El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas • 15

El Paso Herald -Post Editorials-Sports-Comics Markets-Classified Section Wednesday August 5 1964 Page B-l Inez Robb New York Senator Sizzles In Coldwater Political Pan 'Where Are We Northeast El Paso Again on Upgrade illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll hlllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll By INEZ ROBB NEW YORK Sen Kenneth Keating NY is a handsome man with a fresh rosy complexion a thick crest of silver white hair and a lively wit that one is not apt to confuse with the melancholy Dane Yet at the moment the senator epitomises the Hamlet like dilemma of many moderate Republicans up for re-election in a variety of state and federal jobs November Sen dilemma and that Of many other GOP moderates is the central issue of a troubled Hamlet pondering be or not to be: That is the Tobeornottobeonthe regular Republican ticket with Sen Barry Goldwater Or to be an independent running within the framework of the Republican ticket hut disassociated from Goldwater policies Or not to run at A NOVELIST OR DRAMA-T1ST stealing a title from George Meredith might call this August drama Ordeal of Kenneth These are days of hard decision for the New York senator who Is 19 for re-election in provided he decides to make the race New Junior senator has not yet declared his intentions but ho is expected to do so by mid-August a fortnight before (he state Republican convention Although Sen Keating continues to emphasize that his differences with Sen Goldwater are philosophical and political and not personal he was one of the liberal Republicans at the GOP National Convention who made no effort to hide his distress at the conduct and outcome of that conclave One of the very real problems that Sen Keating must assess in the next 10 days is whether he can expect support from his own party if he decides to run as an independent within the Republican party HE HAS NO INTENTION of going Off the GOP reservation But tiie question is whether the party will support him or try to purge him if he runs sans Sen Goldwater Sen Keating is not a rich man and he must ponder the financial burden of a campaign if his party deserts him It is a dilemma he shares with other moderate Republicans The power of a political party to punish the maverick or independent is tremendous It cannot be ignored I do not want to be but when Sen Keating appeared the other day at the Overseas Press Club many of us thought that he spoke in an elegiac and nonpartisan mood He emphasized some simple but powerful truths for both parties when he said: "The slogan of however appealing it may round is not in tiie king term a helpful one There is danger in promising easy solutions to our danger that we will foster the illusion of quick and sweet success within a matter Of months or even years and the distrust and lack of confidence that will arise out of frustration TRUTH there is no lever to be pulled that will solve tiie problems at once Present policy is less than satisfactory but let's not compound the confusions and mistakes of our past policies by unsound promises to produce unrealistic objectives of the weapons of earn munism is patience Even Khrushchev when he promised to bury us did not suggest he would be wielding the shovel himself He contented himself with the suggestion that our grandchil- dren would be living under communism my judgment both parties would be doing our nation great service if they would put less emphasis on quick easy solutions and more emphasis on a determined long-termed commitment In domestic as well as foreign politics little is achieved on short notice But in foreign policy the quest for easy or instant victories can ba not only disappointing but was 21440 In 13 months it increased by more than a third to 29145 As of last April Northeast El Paso's population was 46010 The City Planning Department forecasts a population for the area of 100176 by 1985 Fifty years ago all of El Paso had a population of less than 40000) WITH BURGEONING population came scores of business enterprises Also many new schools the area now has three high schools and churches parks community centers and light industries Almost inevitably Northeast El Paso was overbuilt At least certain types of houses especially those in the lower price ranges went begging Owners who had purchased homes on easy credit abandoned them when they were transferred to other cities In 1962 the Federal Housing Administration and the Veter-a Administration imposed curbs on loan Insurance and credit in several subdivisions The objective was to halt speculative building of more residences Several hundred houses were repossessed end could not be sold They stood vacant NOW THE PICTURE is much brighter John Wilkinson of the Petty Realty Co FHA representative reports the FHA inventory of repossessed houses is Houses are being sold faster Ray Todd Veterans Administration manager in Lubbock and Clayton guaranty loan officer conferred with El Paso brokers recently came back to Lubbock feeling things have picked up in El said Mr Todd Most of the vacancies are in tiie Terrace Hills and Sun Valley additions Despite these construction of houses goes on elsewhere in Northeast El Paso EXPENSIVE HOMES are rising in Bill tain Park where building sites high on tiie east flank of ML Franklin command magnificent vistas Scattered residential construction continues in all sections When Hugh McGovern and Harlan completed the By MARSHALL HAIL (Third of a aeries If pioneer promoter Frank Tobin could see Northeast El Paso now he probably believe it wen though he predicted something like it In the early 1900s he laid out the town of Tobin intending it as a rival to pi Paso It was some 10 miles northeast of downtown El Paso too for away Tobin'i real estate bubble burst He was a half-century ahead of his time TODAY though it is not a separate city Northeast El Paso surrounds the original site of Tobin and extends far beyond It has had the most re pid growth of any part of El Paso City Planning Director Jonathan Cunningham calls it Two years ago it looked as if tiie Northeast El Paso bubble might burst Some of its subdivisions were overbuilt Pessimism gripped the area Today Northeast El Paso is on the march again Optimism is everywhere There is a feeling that tiie area haa got its second wind that various growth factors are at work and that big and exciting things an ahead LESS THAN 15 years ago the area want much different from what it was in promoter day Northeast El Paso tiie expanse of desert and mountain slopes along Highway 54 north of the Logan Heights military cantonment had a total population in 1990 of 301 Then came tiie postwar building boom Developers and builders swarmed in Magically the flats were cleared of greasewood the slopes of rocks and lechugilla cacti and rattle-snakes New subdivisions sprang up: Mountain Park Tobin Park Tobin Park Skyview Milagro Hills Dolphin Terrace Park Foothills Mountain Park Terrace Hills Sun Valley THOUSANDS of families moved into gleaming new houses Nearness to military posts made tiie area especially attractive to military personnel In five years tiie population had Jumped from almost aero to MOO Three years later it mum nm cm tmo picture and Mountain Park Mountain View foreground was first at and larger subdivisions developed in Northeast El Passe Cantor la la middle at at top an Mt Franidia slope projects are ahead for Northeast El Paso Theta include additions at Stanton Magoffin-Lee Crosby and Terrace Hills Schools Andress High is to get new $500000 gym and ROTC building Irvin High a $250000 addition and early in 1965 Basset is due to get a new gymnasium Latest major projects completed were Schuster School and an addition at Andress Prospects are good for construction of a north south freeway one of the area's most pressing needs The three major shopping centers North gate Sunrise Center and Rushfair are thriv ing Joe Welssmiller manager of both Sunrise and Rush-fair reports marked gains in sales from last year are a real indicator for the rest of El Paso' says Mr Weissmiller an economist by training are having the best gains since 1959 And when we do well so does the rest of the city I see a golden era ahead the most exciting 10 yesrs in El Paso Recently the Northeast El Paso Business and Professional Men's Assn came into being Its president Ed Dawkins aid: growing out here again a very fine spirit new Bell Aerosystems facility will be lag Bell announced it haa chosen a potential site near Newman for a big rocket engine test facility Northeast leaders are confident the plant eventually to employ some 2000 will become a reality and a great economic asset Two thousand additional troops from Ft Chaffee Ark are arriving at Ft Bliss The Trans Mountain Highway bisecting Northeast- El Paso no longer is just a dream Work is starting on a three-mile stretch from Canutillo to the west slopes of ML Franklin 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