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Show ' 2A DESERET NEWS, Friday, January 5, 1 973 From The Man On The Street " . . , . . . To The Skier On The Slopes I Reactions Range From Cautious Welcome To Wrath ' By DICK PHILLIPS Deseret News Staff Writer By JACK MONSON Deseret News Siaff Writer Reactions from businessmen BIG YON and downown shoppers ranged from It's a farce to skepticism, caution and enthusiasm regarding Thursdays report that Salt Lake City was Selected as the U.S. candidate to host the 1976 Winter Olym-- ; Games. yjo 7, Dana Buyeis, lmmer 25, Salt Lake ski instiuctor, It's a iaice They Jleikirod, Zjlidn't pick Lake Placid there-- vasn t enough Jnmv theie. We get a blizzaid, they pick Llah. never know why they JIdn't take Lake Tahoe. You ;iner been theie? They have Everything, so I cant imagine 4ie committee taking this city. 2 3City. be-au- si Dan Buvers ji Dennis Water K. E. Susan Rasmussen Harr 'll I! THEYLL CHltKLE The International Olympic 4 I Committee w ill get a chuckle liver the Utah choice, but ! jlieyll never accept this site. There isnt enough room for 1,000 extra people, let alone all the tourists, participants, trainers, and coaches. . here 'They would have to build 1 4 X Ignore housing and they won't lo that I was at the Olympics On Squaw Valley and theie over one million peas well Mary Jo Howard Hagen Jo Ann Benedict Stanley K. Rees Laramie peo- - ple theie then Mayor E J. Gain isnt thinking past his nose. This Mtp wont be selected under dns' terms They could keep Ohe envnonment intact, it the T planning was wide, and in 50 tyears, the states income would increase five times, i iBqy ers said. 1 El 1 ROPE STRONG Although the US. Olympic yCdmnuttee named this city as -a games site, some experts implicated that the Internation-.'aPOlympiCommittee, which 2 -- makes the final choice, favois 'a European site. O Dennis Water, manager of a downtown sports department, X who skis occasionallv , said: ' c New York Boosters May Appeal Decision - Boost-er- s LAKE PLACID, X Y. (UPI) of this Adirondacks resort area, say they may appeal directly to the International Olympic Committee to win the 1976 winter games, despite the U.S. Olympic Committees choice of Salt Lake City. "We could go over their heads to the said IOC; its just a question of time, Roy Kennedv, a spokesman for the Olympic Orgaming (. omnutteo He said Commerce Commissioner Neal Movlan "made a strong statement at the USOC meeting m New York City. Kennedy also claimed the committee's action was a disguised attempt to force the games to Europe, because retiring USOC president Clifford Buck was angered by voters rejection of the games in Colorado He said the gioup would have to meet in the next few days to decide whether to Kennedy also disputed Bucks presentation of options at the USOC meeting in New York City. -- -- ' Its fantastic. I'd like more -giowth here, such as the Salt Ol'alace, vvhich would come 'from the games. Having them -- there would give the state After all, we advertise best skiing here in the -- twin Id This would let people 2kdow we reallv have it appeal to the IOC, meeting Jan. Switzerland to award the games. 15 in Kennedy said it was a damn shame the northern New York area lost its bid to get ISOC backing Thursday, after finally winning the Rockefeller administration support. pub-..bfit- Z-t- he He told them to disregard the bobsled run at Lake Placid because its no longer an Olympic sport, Kennedy said. But Denver had permission to build a bobsled run. COTTONWOOD CAN- Emotions of skiers and employes of Solitude and. Brighton ski resorts were mixed Thursday following announcement Salt Lake City might get the 1976 Oly mpics. Several persons interviewed by the Deseret News said they felt the Olympics would bring prestige and additional development to the Beehive State. Others felt that the ski lift rates would skytocket out of sight and the hills would be overcrowded. 0 In favor of the Olympics m Utah was Gordon Anderson, 21, 5151 Gurene Dr., who said he felt it would be great. I think it would put us in a higher bracket and get u out of tne backwoods position the nation holds us, he said. "This would also help us become better known thioughout the country. Also m favor of the Olympics was Marlin Diamond, 26. Washington, DC., who felt that the games would help Utah only if they didnt require construction of bobsled runs and other accommodations that would be left behind after the games ended. "I think the Olympics would be good only if the recommended conditions were met and we didnt have to build a bobsled run that wouldn't be Utilized after they left Utah W'e shouldn't have to build other accommodations either, he added. Shauna Shuput, 13, 3520 E I like the Wood Dr., said, idea of having the Olympics m Utah I would love to "come and see them. She also noted that the Olympics might help Utah become better known Against the Olympics was Trudy Condos. 