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Utah Court Spurns Bid

Compiled From Wire Services

The Utah Supreme Court rejected a petition by anti-Olympic forces seeking a ballot initiative to curb Salt Lake City’s spending on the 2002 Winter Games.

Utahns for Responsible Public Spending had asked the justices to rule quickly, since the group needed to submit 8,000 validated signatures to the Salt Lake City recorder by July 7 to win placement on November’s ballot.

The International Olympic Committee is to award the games June 16 in Budapest, Hungary.