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SAMARANCH RECEIVES ROUSING VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FROM IOC

          IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch "won an
     overwhelming vote of confidence" from IOC members today in
     Lausanne, Switzerland, according to AROUND THE RINGS.  The
     vote was 82-2, with one abstention.  The next step in the
     meetings is to "consider the expulsion of six members
     implicated in the Salt Lake City bribery scandal" (AROUND
     THE RINGS, 3/17).  The AP's Larry Siddons puts the vote at
     86-2, with two abstentions, which is "a rousing vote of
     confidence" for Samaranch.  In his opening speech, Samaranch
     said that he accepted responsibility for the development of
     a "crisis of this magnitude" and that the IOC should take
     some of the blame "even if some of the conduct by bidding
     cities has itself been unethical."   He said the committee
     "must root out all forms of inappropriate or unethical
     behavior among our membership," and he recommended the
     expulsion of the six members.  Samaranch, who received two
     standing ovations during his speech, said, "Starting today,
     our mandate is to heal the wounds inflicted by the
     inappropriate actions of some members of the IOC and by
     others outside of our organization, and return the prestige
     to the entire Olympic movement" (AP, 3/17).
          MEMBERS EXPELLED: The IOC expelled six members during a
     secret vote today.  The votes were as follow: Agustin Arroyo
     of Ecuador (72-16); Zein El Abdin Ahmed Abdel Gadir of Sudan
     (86-4); Jean-Claude Ganga of the Congo Republic (88-2);
     Lamine Keita of Mali (72-16); Sergio Santander of Chile (76-
     12) and Paul Wallwork of Samoa (67-19).  At least 30 votes
     were needed to avoid expulsion (AP, 3/17).

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