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California, Arizona, Neu, Nllexicti, Idalro, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah.
The Kaibab Lumber Company is orvned and operated by the u'ell knorvr-r pioneer family of Whiting: R. C. \Vhiting, president ; Ir. I. Whiting, vice-president; R. Ii. Whiting, vice-president, and E. S. Whiting, secretarytreasurer. Co-managers are Nlilton "Mickey" Whiting ancl -8. S. "Jay" \\'hiting.
Gqrden Grove Homebuilding Record
Garden Grove, Calif., with a total of 69 subdivisions with 4505 lots, topped the rest of Orange county in neu. home construction for the first seven months of 1955. Runnerup u'as Anaheim, followed by Buena Park.
Los Angeles Rqnks Second in Notionsl Building Acrivity
In the first seven months of i955, Los Angeles launched more new construction than Chicago, Philadelphia or I)etroit, and its seven-months total of $241 ,733,799 ranked second only to New York City's $450,551,749-topping Chicago in third place at $140,490,816.
Other California leaders were San Diego, $50,614,061; Long Beach, $42;729,795, and San Francisco, $38,104,986.
Los Angeles's figure exceeded by $13,643,393 the combined totals of Chicago and Philadelphia. According to a Dun & Bradstreet compilation, the total valuation o[ fruilding permits \n 217 cities in the year's first seven nronths u'as $3,660,768,226.