19, 6279 Boxwood Rd , who felt they would be detrimental to the skiing Marlin Diamond Libby Madhti Dav id Gloria Laenby Snvastva Schofield Huetlcr Mm, londos idea. Utah has good skiing area, and I am happy it got the bid David Scholicld, 17, Pioneer St., added, "I don t want them here. It will cause puces to nse and will bung too many people to the state " Sharon Ellis, 18, . and her twin sister, Kan on,' 18, both cf 320 4th East, Centerville, think its a great idea. We think its great. We would like to come up, and see them the Olympics would be good for Ltah "I dont want them to come because it would cause the ski lift rates to nse and would cause the hills to be overcrowded. The local people wont be able to get on the hills to ski, she added. Also Paul Cannon. 20, 773 Oakmont Ave, doesnt think Libbv Lazenby, 17, 6920 Cormorant Cr , a ticket seller at It would ltah. Ellis "I don t want to see the Olympics come to Utah. The ski lilt rates will go up, and we dont have some of the necessary facilities that would be needed. We don't have any good places for ski jumping and some of the other activities, he said areas. Trudy Shauna Shuput Gordon Anderson Solitude, lelt the Olv mpics wouldn t be good for ltah If the Olympics came heie the people would be out to make as much money as they could and wouldnt be out to enjoy the activities. It would be good m one way and that would in bunging people here foi skiing, she added Mddhu Snvastva, 25. a student at the Imveisity of Ltah. said, "I think it a very good V be great lor Gloria Huctter, 24. 1M E South likes the idea ol having the Olympics An ltah. but she doesn't w ant any additional facilities built in the canyons. 5460 "I would like to see it come here, but I don't think ntoie facilities should be constructed m the canyons to accommodate those people who have to come the heie dining Olympics" When you mention Olym-- I think ot Squaw alley 2dnd Grenoble Who ever heaid -- ZoT those places betore the he asked WITH STRINGS Mayor EJ Garn made the tSalt L ke City bid with stnct Conditions, one being that fed- Tefal financing be allocated for r iollar games. Tthe a Salt Rasmussen, who City executive, "Tdoesn t ski. said X - multi-nullio- Z,RE. ke t like to know more -,atJout the conditions involved. LTn not m favor of the games ; There it it means our citizens ;"Id T.pfov iding a substantial amount of money or develop-;.fnen- t m the canyons and snow J areas "Off hand. I would say that T a $15 5 million federal assN-a nee (as proposea for Denv er, which that city refused) for ;thp event would not be T 7 T thats why Dendown the otter. is more city advanced m winter sports facilities than we are, he said. enough, and ver turned And that Susan Hair, 21, a Salt Lake City resident. g I think the Olympics would be fun, but Utah has to loosen its liquor control laws or the state wouldn t be able to handle the games. "The event would help eastern people know that ltah exists They still think wete in the hoise and buggy days, she said How aid Hagen, 38, manager of a sports department, and an avid skier: "From a skier's viewpoint, I don't like the idea of games here at all It would create so much tourism, and a problem for TWA Jet Lands, No Bomb Found the local skier. Salt Lake City skiers would take a beating. Business-wise- , would mean a tremendous boom, especially in ski equipment, he said. i 7 -- ! T- 7 . 1 , T; 2 T by-se- I There was no need for the precautions. At 3.20 p m EST. Uif plane set down safely, ta-- l fed to the end of the runway I and passengers scurried down - a Steep ladder and aw ay from 7 the jet. Force bomb squad an inch by inch search the jet after it larded. An Air mde I Of . Even thing s fine. a TWA spokesman said "No bomb - was found. Several searches - were made by the Ellsworth . Air Force Base demolition Istjuad and no evidence nf any ' explosives was found. It is be- 'llevedit was a hoax. - 7 Robert Helmer, a TW A public relations officer, said the 747 would be flown to Denver today, where the plane and its cargo would be more thoroughly examined. Nelson N. Aussenberg, 55, another of the passengers, kept a detailed log of the ordeal from the time the captain announced the bomb New Yoik, thieat. The idea of Olympics here is tremendous, but a significant problem arose last year :n Munich, ltah is a peaceful place and is not prepared for a shooting security-wis- e disaster such as happened German city. Holding games here would be an extended hand of peace and fnendslup. Salt Lake City would never be the same,' she said 19, of Mary Jo Laramie, Salt Lake City. "Un t it expensive to get tickets to the games' She said she fav ored hav ing the games here. Stanley K. Rees, 26, of Salt Lake City, and a said. "We could have the events here, but construction of roads and par king areas will be necessary . drama The Doomsday Flight" by Rod Sorting, in which an airliner was sent to Denver to foil a fictional extortionist who had planted a fictional pressure bomb aboard the plane. Thursday s threat was the third real-lifreenactment of the 1 drama. Scrling has since said he wrote the television piece to my undying regret. mile-hig- h e whole fraternity of pathological kooks crawled out of the woodwork, I really didn t realize the pathology of the audience that nuts could be triggered to acts of violence, Serltng said after