoma); Hess, Andrew; Rasmussen, Albert Lawrence; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Rowlands, David;