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4B The News, Feb. 13. IOC OKs Moscow Games Carter still urges USOC to pull out LAKE PLACID, Olympic Games in Moscow next summer are officially on, but President Carter is urging the U.S. Olympic Committee to pull out. Within an hour of a statement from the Inter- national Olympic Committee (IOC) Tuesday night, rejecting'-Carter's call for moving the Games because of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, the White House turned the pressure on American Olympic officials.

Jody Powell. White House £be Paris 31 etna press secretary, issued this statement: "We regret the decision of the IOC to conduct the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow and to reject the proposal of the U.S. Olympic Committee to transfer, postpone or cancel the Games. Under the circumstances, neither the President, the Congress, nor the American people can support the sending of the United States team to Moscow this summer. "The President urges the U.S.

Olympic Committee to reach a prompt decision against sending teams to the Games." Carter's move was a blow to the Olympic movement, which was trying to keep the Games intact in the face of growing political pressure to call them off. Only 24 hours before, U.S. Olympic Committee president Robert Kane had said the U.S. government had presented no ultimatum to the USOC, which had until May date when entries have to be submitted to decide whether to go. Opening is overshadowed U.S.

earn gains tie against Sweden LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) With all of the pomp and pageantry that is so much a part of the Olympic tradition, the opening ceremonies of the XIII Winter Games were held today, overshadowing at least for the moment the political turmoil which threatens the very foundation of the Games. Nearly 1.300 athletes who have gathered for this ice and snow festival celebrated the opening of the Games, parading through horse show grounds in a meadow on the outskirts of this sleepy town which will hold center stage in the sports world for the next 12 days. Following the opening ceremonies, the first sled runs in the treacherous luge competition were scheduled for tonight with speed skating and skiing set to begin on Thursday. Hockey got an early start on the other sports with six games Monday, including an emotional 2-2 tie for the young United States team against Sweden.

Cheered on by their fans who screamed support and waved banners and flags, the Americans rallied for the deadlock on a goal by defenseman Bill Baker with only 27 seconds left to play after they had pulled their goalie for an extra attacker. In the other hockey openers, the powerful Soviet team, gold medal favorites, walloped Japan 16-0. Canada, returning to the Olympic hockey tournament for the batter; Roma'r; Czechit Norway years, 10-1, West o'werful a Poland upset Finlc International Olympic Committee officials presided over today's opening ceremonies less than 24 hours after announcing rejection of an American request that the Summer Games at Moscow be moved, canceled or postponed because of Russian intervention in Afghanistan. "The IOC is fully aware of, and sensitive to, the world conditions which have created, the most serious challenge to confront the Olympic Games," Lord Killanin, president of the IOC, said. "The very existence of the Olympic Games, the' Olympic movement and the organization of sport through the international federations is at stake.

All 73 members (including Americans Douglas F. Roby and Julian K. Roosevelt) present at the 82nd session of the International Olympic Committee are unanimous that the Games must be held in Moscow as planned." Robert Kane, president of the U.S; Olympic Committee, and Col. F. Don Miller, its executive director, who had presented the American position to the IOC delegates on Monday, refused immediate comment on Killanin's remarks.

But Robv supported the IOC position, saying, "I think it's the best thing we can do right now, and under these circumstances. I think our athletes will compete at Moscow unless some drastic measures are taken by the government." President Carter has asked the USOC to pass up the Moscow Games unless Soviet troops are removed from Afghanistan by next Wednesday and he could lift passports to enforce that position. After Killanin's statement Tuesday night, President Carter asked for a "prompt decision against sending a team" to Moscow. The USOC has until May 24 to officially accept or reject the IOC's invitation to participate in the Summer Games. While the IOC was stating its intention to go ahead with the Moscow Games, the way was cleared for mainland China to participate in the Olympics for the first time since that country's 1949 revolution.

The New York State Court of Appeals rejected a motion by athletes from Taiwan against an IOC rule designating the flag and anthem under which they might compete. Further appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court remained possible, but Tuesday's decision seemed to make participation here by Taiwan unlikely. Meanwhile, transportation remained a major immediate headache for organizers of these Winter Games.

Nightmarish waits of two hours in zero-degree temperatures for buses to move people from one venue to another were commonplace and had organizers frantically trying to untangle the mess. A labor dispute regarding the use of Canadian bus drivers on. buses supplied by Canadian companies was at the heart of the problem. The competition got off to an exciting start for the United States, which could make a record medal haul at these Winter Games. Twice the Americans scored late goals to salvage the opening- game hockey tie with Sweden.

Trailing 1-0 when Sweden's Sture Andersson scored early, the U.S. got even for the first time on a goal by David Silk with just 28 seconds left in the second period. Then, Sweden regained the lead on a goal by Thomas Erikkson with more than 15 minutes left in the game. The Americans kept buzzing goalie Pelle Lindbergh, a draft choice of the National Hockey League Philadelphia Flyers, but the 20-year-old held them off. Finally in a desperate last- minute thrust, the U.S.

lifted goalie Jim Craig for an extra skater. The strategy paid off when Baker launched a 55- foot blast that whistled past Lindbergh for the tying goal, setting off an emotional' celebration by the team and the crowd. Lord Killanin, president of the read a 700 word statement to a news conference, after a two-day debate by the ruling-body of the Games, and announced that the Moscow Games were on. The statement said the IOC had an agreement with Moscow and a'n obligation to the young athletes of the world. It added that National Olympic Committees had to make a decision on whether to go to Moscow, and hoped that as many as possible would be there.

ThS USOC now has to decide whether to bow to the government or play for time and keep its options open until May. Robert Kane, the president, has said he is opposed to any kind of boycott of the Games. The IOC urged all national Olympic committees to compete. Kane appeared before the IOC this week and presented Carter's case for moving the Games. He argued that by its military intervention in Afghanistan the Soviet Union had made Moscow an unsuitable place for holding a sports festival designed to promote peace and international friendship.

Killanin said the IOC had considered the USOC presentation but decided unanimously that the Games, due to start next July 19, must go on in Moscow. He said the 73 members present all supported the decision, including the two members in the United States, Douglas F. Roby and Julian K. Roosevelt. L.

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