were likely to be pulled out by the metropolitan government". The provincial government at Queen's Park eventually covered the tab.

Two groups, both with the same President - Ludwig Guttmann - were involved in the decision-making: the International Sports Organisation for the Disabled and the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation. Guttman and Bob Jackson, (Chairman of the Organising Committee) worked to convince the governments to honour their promises of support and were largely successful. Nevertheless, a number of teams withdrew, following on from the Montreal boycott by 25 countries, and were threatened with exclusion from future events. Later, efforts were made to develop a joint policy with the International Olympic Committee.

Rhodesia was not allowed to participate as the Canadian government refused to grant visas for the Rhodesian Paralympic teamAn American man held in Venezuela since 2016 is begging for help, claiming in his first videos from prison that an inmate riot is endangering his life.

Joshua Holt, a 26-year-old missionary from Utah who traveled to Venezuela two years ago to marry a fellow Mormon he met online, has been held without trial since he and his wife were arrested shortly after they wed.

In two short videos posted to his Facebook page on Wednesday, Holt, his voice shaking, pleads for assistance.

"The people have taken the entire prison. They're outside. They're trying to break in. They're saying they want to kill me, they're saying they want me as their guarantee. I need help," he says in one of the 20-second videos.

Later, Holt wrote in a Facebook post: "Help me