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(Nov. 14, 2001)------From The Denver Post, Wednesday, November 8, 1972
Voters Reject Funding For '76 Olympics, by Norm Udevitz,
Denver Post writer
"Colorado voters decisively voiced their anti-Olympic
sentiments Tuesday, passing Amendment No. 8, which cuts
off state funds for the 1976 games, by a 5-to-3 margin.
With 1,797 of the state's 2,047 precincts reporting, 522,608
ballots had been cast to stop state funding, and 348,916
persons had voted to continue funds.
Passage of the Amendment has quenched Colorado's
Olympic torch and put an end to the eight-year effort of many
business, civic, and political leaders to stage the Games in
the state.
Both opponents and supporters credited the amendment's
passage to citizen fear of high costs, additional taxes and
questions about the credibility of the DOC (Denver Organizing
Committee)."
From The Denver Post, Thursday, November 9, 1972
Colorado Vote Reignites Feeble Utah Olympic Flame,
by The Associated Press
"The action of Colorado voters has reignited, feebly, the
Olympic flame in the hearts of the Olympics For Utah
Committee, which tried unsuccessfully to attract the 1972
Winter Olympics.
Newly reelected Governor Calvin L. Rampton said Utah would
be glad to have the Games, with a lot of "ifs." Robert D.
Wilde, publicity director of Utah, Division of Travel
Development, said it would be nice, but there would be
problems.
Max E. Rich, former president of the Utah Committee and
now a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, said he didn't
think Salt Lake could handle it financially.
Salt Lake City Mayor E.J. Garn said the city could handle the
Olympics more economically than any other city in the
world."
From Rocky Mountain News, Thursday, Nov. 9, 1972
DOOC to meet to turn down Olympics, by Richard
O'Reilly, Rocky Mountain News writer
"In probably their last official act, board members of the
Denver Olympic Organizing Committee (DOOC) will meet
Thursday afternoon to turn down the 1976 Winter Olympics.
With one exception, the amendment was rejected only in
mountain counties which stood to benefit from increased
tourism and development associated with the Games.
DOOC staffers said Wednesday they received many calls
from voters who said they didn't intend to kill the Games, but
only to get the state out of paying for them."
By the way...
The IOC later awarded the 1976 Winter Games to Innsbruck,
Austria, site of the 1964 Games.
