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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1968
Page
6
Crowds exceed 200000 watch three mile route as Valley National Bank wins Governor’s Trophy for best themed float. Top honors include Scottsdale Charros Best Comical entry and Phoenix Jaycee Mancheros Best Western Costume, with many civic and youth groups honored.
Two rodeo shows remain with 8 p.m. tonight and 2 p.m. tomorrow. Lex Connelly will announce, with Buck Owens rope, bull, steer wrestling, calf roping, barrel racing, trick riders, and clowns highlighted. About 320 cowboys compete for 19,017 in prizes. 25,000 spectators expected.
Allied planes tanks and troops clash with diehard Communist forces on the outskirts of Saigon and in Hue as the sixth day of the week of heavy combat unfolds. The tally shows 13,195 Viet Cong killed since Monday and Allied dead at 983, including 318 Americans. The offensive targets 35 cities and towns.
The State Health Department order to close Physicians and Surgeons Hospital was continued until Monday after a Friday postponement. A temporary restraining order keeps the 35 bed facility operating until after the hearing.
Scottsdale School District will not be affected by a suit filed by Isaac Elementary to obtain 215435 in state aid for pre first grade classes. Ernie Richards notes courts ruled late 1966 that districts are eligible for aid if pupils attend 240 minutes daily with a first grade curriculum, but Scottsdale students attend half day 150 minutes.
United States and North Korean negotiators plan fresh talks at Panmunjom within days to free the USS Pueblo and its 88 crewmen. South Korean officials report a second face to face session occurred Friday between Rear Admiral John V. Smith and Maj. Gen. Pak Chung Kuk amid protests over U.S. handling of the crisis and a North Korean broadcast of a Pueblo officer confession. Four gunbattles were reported along the DMZ with grenades at a UN guardpost and rifle fire across the fence between North Korea and U.S. forces.
North Korea says it publishes a photo and a 10 page confession by Lt Stephen Robert Harris of the Pueblo. KCNA and Pyongyang broadcast claim the U.S. intelligence ship was captured after espionage off Korean waters.
Hugh Clark principal of Apache Elementary School will tour India's educational facilities for two months as one of 30 U S educators selected by the Office of Education. He departs Scottsdale Wednesday with orientations in New York then travels to New Delhi and Bombay to study non western teaching methods and village schools. Roy Haenfier will replace him at Apache during his leave.
A $3.5 million damage suit filed by Scottsdale mayoral candidate Dan Bartos against the State Bar of Arizona was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Raymond E. Plummer of Anchorage Alaska. Bartos had sought dissolution of the bar and accused state judicial officials of misconduct, acting as his own attorney.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to Washington next Wednesday to brief President Johnson on the Kremlin's latest assessment of prospects for settling the Vietnam war. Reports from London indicate the Soviet position may be hostile.
New reports from Ban Me Thuot identify Betty Olsen, 32, of Seattle, a nurse and missionary, as the captive taken in the same Viet Cong raid that left six missionaries slain.
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