JSP Vol 02 No 05 1964Jan
/•/ ^*Hntsh NUMBER 5 JANUARY 1964 VOLUME 2 PREVIEW" OP THE NINTH OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES AT INNSBRUCK - Bob Bruce More than 60,000 winter entirely new ski area of Axamer- sports enthusiasts from all over Lizum. The events will be opened the world are expected to view from the Berg Isel Jump, located the Ninth Winter Olympics, to be on the edge of the city and pro held at Innsbruck in the Austri vided with a spectacular new con an Tyrol from January 29 to Feb crete amphitheater, which can ac ruary 9, 1964. commodate 60,000 spectators. This ceremony will take place on Janu Olympic athletes and members ary 29th, at 11 a.m. Teams of of the press, radio, and televi thirty nations will participate in sion alone will number in excess the event. According to prelimin of 5,000. The stage for the ary reports from Innsbruck, a to Games has been set in Innsbruck tal of 1703 active competitors and its environs—the adJao#mt have been registered for the com centers of Igls, Seefeld, and the petition. Preparations for the Winter Games have turned 700-year old Innsbruck into a bustling resort town full with all the excitement which delights devotees of skiing and skating. Millions have been spent on the erection of the new stadium, arena, ski courses, lifts, jumps, bob-sled runs, and lodgings. Innsbruck itself could not be more centrally located for the contestants who will converge from the four corners of the earth to vie for Olympic glory. The city lies north of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Italian Dolomites and south of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, both scenes of other Olympic days.
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