Federql Aid Proiects . .

Escondido Union High School District, San Diego County, California, has received CFApproval of $30,216 advances for preliminary planning of high schools to be built at Poway and San Marcos in the county, approximately 15 and 30 miles north of San Diego, respectively, in an area experiencing rapid growth and development. The schools each will consist of 10 classrooms, cafeteria, music room, three science labs, homemaking room, two industrial arts rooms, mechanical drawing rooms, arts and crafts rooms, typing room, physical education locker areas, library and an administration area. Estimated total cost of th,e high school at Poway (Project No. Calif.4-P-3356) is $1,032,880; estimated total cost of the high school at San Marcos (Project No. Calif. 4-P-3355) is $967,055. Refer: Guilford W. Quade, district superintendent, Escondido Union High School District, 4th and Hickory Sts., Escondido, Calif.

The Town of Kevin, Montana, has received CFApproval of a $2,160 advance for preliminary planning of a sanitary sewerage system for the 400-populati.on community in Toole county about 20 miles northwest of Shelby. Construction is expected to begin in September on the estimated $79,200 cost project. Refer: Mary Lou Morley, Town Clerk; James F. Cox, Acting Mayor. Project No. Mont. 24-P-3096.

Northwest Nazarene college, Nampa, Idaho, has received CFApproval of a $370,000 loan for construction of housing lor 120 women students. Enrollment is 578 students at the co-ed liberal arts college just west of Boise. Refer: L. Wesley Johnson, business manager; Project No. Idaho 10-CH-6(D).

Lompoc, California, has received HHFApproval of its workable program to eliminate slums and blight and guide the community's orderly development. The city 45 miles northwest of Santa Barbara is experiencing a population explosion brought on by missile and space-age activities at both the Vandenberg Air Force Base and the U.S. Navy's Missile Range. Lompoc's population swelled from 6,665 in 1957 to 9,000 at the end of 1958, and is estimated to reach 22,000 by January 1960 and climb to 40,000 by 1965 with development of the two bases. The Santa Barbara County Housing Authority has applied for federal assistance in providing 50 units of a low-rent public housing to be built in the community, and Lompoc has received federal advances of $38,700 and $47,000 for planning of extensions to its sewage system and water supply and distribution system, r'espectively. The city plans to complete and adopt a Housing code by June 1960. After WWII it instituted a program under an "anti-shack" ordinance to eliminate substandard housing built during the war period. No relocation housing is immediately available for those who would be displaced by demolition of substandard units. Subdivision regulations will also be adopted. Refer: Mayor H. G. Thompson.

CFApproval of a $2E,500 advance to Whatcom County, Washington, was given for preliminary planning of a highway 'bridge to be built near Bellingham. This westernmost county in the U.S. lies along the 49th Parallel which forms the U.S.-Canadian boundary from Lake of the Woods, Minn.. to Point Roberts in Whatcom county, a distance of 1,280 miles. The proposed bridge is a step toward developing the tourist resources of Washington's San Juan Islands, which lie between the Mainland and Vancouver Island, B.C. The area is largely undeveloped and unsettled due to t,he many miles of ferry travel to reach the major islands. Construction is expected to begin in 1961 on the estimated $1,900,000 project. Refer: Chairman Harry Gonser; Project No. Wash. 45-P-3053.

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