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Start Thursday In Intense Heat
ROME, UP)—The XVII modern
Olympic Games opened Thursday
in intense heat and amid colorful
pageantry before a crowd of close
to 100,000 in Rome’s new Olympic
stadium.
President Giovanni Gronchi of
Italy arrived five minutes later
than his schedule called for, en
tering the stadium to the strains
of the Italian national anthem
played by six military bands.
His entrance was followed by a
blare of ten trumpets from a
corps dressed in medieval cos
tumes. Then, the Greek team
which traditionally leads the
Olympic parade, marched into the
stadium, its athletes using a quick
lively step.
The Argentines marched with
nearly 100 men, but no women.
One of the loudest ovations was
given to the Australians, pre
ceded by a dozen very pretty
young women dressed in copper
colored uniforms. The Aussies
themselves, host to the 1956
games, were a dapper lot in white
pants, bright green coats and
Army
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Only minutes before the of
ficial opening, the Nationalist
Chinese delegation issued a sharp
announcement that its team was
participating in the games under
protest.
The Nationalists objected
strongly to a ruling by the Inter
national Olympic Committee that
the team must participate as Tai
wan. The team entered the vast
stadium in uniforms that had no
name on them.
A1 of the teams appeared much
smaller than expected. Many of
the athletes chose to sit out the
parade because of the intense
heat.
The stand rocked with ap
plause when the United States
athletes walked into the stadium,
led by Rafter Johnson of Kings
bury, Calif., the world decathlon
record holder. Only 156 of the as
signed 245 competitors marched
for Uncle Sam.
Johnson kept his head held high
and his eyes straight ahead, hold
ing the Stars and Stripes well
aloft as he circled the field.
The American men and women
returned to their traditional blue
and white for the parade.
Johnson, the flag bearer, stood
erect and seemed not to move a
muscle as the parade continued.
He was the first Negro to be the
American color bearer at the
Olvmics and his conduct was im
peccable.
The Soviet Union’s powerful
forces, unofficial defending team
champions, entered the stadium
behind a waving red flag.
With 232 athletes, the Russians
formed the biggest group in the
entire parade.
After President Gronchi declar
ed the games open officially many
of the athletes broke ranks and
raced to the side of the track to
witness the arrival of the Olympic
.flame ignited by the sun in
Greece and brought to Rome by
relays of runners.
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Soviet* Are Reported
Distributing Anti
Peiping “Manifesto”
| NEW YORK, UPi — The Soviet
Union was reported today to be
distributing to Communist parties
throughout the world an anti
Peiping “manifesto” designed to
enlist mass support against Red
China’s challenge to Soviet lead
ership of the Communist world.
A dispatch from Washington to
the New York Herald Tribune
said existence of the document
has been established “through in
formation from behind the iron
curtain and elsewhere and a sum
mary of the manifesto’s general
line is available in high govern
ment circles.”
The story speaks of a struggle
for dominance within the Soviet
bloc of nations and adds: “If
Peiping is not soon brought to ac
quiesense with Moscow — or at
least to silence about its disagree
ments—Washington would not be
surprised if Soviet Premier
Khrushchev attempted some form
of Communist-bloc ‘idealogical
| quarantine’ of Red China . . .”
, East Germans Accuse
Plane Designer Betraying
! Secrets to West Germans
I BERLIN, I7PI — One of the top
j brains of the East German air
] craft industry, Manfred Gerlach,
55, has confessed to betraying sec
rets of Communist jet aircraft
production to West Germany, East
German authorities said today.
The Communist party news
paper Neues Deutschland report
ed that the engineer’s trial for es
pionage opened in Dresden Wed
nesday. The East German regime
also announced Wednesday the
arrest of 147 alleged agents for
i the American espionage service.
Western officials speculated
I that the Communist regime might
! be making Gerlach the scapegoat
for the delay in producing the
long-promised East German jet
airliner.
The first prototype was sup
posed to have been ceremonially
handed over to Communist party
head Walter Ulbricht on May 1,
1959. But it crashed on a test
: flight the previous March and
! was destroyed.
—
Kennedy and Johnson Will Make
Appearance at San Francisco
| SAN FRANCISCO, (TPi — U. S.
Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Demo
cratic presidential nominee, and
U.S. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, his
running mate, will make a two
hour airport political appearance
here Sept. 3 enroute to opening
their campaigns in earnest in Ha
waii and Alaska.
San Francisco Democrats have
announced plans to set up an
open air auditorium at Interna
tional Airport for the candidates’
use.
Kennedy will go on to Alaska
and Johnson to Hawaii.
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Living Costs Rise Again
| WASHINGTON, UP — Living
costs rose one-tenth of one per
cent in July to set a record .for
the fifth straight month.
The Labor Department living
cost index rose to 126.6 per cent
of the 1947-49 base.
The July increase, while it
raised the figure to a new record,
was the smallest June-July rise
since 1954.
Increases for food and gasoline,
and a continued increase in prices
for services, were main contrib
utors to the new record.
But food prices rose less than
they usually do in July.
NEW DRAFT CLASSIFICATION
WASHINGTON, UP — Draft
boards have been instructed to
quit classifying as 4F men who
may qualify for service in an
emergency although they are not
accepted under current standards.
Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
Selective Service director, an
nounced the change Thursday and
said it should improve the man
power inventory
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Congress Raises Acreage
Limitation On Land
Leased For Oil Drilling
WASHINGTON, itfl — Congress
passed a compromise bill Wednes
day to raise acreage limitations
on federal land leased for petro
leum drilling.
A conference committee iron
ing out differences between the
House and Senate versions of the
measure was approved by the
Senate and sent to the White
House. The House had passed it
earlier in the day.
The bill would permit one op
erator to hold up to 246,000 acres
of federal land by lease and op
tion in any one state. The pre
sent law limits leases to 46,000
acres but permits the holding of
options aggregating 200,000 acres.
Under the new bill, one oper
ator could consolidate or hold up
to 246,000 acres either by lease
or option.
The total for Alaska would be
set at 300,000 acres.
The bill also would raise mini
mal rental on leases from the pre
sent 25 cents an acre to 50 cents.
U.S. Admiral Says Russians
Have 100 Subs In The Pacific
PEARL HARBOR, Wl — The
Soviet Union has about 100 sub
marines in the Pacific, says Adm.
Herbert G. Hopwood, and “we
have to assume they can fire
missiles.”
He told a news conference
Wednesday the growing Red un
derwater fleet, which six years
ago totaled fewer than 20 in the
Pacific, is the greatest single
1 threat to the United States.
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