Biggest horse show weekend draws record ticket sales
The Parada del Sol Rodeo and All-Arabian Horse Show run the same weekend at Paradise Park, drawing record advance and opening day sales. Officials say both events attract similar patrons with 830 Arabian horses from 31 states and Canada and about 400 rodeo entrants.
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Paraiise’ Park
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Parada
Earl Scruggs
States
Canada
Weekend Forecast With Mild 70s And Clear Skies
The forecast calls for 71 degrees and mostly sunny today and Saturday with little temperature change. Highs will be in the low seventies and overnight lows near 40. Details on Page 5.
Parade Schedule Highlights for Scottsdale Event Lineup
Saturday events include pancake breakfast at Benihana lot 4107 N Scottsdale Rd from 6 AM to noon then a parade along Scottsdale Road from Indian School to McDowell Roads starting 9:30 AM. Bar-Ba-Lo Beef-A-Cue at Boys' Club 7502 E Osborn Rd runs 11 AM to 6 PM and a rodeo performance at Jaycee Rodeo Grounds 3915 N Hinton at 2 PM. Street Dance at 75th Street and Osborn at 5 PM. Sunday events include further Jaycee Rodeo activities continuing morning to afternoon.
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Carter Aides Defend 50 Dollar Tax Rebate as Start of Plan
Treasury Secretary Blumenthal and top aides testified before the Senate Budget Committee defending the $50 per person rebate as the opening step of a broader economic program. Lawmakers raised doubts about immediate efficacy while House leaders urged expanding to $1.8 billion for eight months to create jobs amid U.S. debt concerns.
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North Valley Route Talks Near Scottsdale Phoenix Accord
Scottsdale and Phoenix staffers near a tentative agreement on an east west traffic route through northern areas. A joint council meeting within two weeks will present the proposed path linking Bell Road to Shea Boulevard with a loop around Scottsdale and a parallel route through Greenway Road and Indian Bend Wash.
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Timothy Bray
Bray
Pima
Shea
Indian Bend Wash
Paradise Valley
Black Canyon
Maricopa County
Controversy Over Arcadia High Literature Course Probed
Scottsdale officials face criticism from Sen. Robert Usdane regarding the Arcadia High School paperback literature list. Usdane urges immediate district review of all books, public board approval, and removal of unapproved titles, citing Attorney General Habba’s refusal to rule. Randall unavailable for comment.
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Arcadia
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Usdane
Willigan Randall
Bruce Habba
Randall
Babbitt
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Postal rate hike rejected amid improved finances
Washington reports the Postal Service will cancel plans to raise mail rates this year after showing a fourth straight quarter in the black. The agency, citing better finances, is expected to announce a surplus for the final quarter of last year, the second consecutive quarterly gain since 1972. In Moscow, George A. Krimsky is expelled from the Soviet Union within a week amid accusations of U.S. intelligence work and illegal currency dealings.
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Postal Service
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Soviet Foreign Ministry
Associated Press Today
George A. Krimsky
Soviet Union
Valentin A. Khardv
Foreign Ministry
Krimsky
U.S
Oil slick from Argo Merchant breaks into tar balls
Coast Guard says the oil from the tanker Argo Merchant is no longer visible from the air and has broken into tar balls in the Atlantic. Oceanographers warn the globules traveling in the Gulf Stream may reach Iceland or the Azores within six months.
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Atlantic
Coast Guard
Iceland
Azores
Energy czar confirmed by Senate for energy post
Washington The Senate approved President Carter's pick John O Leary as federal energy administrator at age 50. He succeeds Frank Zarb after a voice vote on Thursday.
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Senate
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O'Leary
Frank Zarb
Ethiopia Military Council Executives Murdered in Power Struggle
In Addis Ababa the chairman and six other members of Ethiopia's ruling military council were killed in a fresh power struggle following the overthrow of Haile Selassie. Surviving leaders said the curfew was moved up to 9 p.m. after a Thursday shootout at the council headquarters amid scattered gunfire across the city.
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Snow melt unlikely to cause major East flood risk
National Weather Service officials say thawing usually occurs from late winter to early spring. With typical warming and light rain, the rivers and streams of the East should handle billions of gallons of meltwater without major flooding, barring extraordinary warmth or rainfall.
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