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May 9, 1984 Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Indiana Page 5 Oiympics World, Nation Boycott Soviets' pullout could 'snowball' MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet Union's decision not to take part in the Los Angeles Oiympics threatened today to snowball into a boycott of the Games by its communist allies and the staging of a separate "Red Olympics" at Sofia, Bulgaria. AN INFLUENTIAL Soviet journalist reported the Kremlin already had drawn up plans for a communist bloc athletic meet to be held in Bulgaria in competition with the Los Angeles games. Moscow announced Tuesday it was boycotting the Los Angeles Olympics, citing what it said were inadequate security precautions to protect communist athletes. In Washington, a spokesman for President Reagan said the Soviet decision was "totally unjustified." "The decision by the Soviet Union means they have disregarded the feelings of most of the people the world over that the Olympics will be conducted in a non-political atmosphere," said White House spokesman Larry Speakes. SAORTLY AFTER Moscow's surprise announcement, Poland said its participation in the Olympics was "under a question mark." Sources in Prague said they assumed Czechoslovakia would stand by Moscow and boycott Los Angeles as well.

An Olympic Committee spokesman in Budapest said Hungary would announce by Thursday whether its athletes would go to Los Angeles. Leonid Khomenkov, chairman of the Soviet Athletics Federation, also hinted that other communist bloc nations would boycott the games. IN AN INTERVIEW with the Soviet news agency Tass, Khomenkov said the "progressive sporting public" in other socialist nations "share the concern of the National Olympic Committee of the USSR over a gross anti-Soviet campaign that is being stepped up in the United States with every day." At least one communist nation Yugoslavia said the Kremlin boycott would have no effect on its participation at Los Angeles. And a spokesman for the Romanian Embassy in Vienna also said his country would take part but there was no immediate confirmation from the government in Bucharest. Stuns World UPI Athletic and government officials around the world expressed surprise, indignation and dismay at the Soviet Union's decision to withdraw from the Los Angeles Olympics.

Some said they hoped Moscow would change its mind. "I'm indignant at the fact that athletes again were sacrificed by politics," Katsuji Shibata, the chairman of the Japan Olympic Committee, said today in Tokyo, one day after the official Soviet news agency Tass announced the boycott. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone called the Soviet decision "extremely regrettable." Shibata said it apparently came in retaliation for the U.S.-led boycott, joined by Japan, of the 1980 Games in Mosocw. Olympic torch United Press International Bill Thorpe Jr. and Gina Hemphill, relatives of Olympic greats, carry the Olympic torch through New York on a trip to Los Angeles.

Thorpe is the grandson of Jim Thorpe. Hemphill is the granddaughter of Jesse Owens. The torch is being carried to Los Angeles for the summer games. Reaction Of U.S. Afghanistan is the big difference WASHINGTON (UPI) U.S.

officials say there is one difference between the Soviets' surprise pullout from the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1980 American boycott of the Summer Games in Moscow Afghanistan. WHITE HOUSE spokesman Larry Speakes said Tuesday the Kremlin's decision was politically motivated and "totally unjustified." "The decision by the Soviet Union means they have disregarded the feelings of most of the people the world over that the Olympics will be conducted in a non-political atmosphere," he said. The Soviet Union announced Tuesday it will not send athletes to the Los Angeles Games because the United States failed to guarantee their safety. FOUR YEARS AGO, President Carter ordered a boycott of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow in retribution for the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The U.S.-led boycott was joined in whole or in part by 64 nations and the Soviets were believed to still be resentful.

State Department spokesman John Hughes said the Soviets' announcement was a "blatant attempt" to play- politics with the Olympics. Asked how the Soviet move differs from the 1980 U.S. boycott, Hughes said, "The difference is something called Afghanistan. The reason the United States stayed away was the extraordinary brutality shown by the Soviets in Afghanistan. There is no comparable action by the United States here." AT THE WHITE House, President Reagan met with Peter Ueberroth, chairman of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, and President Juan Antonio Samaranch of the International Olympic Committee a few hours after the Soviet announcement.

Ueberroth later told reporters, "The charges by the Soviet Union are unfounded. We are very disappointed. It appears we are paying the price for 1980. "We will use every ounce of energy to try to reverse this decision on behalf of the athletes of the world, "he said. ON CAPITOL HILL, Rep.

