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Cuba Joins |SaDnGelWMtf Mu iaNraattmalCofmnunlft Cuba Joined (he -Olympic Games boycott move-‘ meat Friday, charging that the ' U.S. Stale Department and ther Central Intelligence Agency'were responsible for (he con-/ froversy caused by the readmit-tance of South Africa.Kansan Tops Own WorldHurdle Mark; 'KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UP1)-Kamas star George Byers Bashed the 60-yard low hurdles Friday night In :06.5 in the Big Eight indoor track meet for a world record.Earlier, Byers tied his existing world record of :06.6 in a preliminary heat. He also tied the Big Eight record for the 60-yard high hurdles in the semifinals with a time of .07.2.StefanichLeads By 78,Nears TitleThe Cuban Olympic Commit-, tee, meeting in extraordinary!, ™° ot session, voted to pull out of the! a.n Mexico City games unless the]*1 f? H South African readmittancereconsidered. EnaThe Cuban committee alsolj0ge ^ issued a statement charging|runs that American Avery BrundageJ president of the International)„JW0 5 Olympic Committee (IOC), I Ply moutl carried out the orders andl™Jion cadvice of the State Department!‘’Beml Cand the CIA in pushing forI Tarry c South African readmittance. (Ford. The International Com-1 Fremo. mittee’s decision to readmitJ Durham South Africa started the boycott movement two weeks ago). Thirty-two African nations vot-l T id to boycott the games and and the other countries are scheduled tol way at meet to take up the matter ofLyj ho participation. . JpetitorsManuel Gonzalez, president air ,the Cuban Committee, said an|*tocKers investigation by his groiip|llrag5lei showed South Africa’s discriminatory attitude toward colored athletes remained unchanged.The Cubans also questioned why the IOC had a mall vote instead of an extraordinary meeting of the body to consider South Africa’s reaamission.In Oslo, Norway, spokesmen for the Scandinavian countryjRoberU said the South African issue (League would not affect its partkipa-|ly appiPiratesClIJoFORIItion in the Mexico games. Scandinavian Olympic Com-[FridayTnrrrnA nvi„ nton t- imittees convene in Stockholm four lt;1TOLEDO, Ohio (UPI)-Jun March 12 to announce their -w,-Stefanich, Joliet,^IU., winner oi[stand. I thelast year’s rich Firestone a Norwegian spokesman saidLf^gC -Tournament of Champions, ap- Friday. «.We are going to j™Pear.?d,.F!rid^'5,ell^n.hls I recommend that Norway enterjj1'^to victory in the Professional her selections for the Mexico ‘h-_ w. ■Bowlers Association f5C,000 Qames as planned.” iRenuMBuckeye Open. Meanwhile, a dispatch fromLa^DStefanich took over the semi- Beirut said the Saudi Arabian Ffinal lead in the Ohio tourney by I Olympic Committee decidedWinning seven of his first eight] boycott the games in protest of games in match play. HeiSouth Africa's readmission. opened up a 76-pin lead over Newspapers quoted Mecca Teata Semiz of River Edge, (Radio as the source for the N.J., with that big run of report. The United Arab Repub-.victories, after losing his first lie, Algeria, Iraq and Sudan 'game to Allie Clarke of have also announced they will iRavenna, Ohio. (boycott the games along withLast week Stefanich won the! the black African nations.140,000 Tampa Bay SertomaPBA Open, A year ago he set 13• Lin uuctii n ycoi 050 hc act, idworld scoring records in the Ski Olympians Vr inPBA Firestone tourney B ad KLEINKIRCHHE1M,For his eight games Friday ,.. (ifpt\_Youne Olea Fallafternoon, Stefanich average J^ffin he?;253 pins per game.Behind the second-place Se-.'ini2 stood Nelson Burton Jr., of St. Louis, who won five of eight games. Early leader fies Schissler of Denver, Colo., tumbled Into fifth place, behind Don Johnson of Kokomo, Ind.,Inoinn fiilnnomnchome country and veteran Kai-i Sehranz claimed his 19th crown as the two Olympians raced to victory Friday in the downhill event of the Austrian National Ski Championships.
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