Item: 1968 Miss Budweiser returns to Coeur d'Alene: Hydroplane promoting Diamond Cup Regatta, in 4th of July parade/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press

More Info: The races aren't back, but Miss Budweiser is. She'll be on display this weekend and taking part in the Fourth of July Parade as a nod to Coeur d'Alene's past, while promoting the inaugural Coeur d'Alene Diamond Cup Regatta show Aug. 20-22. The August event is a weekend dedicated to the hydroplane races from 1958 to 1968 before finance troubles ended the run.

Question: Did troubled finances end the Diamond Cup run back in 1968, as the Coeur d'Alene Press insists? Or did the downtown riots that plagued the race end the run?