the first bomb threat based on his fictional woik. A comes through with the necessary financial guarantees, the Utah delegation must make another presentation to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jan. 15 in Switzerland e The IOC will deliver its verdict on a site for the games sometime m early February. Some reports indicate that the body is leaning toward a European site, with Switzerland, Italy and France all making bids. Reactions to the choice of Salt Lake City as a site for the games was varied The necessity for choosing a site aiose when Denver in November voters decided to withdraw' from their commitment because of the costs and elcolog-lca- l problems. None of the four members of the I tah Congressional delegation showed much enthusiasm at the choice of Salt Lake City for the games. They agreed that the Olympics would be a great boost for Utah skiing, but indicated it would be expensive in both dollars impact and environmental Utah Gov. Calvin L. Ramp-to- n said he was quite surprised that Salt Lake City actually came up with the bid and said he had mixed feelings about it. He said the state would support it only on the conditions that no stale or local money be used for the games and that any federal money used would not affect any present federal spending in the state Utah's share of the bicentennial federal money (for the nation's birthday celebration m 1976) also should not be diverted for the Olympics, Ramp-tosaid. The governor said that any activities to be held in the canyons and any facilities built must be cleared by an environmental impact study beforehand n Both the governor and Atty. Gen. Vernon B. Romney agreed that there would not be any opportunity for a referendum allowing voters to decide whether to hold the Olympics as long as no state money is being spent. Colorado voters killed the games by choosing to cut off state spending for the event. without real danger to the If we go to some kind of mass transportation, it might be different, he added. Romney said that the games would bring a host of legal problems, but if the games were handled right, "it could be a good thing Rampton said that he has changed his attitude since 1967 when Utah made a bid for the 1972 winter games. At that time the majority of the people in the state wanted it. but because of environmental problems, he isn t so sure that they want the games now. Ames Harrison, Salt Lake District ranger for the U S. said Forest the Service, biggest problems of the Olympics would be parking and tiansportation in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons. James G Berry, director, Utah Travel Council, said the games would be a great financial boost to ltah and said he was in full accord with the mayor's piesentation Because of existing facilities and the pioxinuty to the ski aieas. Salt Lake City has great advantages over Denver and other cities, especially in the amount of money needed to host the games, he said, Sam Alien, conseivation chan man of the Wasatch Mountain Club, said that canyons along the Wasatch Fiont alreadv are "teaching their gieatest capacity of On peak weekends right now the roads and parking facilities are taxed to the maximum with skiers, tubers sightseers and winter sports fans, he said 9-IN- "We have more facilities than Denver does, so if we turned down the bid, it would be wrong, he said SALT LAKE d; $1.35 VALUE) FRI.&SAT. JANUARY 5 & 6 YOUR CHOICE . . . LUSH CHENILLE VELVET SOFA 84-INC- H CITY. 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TWO DAYS ONLY "We've heard that facilities could be built in Salt Lake Valley and participants be transfered to the canyon areas. That would be good if the canyons aie able to take ' it. he said Alf Engen, a loiipcT Olympic coach and piominent figure m skiing cncles, said he thought the games weie getting too big for one city to handle and maybe .should be divided between two communities lie added that Utah snow is being discovered by people from all over the country and people are alieauy coming fiom distant places to ski Earl Walters, former president of the United States Ski Association, agreed that toui-lswould continue to grow even without the games. CREAM PIES There is not ieally any room for additional parting "We don t have to build b'g condominiums. DESERET NEWS The incident followed, neatly to the letter, the television Continued from First Page One Bountiful girl had a different thought. Jo Ann Benedict, 23, and an occasional skier, said: non-skie- ;Continued from First Page ta ElLworth ."The passengers submitted to a methodical, Calmly se'at search of the air-t- y ci aft, helped in the hunt tor the bomb and had "drinks on the house" at the steward-esses invitation The passen-- l gers laughed when crewmen quipped, "If anything happens, we don t have a iob " ; When the plane was circling thb SAC base for its landing, passengers battened down for ri emergence landing, tight- eqgd scat belts, took otf shoes, ties and collars and put their Jje?ds between their knees Unexpected Choice Stuns Utahns the games o FRI. O SAT. 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