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Olympic Torch Arrives Amid Snowstorm for Lake Placid Relay
The Olympic flame lit in Greece arrived at Langley AFB to start an American leg of the 1980 relay. Snow lay on the ground as 52 runners—26 men and 26 women—prepare to cover 1,000 miles through six states to Lake Placid with ceremonies planned in Washington Philadelphia and New York.
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