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AROUND THE RINGS: OLYMPIC ROUND-UP

     ACOG Chief Billy Payne has had a camera installed on Fulton
County Stadium so he can monitor the progress of the Olympic
Stadium construction efforts (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 7/9)....Jeff
Kunerth reports for the ORLANDO SENTINEL that despite a '94 anti-
gouging law, the GA Office of Consumer Affairs is already
investigating more than two dozen complaints of hotels and motels
charging "exorbitant" rates (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 7/9)....Italy's
Primo Nebiolo who is in charge of track and field matters for the
IOC, is on trial for alleged corruption involving the
construction of venues for the '90 World Cup in Italy (John
Powers, BOSTON GLOBE, 7/9)....Eastman Kodak will donate part of
the sales of film and disposable cameras featuring '98 Nagano
symbols to the Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee in exchange
for marketing cooperation (KYODO NEWS, 7/9)....PA-based York
Int'l -- a refrigerator company -- has given the Salt Lake City
Olympic Organizing Committee a $1M contribution, the largest
single contribution to date (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER,
7/9)....Atlanta Adman Joey Reiman has created a campaign for the
'96 Paralympics (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 7/11).

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