Word: moritz
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...WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). The World Two-Man Bobsled Championships from St. Moritz and the International Surfing Championships from Makaha Beach, Hawaii...
Even so, a number of shipowners, including New York-based Marine Transport Lines, were interested enough to have begun serious negotiations. Niarchos bided his time at his St. Moritz chalet after a rousing hunting trip in the forests of Austria...
...Swiss Alps above St. Moritz were still white with the hard-packed snows of winter, and here and there April showers had laid a blanket of fresh, wet snow on top. To the casual eye, it was beautiful. But the beauty was lost on officials at the Institute for Snow Research and Avalanches in Davos. Tests indicated that the new snow was not binding with the old. And when warm weather followed last week, and the snow began to melt, the warning flashed out quickly: "Lawine [Avalanche...
After the Olympics, Werner retired from racing, but last week he was back in the Alps-this time starring in a movie sponsored by German Clothing Manufacturer Willy Bogner. Disregarding the avalanche warnings, photographers set up their equipment on the slopes of the Selin Valley above St. Moritz. Cameras whirred; Werner and 14 other skiers started down the hill. Suddenly, there was a sharp crack, and tons of snow thundered toward the valley floor below. By scrambling and flailing, most of the 15 "swam" on top of the avalanche to safety. Not Werner. And not Barbi Henneberger, 23, a pretty...
Died. Wallace ("Bud") Werner, 28, ace U.S. skier; in an Alpine spring avalanche near St. Moritz, Switzerland, that also took the life of German Olympian Barbara Henneberger, 23 (see THE WORLD...