Show ma irrimer Standard-Examin- From Page THE OLYMPIC SCANDAL es IOC head Samaranch saying re has at the condemns his critics orma The Associated Press ienta- - Gov been the city iscuss LAUSANNE Switzerland -Juan Antonio Samaranch says he lives a modest life - not a life of pampered luxury as his critics contend “I am not a rich man" the IOC president said “I am a normal man My style of life is the same for many many years I have no yachts I have no planes I have no cars luxury cars “I don’t like big dinners big lunches I am doing my best to try to be fit with physical exercises every morning That’s my life" The Spaniard defended his lifestyle Monday as part of a campaign to restore his image and that of the IOC in the E j wake of the Olympics’ biggest corruption scandal “When I read that I take a helicopter from Lausanne to (nearby) Geneva that’s crazy” Samaranch said “It is much quicker to go by car” “Listen I am a normal person I am giving 85 percent of my time to the IOC living in Lausanne I have a very small suite paying 300 Swiss francs ($220) a day when I am present 100 Swiss francs ($72) when I’m not” A day after expelling six members in an unprecedented housecleaning Samaranch went on the attack angrily firing back at his critics praising his record and dismissing renewed calls for his resignation Ethics From 1A of money since the old Salt Lake bid committee raised about $15 million in cash and other contributions such as airline tickets in going after the 1998 and then the 2002 Winter Games But Bullock said “What you’re looking at with those nine is the most flagrant abuse” Bullock who works for the Utah League of Cities and Towns said he has no idea how many more IOC members re- ceived gifts from Salt Lake officials “I’d just be speculating But these nine are the ones that are the most blatant” he said Any claims that it might be business as usual or an insignif- icant amount of money “don’t work It’s inconsistent with the Olympic ideals and values And i I they stick themselves out there as being different having different standards” he said Ure agreed “There’s quite a bit of difference between competing businesses and the Olympics The Olympics are supposed to be above reproach But what do we find It’s a lavish business a tremendous lifestyle for IOC members The Olympics ought to be above that” On SLOC Bullock said he doesn’t know whether enough people have resigned Just about everyone from the bid committee staff has left since 1995 and ear Samaranch said “Today the International Olympic Committee is very important in our society” Newspapers around the world continued to criticize the IOC and called on Samaranch to step down in the wake of the bribery scandal that has engulfed the Salt Lake Winter Games of 2002 But he remained defiant and said the IOC needs him more than ever because the organization is going through the worst crisis in its existence “I am not thinking of any kind of resignation” he said “In these ar moments the Olympic move- I have ment is in real danger been elected by the members of the IOC not by outside people Not a single (resignation) call is coming from an IOC member" He took direct aim at Robert Helmick a former IOC vice president and head of the US Olympic Committee Helmick who resigned from both organizations in st 1991 following allegations has led a vocal campaign for Samaranch’s ouster In an unusual public attack on another person a visibly angry Samaranch said Helmick has no business calling for his resignation He said Helmick left the IOC because he would have been expelled otherwise conflict-of-intere- Tuesday January 26 1999 5A US blames Saddam for deaths of civilians The Associated Press WASHINGTON “I am pleased with myself what I have done these 18 years” 105-ye- one - US military officials say they regret that a number of civilians were killed and injured in an American missile attack in southern Iraq but they say the blame lies with President Saddam Hussein for threatening US pilots patrolling Iraqi skies Gen Anthony Zinni commander of US forces in the Persian Gulf area said Monday The Associated Press Today the Pentagon reported two Iraqi violations of the ” - HandWASHINGTON ing prosecutor Kenneth Starr a major victory a divided federal appeals court today reinstat- ed tax evasion charges against presidential friend and White-watfigure Webster Hubbell his wife and two friends er “no-fly- zone in northern Iraq and said a Marine Corps EA-6- B Prowler an electronic warfare plane fired a at an Iraqi air defense site The US Court of Appeals ruled that a federal judge overstepped his authority when he threw out the tax charges against the four last year SOFA $gOJ)95 CHAIRS 95 $14 WALIS CARPET WAJL1LS DRY WHEN WE LEAVE CLEAN! 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