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...ruling, by Sapporo District Court Judge Shigeo Fukushima, came in response to a suit brought by a group of farmers who challenged the government's release of some state forest preserve for the construction of a Nike missile base. The government has vowed to appeal; civil procedures being slow in Japan, it could take anywhere from two to six years before the Supreme Court decides the case...
...recruitment and morale of the self-defense forces. The decision also creates a problem for the government involving recently reacquired Okinawa, where 4,840 men have been stationed in anticipation of approval by the Diet of a bill authorizing a new defense command on the island. But the Sapporo ruling, has put a new obstacle in the path of this legislation. Now Premier Kakuei Tanaka cannot withdraw the men without violating the obligations undertaken in the U.S.-Japan reversion agreement. And he cannot keep them there without arousing howls of protest from the Socialists and Communists in the Diet...
That spirit carried her through her one major setback so far: failure to win in the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo. The Austrians went into that competition confident of success, and Annemie was expected to pick off a gold medal or two with little trouble. The team's morale was destroyed, however, the controversial disqualification of Star Skier Karl Schranz (TIME, Feb. 14, 1972), and Annemarie had to settle for a pair of silver medals. After that setback, she thought of giving up skiing, but the mood lasted only a short time. Then she threw herself into her harsh...
...Crimson will not be playing the same Czech squad that won a bronze medal in the Olympics at Sapporo, Japan, beat the Russians last spring for the world championship, and played Team Canada to a 4-4 tie in September. But it is the team which represented Czechoslavakia in World Cup competition last week, playing teams from the United States, Canada and Russia. The Czechs finished second in the tournament, beating the U.S. and Canada, while losing to the Russians...
...pleasure. It is an Olympic rule that they must have a vocation entirely separate from their particular sport." The rule is constantly flouted, to say nothing of being selectively and ineptly enforced. Austria's champion skier, Karl Schranz, was barred from last February's Winter Olympics at Sapporo on charges of professionalism, to which dozens of his competitors would -at least in private-plead guilty. The amateur status of most athletes from Communist countries is also in question. Potential champions get superior housing, superior food and superior wages while they concentrate on training for their events...