Word: helmick
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DIED. ROBERT HELMICK, 66, energetic ex-president of the U.S. Olympic Committee; of cardiac failure; in Des Moines, Iowa. Before resigning in 1991 over conflict-of-interest allegations concerning his business ties with groups interested in contracting with the U.S.O.C. (he denied the charges, and a judge ultimately agreed with him), he revitalized the committee, notably pushing for a change in rules so cash-poor athletes could receive greater compensation while training...