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     ABC execs are worried NBC's Olympic coverage may help move
"Nightly News" into No. 1 (USA TODAY, 6/19)....Rick Bragg
examines the role of sponsors (N.Y. TIMES, 6/19).... MoJazz
Records, the Jazz division of Motown Records, released the
Official '96 Games Jazz Album, "People Make the World Go 'Round"
yesterday.  Among the artists, Wayman Tisdale
(MoJazz)....Passengers who had hoped to take ValuJet to Atlanta
for the Games are "out of luck."  Delta and "many other" airlines
aren't honoring ValuJet tickets, and USAir stopped last night
(PHILA. DAILY NEWS, 6/19)....After months of talks, 55 Houston
Metro buses are being shipped to Atlanta for use during the Games
(HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 6/19).

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