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Olympic meeting Representatives of the Lake Placid Olympic Committee will meet in Washington with representatives of a congressional study committee on physical fitness to discuss the village’s bid for the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. The meeting is a result of a letter sent by the LPOC to President Richard Nixon. Lake Placid sports director and Olympic Committee member Rev. J. Bernard Fell received a call last Thursday from Michael Harrigan of the president’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, who said the meeting will occur during the first two weeks in January. Mr. Fell said Lake...