Ski death - Dr. J. A. Geis, Essex County coroner, gave a verdict of accidental death in the case of Knut Raustad, 30, who died on top of one of the small mountains north of Whitney a few hours after he was found by the ski patrol Monday. The coroner stated at the inquest Tuesday night at ...

Hotel training - Several changes have been made in the plans for the hotel training course to be held here as well as in several other Adirondack centers by the state education department. The preliminary course has been cut from 10 weeks to six. The first instruction will be given in ...

Frozen faces - Frozen faces caused the postponement of the North American two-man bobsled races on the Mount Van Hoevenberg bobrun Tuesday afternoon. Five of the six drivers who entered and completed the trial heats were badly frostbitten after the one run. Stinging snow clinging to their ...

Passing the flag - The Olympic flag, which had been kept safe in Lake Placid for four years since the 1980 Winter Games, was passed to its new four-year owner, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, at the opening ceremony last week. In the photo, at left, is Mayor Robert Peacock, center is IOC President ...

Bid group returns - The Lake Placid bid delegation arrived home at 3 a.m. Tuesday after a 24-hour trip from Innsbruck, Austria. With them were area residents who took advantage of the Adirondack Bobsled Club charter flight to see the IX Olympic Winter Games. The general consensus was that ...

Lake Placid airport - Stressing the need of suitable airports for the continued development of commercial aviation and stating that Lake Placid will undoubtedly have a proper airport even earlier than now appears possible, Leighton S. Bowker of Malone outlined the story of aviation past and ...