Lake Placid eyes 1976 Winter Olympics bid
Lake Placid officials hopeful that Colorado voters rejecting subsidies for the 1976 Games opens the door for this resort to host. They cite existing 1932 facilities and say about 20 million could suffice versus Colorado’s planned 100 million. Housing and new venues pose challenges, but local leaders insist the area can bid with federal support.
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Lake Placid
8.Y
Apt
Colorado
John Love
Denver
William McNichols
Fie
William Hurley
North Elba
North Country Community College
Saranag Lake
Europe
Canada Hill
International Olympic Committee
Not Nicetown hijacked tractor trailer in Philadelphia heist
Joseph Dwyer a 42 year old trucker said hijackers halted his 36 foot tractor trailer in Nicetown Philadelphia at noon Wednesday and drove him around for half an hour before stealing cigarettes valued at 50000 pounds in the high profile theft.
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Philadelphia
Nicetown
Joseph Dwyer
Dwyer
New boundaries aid Jim Johnson triumph
Attorney James P. Johnson, 42, won a narrow primary victory in Colorado's redefined 4th District over Alan Merson. With 386 of 463 precincts counted, Johnson had 7,280 to Merson's 74,875. Johnson leveraged the district's Republican lean and new boundaries, stressing practical water and land issues and a personal campaign approach.
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Fort Collins
Colo
James P. Johnson
Wayne Aspinall
Colorado
Aspinalls
Alan Merson
Johnson
Merson
Western Slope
Aspinall
Schroeder credits early remark in upset win
Colorado's Pat Schroeder, age 32, beat incumbent James McKevitt 97,84 to 87,497 as absentee ballots still clear. She said voters responded to an issues driven message, stressing environmental, domestic concerns and reform while downplaying busing and war.
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Denver
Colorado
Pat Schroeder
James D
Mike) McKevitt
Schroeder
McKevitt
Supreme Court
Congress
No-fault insurance defeated in Colorado election
Colorado voters rejected the no-fault auto insurance proposal with 158 995 ballots against and 148 868 in favor across 1 481 of 2 045 precincts. The plan would have protected a policyholder up to 2000 dollars for medical and rehabilitation expenses and paid regardless of fault. The measure sparked heated debate over its impact on insurance rates and faced long legislative contention.
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Denver
Colorado
Holly
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North Elba Park
Fell
Russell Stover
Checolates
Gilbert Rexall Pharmacies
Adee Eee
28Th Street
Pease
Greeley
Wooka
Zenith
Woolco
Hillside Shopping Mall
11Th Avenue
Jim Johnson
Johmson
Pat
Taiwan
Northern
NTN
ST & Greeley
Bank Americand
General Electric
Jim
Pan
Hillside
Iran
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