Paul Simon, suggested the international organizing committee "give strong consideration to slating the next several games in neutral countries" to end an unfortunate trend he says is making the Olympics "increasingly politicized." Sen. Bill Bradley, a former Olympic participant who became a professional basketball player, agreed the Olympics have become politicized and backed returning them "to their original home and holding the games in Greece, permanently." United Press Internationa! Officers watch legislature following shootings Quebec Shootings Pair of attacks kill 3, wound 15 QUEBEC (UPI) A man believed to be dressed in military fatigues went on a shooting rampage today, wounding two people less than 24 hours after another man killed three and wounded 13 inside Quebec's legislature building. Police said some 25 armed officers were searching the St. Sauveur area in the northwest of the city for the gunman who shot and wounded a man and a woman in separate incidents. He was believed to be on foot and armed with a gun.

THE SHOOTING COMES less than 24 hours after a combat-equipped Canadian soldier killed three people and wounded 13 inside the National Assembly, Quebec province's parliament. "From experience, it (Tuesday's shooting) could start the second one," police spokesman Ivan Pinel said. "These kind of situations are very delicate." He said witnesses described the man as wearing "something that resembled army fatigues." A spokesman at St. Sacrement Hospital said a man was treated for a gunshot wound to the arm and a woman was treated for trauma. Both were released.

PINEL SAID ONE of the victims was on foot when shot and the other was in a car. The shooting took place just three miles west of the Quebec National Assembly, the scene of a bloody attack Tuesday. Cpl. Denis Lortie had burst into the chamber of the National Assembly, spraying the room with machine-gun fire. He surrendered to police after 4 hours of negotiations and dropped his weapons.

At his side was National Assembly Sargeant-at-Arms Rene Jalbert, a retired Canadian Forces major and decorated veteran of World War II and the Korea War, who sat the siege out with the gunman, bringing him coffee and a tomato sandwich. "HE WAS VERY, very cool," Quebec City Police Inspector Brian Pickford said of Jalbert. "He had nerves of steel. He was the hero of the day." Police said three people were killed and 13 wounded none were politicians in the 9:45 a.m. EDT assault at the century-old gray stone building.

News Roundup WIN the Vacation of your Dreams Dow Plans 'Orange' Suit NEW YORK Dow Chemical Co. intends to sue the federal government so it can share a $250 million settlement with Vietnam veterans who claim injuries from the herbicide Agent Orange, manufactured by Dow and six other chemical firms. "To the extent we have to pay this amount as a settlement, we believe we have a valid claim against the U.S. government and we intend to pursue it," Dow spokesman Garry Hamlin said Tuesday. Pope Reaches Guadalcanal HONIARA, Solomon Islands Pope John Paul II flew to Guadalcanal today for an eight-hour visit under heavy security on the tropical island where U.S.

Marines fought one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. The Solomons' government barred all but the Vatican news corps from covering the trip because of unconfirmed reports that international terrorists disguised as reporters might try to assassinate the pope. Security was more rigid than on the pope's previous stop in Papua New Guinea, where 500 people, some wearing Pidgin English T-shirts labeled "Mi Likim Pope" (I love the pope), waved goodbye as he departed for the 2-hour, 20-minute flight to Honiara. Bikinians Seeking Cleanup WASHINGTON Bikini Islanders who were moved off their Pacific atoll 38 years ago to make way for U.S. nuclear tests have told a House subcommittee they want their home made habitable again.

Bikinians want a Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Marshall Islands linked to a cleanup of Bikini, their lawyer, Jonathan Weisgall, told the House Interior subcommittee on public lands Tuesday. Secret Papers Retrieved WASHINGTON Secret goverment papers accidently left in a sofa sent to a prison for refurbishing are back in the hands of federal officials today and authorities say there was no breach of government security. The papers were from the Department of Energy, the agency responsible for building nuclear weapons, but a spokesman said Tuesday there is no danger of inmates building an atomic bomb. The papers were found in a sofa sent to Lorton Reformatory for repair. United Press Internationa! OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY omp ng and ledccn nc SeplenSer 3D 198J Breakfast Fantasy from Nasties Corn Flakes A one-week vacation for a family of five to the Hilton at Walt Disney World Village in Orlando or to the Fontainebleau Hilton in Miami Beach, Florida plus $2,500 spending money from £7 A one-week vacation for a family of five to Maui Surf at Kaanapali Beach or Kauai Surf at Kalapaki Beach in Hawaii plus $2,500 spending money 3 GRAND PRIZES from A one-week vacation tor a family of five to The Cant in Aspen or Lion Square Lodge in Vail or The Ranch in Steamboat Springs, Colorado plus $2,500 spending money PLUS 50O FIRST PRIZES A $50.00 Breakfast Cash Certificate USE COUPON AS ENTRY FORM SWEEPSTAKES ENTHV MANUFACTURER'S COUPON FOR FLORIDA TRIP OFFER EXPIRES SEPT.

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