Brundage Defends Olympic Purity and Amateur Ideals
Avery Brundage, at 84, defends Olympic purity and amateur status against critics. The IOC leader stresses sports for sport's sake, rejects professional dominance, and cites the Games as an ideal not a right or world championship. He describes a life of travel, wealth, and devotion to the movement, with autocratic but enduring authority.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Avery Brundage
Pacific
International Olympic Committee
Chicago
Brundage
San Francisco
Golden State Park
Olympic
U.S
LaSalle Hotel
Lausanne
Switzerland
IOC
America
Stockholm
Detroit
United States
de Coubertif
Whitworth and Rankin share Raleigh Classic lead
Defending champion Kitty Whitworth posts a three under 69 Saturday to reach 141 after 36 holes, tying Judy Rankin who shot 72 to also reach 141. Jackie Evans slipped to 147 after a 79, while Marilynn Smith sits one back at 142 and Shelley Hamlin 143 as hot conditions persisted.
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Raleigh
N.C
Kitty Whitworth
Judy Rankin
Miss Whitworth
Miss Rankin
Jackie Evans
Miss Evans
Arlington
Marilynn Smith
Shelley Hamlin
Margee Masters
Carol Mann
Judy Kimball
Susie McAllister
Miss Mann
Kathy Whitworth
Gloria Ehret
Betty Burfeindt
Barbara Myers
Kathy Cornelius
Stone
Sondra Elliott
Pam Barnett
Karolyn Kertzman
Kathy Farrer
JoAnn Prentice
Cathy
Carla Glascow
Haron Miller
Cameron C
Mardell Wilkins
Cindy Meyers
Kathy Ahern
Jocelyn Bourassa
Joyce Ann Jackson
Joyce Karmierski
Jane Huntsberger
Kathy McMillen
Joyce Deese
Rams Begin Camp As Cowan Arrives Late
Charlie Cowan reported to the Rams camp in Long Beach five days after the start of workouts and under his agreed contract terms. The 12th year tackle from New Mexico Highlands ended his holdout, while the team released rookie wide receiver Alford Clanton from Jackson State, a free agent.
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Long Beach
Calif
Los Angeles Ram
Charlie Cowan
Cowan
Rams
New Mexico Highlands
Alford Clanton
Jackson State
Manager Dick Williams Linked Between Expos and A’s
Dick Williams, former Boston Red Sox manager through 1969, coached for the Montreal Expos in 1970 before shaping the Oakland Athletics later. The narrative ties his early career to a 72-man squad era with 27 rookies in circulation.
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Dick Williams
Oakland Athletics
Montreal Expos
Boston Red Sox
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Will Grimsley
University of Illinois
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Baron de Coubertin
United Nations
Decatur Proette
Burfeindt and
Decatur
Point Mallard
Miss Farrer
Decatur Commerce
Chamber Board
Dorothy Schwuchow
Charles
Guntharp
Pol. Pol. Adv
Charles E.guntharp
The
Britsville Times
Tuscaloosa
South
Birmingham Post-Herald
Decatur Daily
Alabama
Tennessee River
Birmingham News
Alabama Travel Council
Doug Benton
Alabama Mountain Lakes Association
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