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SATURDAY, MARCH 2,1968IOC Meeting DueBrundage DickeringCHICAGO (UPI)—President! “Enough to keep us busy aU I Avery Brundage said Friday he [last night and most of today, will eali a special meeting of the executive board o! the International Olympic Committee (IOC), obviously to determine whether another vote should be taken on the readmission of South Africa to |the 1968 Olympics.Brundage said he was consulting the members of the lexecutive board to determine a “convenient date” for the session.Brundage’s statement fol | lowed two conferences will’ officials of the Mexico Cityle said.He said that the IOC had no] official knowledge of any] boycott of the Mexico City Games and that “no one had I withdrawn.” However, 32 Afri-| can nations announced publicly they would boycott the games! because of the readmission of I South Africa.None of the Mexican repre-l sentatives were available to discuss what problems they had) presented to Brundage.The representative from Mex-IOlympics. They requested the 1 ico. who requested the meet-I meeting in hopes of getting IOC ioga, was Pedro R a m ir e z ' action to stave off threatened Vazquez, chairman of the boycotts of the October Games Olympics Oorganlzlng Commit* by nations opposed to the fee, and the two Mexican readmission of South Africa, (delegates to the International Brundage’s statement did not] Olympic Committee, Jose de give any intention for specific jesus clark Flores and Marte discussion of the South Africa a. Gomez, matter. But several nations, € .including Mexico, have suggest- There was no mdjcahon fromed that a special IOC meetingh [ier ,e Mexicans or Brun-be held to reconsider the vote to f to what was discussed reinstate South Africa. m their two conferences, one of ^l Brundage said the executive !ivk^ or six tiours Thursday Emm best committee could not act inde- ra8ht after the Mexicans 3ters pendently to revoke the recent arrivet^ from Mexico City and a]sjjm mor- admission of South Africa tQ|sj:c™ of ahno»t three hoursWm , as good standing, but that it could] Friday. (men*/ash-1 decide whether the IOC should! “We have finished our confer- chan San be convened to act. lences,” Brundage said following pthree| He estimated it would take the Friday session. I will make|nt„J “36 to €0 days for the|a statement later. I have and executive board to meet and larry speculated “more likely 60.”GEs hif Brundage refused to reveal ;t Ed what specific topics the Mexi-hls|can representative raised in their conferences, but said they .. , had enough “problems that it l. . required 9 to 10 hours to discuss limitz) them.Timeitionsl inder-sway com-, froml o gas |.Olyn noCoio,plans to meet with Ramirez jj Vazquez again, except socially.The Mexicans requested the meeting with Brundage over the threat of 32 African nations, some Arab nations and others to boycott the games because the IOC recently reinstated South Africa to membership, making it eligible to compete in the Mexico Olympics.Although the South Africans promised the Olympic Committee tot their team would be racially integrated, travel, live and compete together, the boycott threat stemmed from continued apartheid in the nation.There was fear among the Mexican officials that RussiaIn tlPeggy Gels#2,500 PerWeek OfferGENEVA (UP1) - PeggyFleming of Colorado Springs,...................Colo., the Olympic gold medal)an(j gome satellite nations also champion attempting to win her Uighi boycott the games,sUP1)-ational, final*sburghcampe firstteand i let as the ind no jdly on ninicar cted v daysthird consecutive world figure skating title, will be offered as much as $2,500 a week to turn irofessional, it was learned Friday.Three United States ice revues are seeking Miss Flem iftg, who is unable to negotiate because she Is still participating in the world championships. Any formal talks of turning professional would bar her from further competition, where she has built an insurmountable lead over her competitors.Miss Fleming said she will lour Europe before beginning any business negotiations with the American ice shows.although both Rovania and Bulgaria have sent in their entries. Such boycotts could wreck the competition.Mexico voted against readmission of South Africa to the Olympics and would side with any nations requesting reconsideration of the vote.One third of the 72 votingnations must request a specialmeeting for reconsideration,and Giulio Onesti, president ofthe Italian Olympic Committee,said he was trying to get thatnumber to cooperate for discussion of the matter.AIB1AllAthlrostfirstsqult;dayO bee hollt; the entJFirthoreliMorectioiFlc1 Ro m ChW5trg
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