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    CITY OP HOPE Public Relations Dept. 208 W. Ejght St. Los Angeles, Calif. 90014 (213) 626-4611 (Hank Brown) LOS ANGELES -- Art Linkletter - TV personality, host, raconteur and author will be Master of Ceremonies for the fourth annual Sportsmen's World Awards event at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, June 27. Eleven all-time athletic "greats" of the past will receive the coveted 'Victor' statuette in tribute to their exemplary conduct as champions on and off the fields of athletic competition. The Sportsmen's World Awards are sponsored, by the Sportsmen's Club for the City of Hope with proceeds going to support that free and nonsectarian medical and research center in its battle against catastrophic disease. Linkletter, who MC'd last year's presentations, i's one of radio and television's most popular and durable hosts. Best known for his chores on "House Party" and the long-running "People Are Funny, he is presently host of NBC-TV's daytime Life With Linkletter show, and the author of the best-selling ~-ds Say -he Darn(jgst Things and, more recently, Linkletter Down Unde based on his experiences in Australia. The Sportsmen's World Awards show will be produced for national television by Hughes Sports Network. The honorees and other distinguished guests are being flown to Las Vegas by Trans World Airlines, official carrier for the Sportsmen's World Awards.