SAMARANCH TICKED, TICKED, TICKED OVER "60 MINUTES" PROFILE

          IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch claims that he was
     "blindsided" by CBS reporter Bob Simon during an interview
     for CBS's "60 Minutes," according to the AP's Larry Siddons. 
     Simon asked Samaranch "about his role in the fascist regime
     of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and some touchy Olympic
     questions."  Samaranch, who said he never heard of "60
     Minutes," before last week, said, "I was really
     disappointed, because I feel like I was in an ambush." 
     Samaranch asked Westinghouse Chair Michael Jordan for a
     "chance to redo the interview" in Spanish, his native
     language, but as of Sunday, CBS had "not agreed to redo" the
     interview.  The "segment was originally set to run Sunday,
     but was pushed back" to the last day of the Games on
     February 22 (AP, 2/17).  In N.Y., Richard Huff reports that
     CBS said it "has no intentions to redo" the interview.  A
     "60 Minutes" spokesperson said, "If his English wasn't good
     enough, he should have had a translator.  He speaks perfect
     English in our piece" (Richard Huff, N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 2/17).