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WELCH TO RETURN HOME AS QUESTIONS PERSISTS ON HIS FUTURE

          SLOC President Tom Welch "plans to return home Thursday
     from his African safari so he can deal with his legal
     problems -- and see how they may impact his job," according
     to Gorrell & Horiuchi of the SALT LAKE TRIBUNE.  Welch was
     charged on Monday with a misdemeanor for allegedly
     assaulting his wife (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 7/23).  Welch "has a
     substantial problem whether or not he is tried or found
     guilty," according to Philip Hersh of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. 
     Several "prominent national and international Olympic
     officials, all speaking on condition of anonymity, suggested
     Welch would be unlikely to keep the $325,000-a-year job." 
     One IOC member: "He has put himself in an untenable
     predicament."  Hersh adds that "in an area dominated by the
     Mormon church, which puts heavy emphasis on family and takes
     a strong public stand against adultery, the idea of having
     an Olympic chief whose dirty laundry has been aired in
     public would seem particularly problematic."  One USOC
     official said that "in nine out of 10 cases, he wouldn't
     survive.  But this is an unusual case because Salt Lake City
     is an unusual place (because a small group of influential
     people hold considerable sway)" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 7/23).  

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