By N. LA VEILL CHRISTENSEN Editor. The Daily Herald NEW YORK CITY-(Special) – Utah’s hopes for the United States nomination for the 1976 Winter Olympics went down the drain on the second ballot of the U.S. Olympics commitIae site- all-day hearings at hotel Roosevelt here Sunday. A high official of the Olympics board who refused to be quoted told the Herald that Denver, me winner, received lu votes on the first ballot; Lake Placid, N.Y. 14; Utah ll, and Seattle 2. On the second ballot, the is voting committeemen gave Denver lll, Lake Placid 15, and Utah 9, with one member abstaining. That put Utah out and most of its supporters switched over to Denver for a 16-17 final vote. Bid for Site Denver will now carry its bid for the ’76 Winter Olympics to Ai-nsterdam when the international committee meets in 1970 to choose the host city. Some officials here behave the U.S. entry may have a sentimental edge in the Amsterdam ballodng inasmuch as 1976 will be the 200th anniversary oi this conntry’s Declaration of Independence. What happened to Unix’: highly-touted bid? The Beehive state went into Simrhy’s meetings as the co favorite with Denver. Lalri Placid, acme of the ISN Wnitn- Olympics. and Seattle were rated the unda-dogs. W12 Nomiaatlm Utah had earned its rating as a tavorlte two yearn ago when it won the U,S. Nomination for the lm Winter Olymp. ica over Anchorage, Alaska and Lake Placid in hearing at Chicago. The Salt Lake delegation made a strong presentation before the International Committee at Rome thaleyuaz, but lost out to Japan. ‘ While Denver didn’t apply for the lm games, it sent a delegation to Rome in 1965 to get pointers, and came up Sunday with an exceedingly-chang presentation, featuring: 1, A magnificenuy elaborate brochure in color. 2. A convincing claim of experience at handling big meets, with 43 national and international winln sports competitions hosted since lliill ;.Aflne colorfilmandm me quebec with Gov. A. Lon and MIN! ‘lium Currigm ao the mstwo pinion. No Fallon Utah didrrt hiker-it was imply heated in Hu cys of the unmmttee. Ita preaontation wu good, built anoinil spoochea ly Gov. Calm L. Ranma; E. Rich, cgalrman d 2 Qlympcs ommittee: others; brndiurea; nil a very clove- and well-pnpared televised color film. Governor Ramptoifs remarks were aspecially impressive. A US. Olympics committeeman, analyzing the results uf the voting, felt brochure and literature distributed by Utah didn’t compare with the elaborate Coloraib job; md that the show of experience and financial capability demon strated NY Durver was too impressive to ignore. Winter sports facilities ohboth cities were praised. Three governors were in their Three governors were in there bzvtling for the Olympics nomination for their states-Gov. Nelsmi Rockeleiler of New York in addition to Govs.,Bampton and Love, The Washington governor, Daniel J. Evans, sent administrative assistant James M. Dolliver to represent him. Gov. Rockefeller, who says he is not a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, was getting lots of exercise shaking !oouno. our plate’: rcnsentahon, wearing ‘0UI” U.S. amatem- hmkay association for rl: mountain atatao; and Bud Jack, University M Utah Athletic director repre collage of lingua: One ii tha enthusiastic mambers of the Olympics for Utah committee was P.E. Ashton of Provo. Pete is also a member of the board for Four Seasons Inc. and is mithusiastic about possibilities of developing I great winter sports and yearlaaoitnd recreation area in the moimtaina east of Provo and Springville. ‘liie voting U.S. Olympic! board members were from Utah! qloe Rogers of the Utah “OUI” I group who is registrar for the The main body of the Utah! delegation, numbering about! E. which came to New York by ! National Guard Airplane, leftl at 3 p.m. after a short stop.! over at Washington, D.C. ! Gov. Rampton planned to debark at Denver to attend a! late Monday afternoon meeting! of the Pfour Corners Governors, oontinuing to Salt Lake by commercial alrline. The national guard plane was to proceed! to Utah with arrival planned, about 5 p.m. at the Salt Lake L, an-pm’ E: Three gover-i-lol-s were in their! Three gcvunors were in there battling for the Olympics nomination for their states-Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York in addition to Govs..Rampton and Love. The Washington governor, Daniel J. Evans, sent administrative assistant James M. Dolliver to represent him. Gov. Rockefeller, who says he is not a mandidate for the GOP presidential nomination, was getting luis of exercise shaking hands, anyway. He and Gov. Rampton had a warm meeting despite being of opposite political faiths. Was Lake Placid’s unexpectedly strong bid due to the governor’s personal sway’! Newbold Black, chairman of the Olympics board site coma-iittee, didn’t think oo. “He was atxong for Lake Placid-but than was no specially powerful argutnent.” We wero unable, puaonally, to witness me “press excluded” Lake Placid md Seattle pnsentationa. However, Wayne Mosarof 0gden’a KL0 and I heard the full Denver praaentation. We sat within 15 feat of the Podium. Nobody naked ua to laave. The oiiiclala must have thought we were members af the Olympic committee. The full Utah Press-Corps. of tts. which came to New York by ,Nat.lonal Guard Airplane, left at 3 pm. after a short stop!over at Washington, D.C. Gov. Hampton planned to ldebark at Denver to attend a late Monday afternoon meeting of the Four Corners Governors, continuing to Salt Lake hy commercial airline. The national guard plane was to proceed to Utah with arrival planned about 5 p.rn. at the Salt Lake airport.