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Community Facilities Administration Commissioner John C. Hazeltine announced a $960,000 loan to Occidental college, Los Angeles, for construction of a 3-story dormitory for 101 men students, and a one-story campus dorm to house 78 women students, both with lounge facilities. Construction is scheduled for completion in June 1959. Refer: Arthur G. Coons, president. Project No. Calif. 4-CH-55 (D).

Housing and llome Finance Agency Administrator Albert M. Cole approved the workable program of Roseville, Calif., for elimination of slums and blight. The "railroad" city of 12,000 was incorporated in 1909 in the heart of Sacramento valley, l7 miles northeast of the capital. The city has delineated a considerable area as an urban renewal project and has rbeen approved a $55O0 URA planning grant. The city proposes to adopt a minimum housing code.

Montana State College, Bozeman, has received a $1,400,0@ CFA loan to finance construction of dormitory and dining facilities to accommodate 308 women students. Refer: President R. R. Renne. Project No. Mont. 24-CH-17 (D).

HHFAdministrator Albert M. Cole approved the workable program by which San Jose, Califorr-ria's first state capital, proposes to eradicate slums and blight and guide its olderly growth. The city of 145,000 on San Francisco bay,42 miles southeast of Oakland, was the first incorporated municipality in the state and founded in 1777 tnder authority of the Spanish crown. The city's Redevelopment agency has applied to the URA for a planning loan and capital grant reservation to carry out its Park Center urban renewal,project on 59 acres in the downtown area.

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HHFAdministrator Albert M. Cole approved the workable program by which Pittsburg, Calif., proposes to eradicate its slums and blight and guide its orderly development. The city of 17,000 in Contra Costa county is 44 miles northeast of Oakland. A new minimum housing code is scheduled for adoption 'by June 1959 and the Planning Commission intends to update its subdivision regulations. The Housing Authority of Contra Costa county ,has 86 units of low-rent public housing under management in Pittsburg and two other projects with 200 units in the Pittsburg-Port Chicago area.

HHFAdministrator Albert M. Cole approved the workable program by which Rio Vista, Solano county, Calif., plans to eliminate slums and blight. The city of 2,440 on the Sacramento river 43 miles south of the capital was originally a village swept out of existence by the flood of 1861 and the new town was established in the Montezuma Hills. The city's .Redevelopment agency has applied to the I-IRA for a survey and plarrning advance to carry out a 12.5-acre urban renewal project known as the Morgan Community Tract housing about 40 families. Further neighborhood analyses are to be completed by April 15, 1959.

Seattle Pacific college received CFApproval of a $500,000 loan to finance construction of a student union building and health center on the Seatth canlpus. It houses a portion of its present student center in a war surplus frame structure. Refer: President Dr. C. Hoyt Watson. Project No. Wash. 45-CH-29 (S).

The University of Nevada, at Reno, received CFApproval of a $1,382,000 loan to finance construction of a dormitory for 160 men students, four apartment buildings to accommodate 32 married students and eight faculty families, and a dining hall to seat 450 persons. Refer: Irresident Minard W. Stout. Project No. Nev. 26-CH-l (DS).

Urban Renewal Commissioner Richard L. Steiner approved a $3,812,425 federal loan and a $1,303,425 capital grant to the city of San Bernardino, Calif., to carry out its 99-acre Meadowbrook urban renewal rproject. The rundown area just south of the central business district contains 241 dwelling units most of which are substandard. The 136 families will be relocated and the project land, after clearance, sold for new industrial and commercial uses. Refer: Executive Director Jerome F. Sears, Jr., Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino, Church and E Streets, San Bernardino, Calif.

HHFAdministrator Albert M. Cole approved for the third year the workable program under which Denver, Colorado, is eliminating all slums and trlight from the city. The Avondale urban renewal project was ,brought to the final planning stage and planning progressed on three more projects. The Dept. of Welfare's Housing Relocation section placed 278 families in adequate housing and the Housing Authority received PHApproval of 1500 additional units of low-rent public housing, and the city received HHFApproval of 1075 units of Section 221 low-cost private housing.

HHFAdministrator Albert M. Cole approved the request of San Diego, Calif., for recertification of its workable program for elimina-