Arizona Coliseum Board Proposed to Replace Fair Commission
A special legislative committee recommends abolishing the six member Arizona state fair commission and replacing it with a bi partisan five member Arizona Coliseum and Exposition Center Board to manage the fair grounds and coliseum. An executive director and Coliseum Manager would oversee operations with a $250000 appropriation urged to settle debts and prevent insolvency.
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Phoenix
UPI
State Fair Commission
Fair Grounds
Legislaure
Lan Gratuids Asd
Arizona Coliseum and Exposition Center Board
Fairgrounds and Coliseum
Ralph Painter
The
Fair Commission
Romney urges states to take back powers
Michigan Governor George Romney urged a joint session in Phoenix to restore power to states and private institutions. He linked moral decline to a dimmer view of America abroad and said federal overreach threatens the nation’s divinely inspired political system. Williams was absent. Romney planned to meet him later.
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Romney
Phoenix
UPI
Michigan
George Romney
America
Russia
Michigan Republican
Washington
Jack Williams
Williams
Ino
Tucson
Albuquerque
Foes Flee Red Guards Across Fukien Coast
Thousands flee as Red Guard youths rampage in Fukien province. A Hong Kong paper cites a 'mutual defense pact' among regional heads in China's industrial heartland amid violence. Official New China report mentions rare admissions of purge actions.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Mao Tse-tung
Red Guard
Fukien
China
Mao
New China
Today
Chungking
New Life Evening Post
Red China
Canton
Formosa Straits
Taiwan
Hong Kong Star
Star
Yanks Launch Large Vietnam Assault in War Zone C
The biggest American combat force in Vietnam moved into War Zone C near the Cambodian border to trap a Communist division. Brig. Gen. John R. Deane Jr led about 800 men into Operation Junction City, with 25,000 troops including the 1st and 25th Infantry Divisions and others. A large airborne landing marked the first major parachute operation since Korea.
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Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
John R. Deane Jr
Deane
25Th Infantry
178Rd Airborne
196Th Light Infantry
4Th Infantry
Record All-Arabian Horse Show opens with landmark entries
A record number of horses 462 from 200 states and Canada entered the All-Arabian Horse Show opening Wednesday and running through Sunday. Ladies Day at the McCormick ranch offers free admission for women. Performance classes include cutting western and English pleasure park and trail horses with native costume the highlight. Firsts were earned by Fame Lasma Arabians Sereyn Jebel Arabians and others across multiple divisions while Scottsdale area ranches secured several top ribbons.
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Canada
McCormick Ranch
Pima Rd
Shea Blvd
Scottsdale Ranches
Lasma
Fire Wind
Dancing Flame
Habina
Sereyn
Rogers Arablanz
Wal
Nut Creek
Calif
AlMarah Surindraf
Huth «Simms
Albuquerque
Sara Lark
Jebel Arabians
Santa Rosa
Bellamo
Jim Kline
Whittler
Ibn. Sabbah
Fred Bexell
Douglass
Bahrain
Rogers Arabians
Scottsdale pool funding delay delays new municipal pool
Scottsdale faces an indefinite delay in a $110 000 matching funds grant from the Arizona Outdoor Recreation Coordinating Commission for a new municipal pool at Siacre Park near Coronado High School. Officials expect the pool may not be ready this summer and look for alternative financing options. Spacewater says decisions on large grants go to Washington and team members plan to pursue Open Space funds for Biacre Park while the city awaits a final decision.
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Scottsdale
Siacre Park
Bend Washi
Coronado High School
L. 3
Spacewater
Parks and Recreation
Caid
Arizona Outdoor Recreation Coordinating Commission
Washington
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Wus
San Franciscio
Bud Tims
Bih Dona‘doon
Biacre Park
Former detective resurfaces in Kennedy plot inquiry New Orleans
Former investigator David Lewis reappeared at District Attorney Jim Garrison's office saying Ferrie was not among the plot members he knew. Ferrie, once linked to the Kennedy assassination by the Warren Report, had died in his apartment. Weather prospects noted continued sunshine with mild temperatures and a forecast high around 74 today.
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New Orleans
UPID
Kennedy
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
David Lewis
David W. Ferrie
Eastern Airlines
Lewis
Garrison
Cavary
Ferrie
Warren
George Lardner Jr
Washington Post
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Lardner
UPL
Nicholas J. Cheita
Oswald
Thursday in the News by United Press International
A brief roundup labeled Thursday in the News from United Press International and Progress staff summarizes top events and brief notices from that day.
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United Press International
the Progress
White House endorses CIA policy on funding groups
The White House released a preliminary finding that the Central Intelligence Agency followed national policy in secretly subsidizing student and private groups. Undersecretary of state Nicholas Kazenbach presented the interim conclusion to the President. Defense Department reports two American soldiers held by Viet Cong have been released to an outpost. Names identified: Sgt Sammie Womack and P E C Charles Crafts. A general court martial at Fort Benning sentenced conscientious objector J Harry Nuir UT to two years hard labor and dishonorable discharge for refusing to wear the Army uniform in protest. Colonial Pipeline executives and Woodbridge officials indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges for payments totaling 110000 dollars. State Department warns that U S aid could be cut if Ecuador and Peru seize American fishing vessels.
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Washington
White House
Central Intelligence Agency
Nicholas Kazenbach
Defense Department
U.S
Pentagon
Sammie Womack
Farmville
P.E.C. Charles Crafts
North Jay
Columbus
Fort Benning
J. Harry Nuir UT
Witl
State Department
Ecuador
Peru
Tucson breach of promise trial cited letters from rancher to ex mistress
In Tucson a multimillionaire rancher's letters to his former German mistress are entered as evidence in a breach of promise suit. Mrs Beate Leber seeks 2.5 million dollars claiming she divorced in 1964 and came to America after Brown promised marriage.
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Tucson
Arizona
Beate Leber
Willian Henry Brown
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Mesa
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Colonial Pipeline Co
Walter Zirpolo
Council
Robert Jacks
Court
County Hospital Planned
Maricopa
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