Word: innsbruck
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...With more and more skiers crowding the magnificent runs above Innsbruck, it was inevitable: Austrian state and local cops, all crack skiers, began patrolling the slopes, nabbed culprits for reckless skiing...
When it came to choosing sites for the 1964 Olympics, the I.O.C. had much less trouble. Tokyo won the summer games with 34 of the 58 votes. Innsbruck, Austria, which barely lost to Squaw Valley as host for the 1960 winter games, was an even easier winner, with 49 votes in favor...
CLOSED, AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR INSULTED, DEMONSTRATIONS IN INNSBRUCK...
...Innsbruck, Austria...
...bright for Squaw when the meeting opened. Huffed a German delegate to Cushing: "Don't think you are going to parlay one ski lift into an Olympic Game." Even a U.S. delegate sneered: "Who's going to vote for you? I'm not." Austria's Innsbruck was Squaw's chief competitor, and seemed a sure winner when one of the delegates charged that Squaw was totally unprepared to stage an Olympics, furthermore should be disqualified because it was not a town (it still is not). Summoned to the meeting room for an explanation, Cushing turned...