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TIIUItSOAY. lOMIIIJIt 19. t MtDKIKI) .MAIL TRIIiL'XE, MKIII (MID, OIILtiON Hysteria Claims Tokyo As Plans For lly WILLIAM 1'. WHKiMT llnilrd ProfiK IntcrniiLinnul TOKYO (UPD This biRgi'sl city in llic world is suffering from "Olympic hysteria as i Japan prepares or llic sluKini! ncxl year o( the first Olympic Games ever to he held in Asia. The XVIII Olympiad will be the larKcst and costliest since the first games were held at the fool of Mount Olympus more than 21 centuries ami. Because they are bcinfi held i in the carlh s most populous, congested and disorganized city, the l4 Tokyo Olympics could turn out lo be a chaotic night mare for sportsmen and public alike. Or they may be, as Tokyo Gov. Uyotara Azuma has re pealcdly pledged, the "most colorful and successful Olym pics in the hislory of the games." Al slake is Japan s prestige as a world power and the im perial honor of Empcrior lliro hilo, who has arccpled the hon orary presidency of the liMi'l games which open Oct. 21. Pressures Orip City Inwardly all !hc pressure, emotion and huge slakes in volved have given rise to what a Ja,.ncse medical journal calls "Olympic hysteria." The entire city is afflicted wilh "Olympic hysteria," the journal says, from the prime on street corners and in train stations, blissfully unmolested by police. It's this indifference that gov ernment and civic leaders are f'ghting to counteract before I'.ic visitors descend. The cry is civic pride. Thou urn enlintlnp lleavilv on minister whose political future i ,..,(jijnna .limnnese hospitality hinges on Ihe games lo the , 0 ()(fspt (hc s0(.ia i!ls nnlp man-in-lhe-slrecl who curses! .. sl .... HWnc..s associations I man li centuries ago. i ne anove pnoio snows the huge Olympic cauldron in National bta dium as it was ignited during a lest in Au- oity is progressing rapidly in some sections but lagging in others. Work on six of the 2fi roads has been halted, apparent ly because of the lack of funds. Sections of the two key super highways linking Ihe Olympic village with the main game sites and the airport have already been open to the public. Both roads are expected lo be com pleted by August. Work on the other IS roads has slowed to a crawl in many places because of the refusal of landowners and homeowners to trees in Ihe heart of Tokyo, is lo be turned over to the Japanese government this month. It will be made into an Olympic village, where athletes will be housed and fed. Work is progressing well on the 20,000 - scat stadium at Washington Heights which will house an indoor swimming pool, judo and basketball court; and the Comazawa Park stadium which will include a football field, volleyball courts and two basketball courts. The main Olympic stadium. 4 Olympiad Progress make way for the roads. In i where the track and field events some eases the government has will be held, was built in 1958 been forced lo seize the land for the third Asian games and forcibly. ; has been expanded to a capacity Work on the two new subway of 72.000. lines is behind schedule and of-! The question, is 72.000 who? ficials are considering order-1 The stadium was built for the inn around - the clock con-! Japanese, who generally run OLYMPIC CAULDItON In Tokyo, Ihe big gest city in Ihe world, Ihe 19IH Olympic games will be held. The Olympiad will be the largest and cusllicsl since the first games were held al the foot of Mount Olympus more the Olympic fund raising asso ciation each will contribute one third of the cost. The association has been hard-pressed lo con tribute its share. Less than 1100 individual Japanese have con tributed to the games since Ihe fund drive began two years ago. s'ruetion in an effort to com plete the S4:3 million projects in time for the games. The $28 million eight - mile monorail line between the air port and the city is about 50 per cent completed. Ncaring completion is Ihe ultra-modern I S500 million Tokyo - Osaka To j kaido . ilway. Olvmpic Village i OLYMPIC FACILITIES: The This spurred America's Gold Medal winning track slar Wilma Rudolph to donate S550 to the games. i U. S. Military housing area at accomplishing miracles al Construct Hoods ... .. , , . ,. i last minute, lhcy nave T IANSPOHTA10N: he 51202 : " "... ..B ..u.b.o, smaller than other people. For eign visitors often find them selves cramped for leg room. The fact is, however, that the sports facilities are pretty much on schedule and arc expected to be completed in plenty of lime. Similarly, the gnvernmenl is confident there will be plenty of lodging for visitors. The Japanese have a way of the 10 months to go before the open- million network of Olympic i of gently rolling hills and shade ! jng ceremony. The Tokyo Olym piads which is to crisscross the !o( genlly rolling hills and shade I piad may yet be Ihe best ever. FOR YOUR LAST MINUTE Shopping fr3L A 1 1 7 turn SHOP ALL 3 FLOORS JJ I'HWIHWl 1 - 1 GIFTS FOR EVERYONE! OPEN EVERY NIGHT UNTIL 9 INCLUDING SATURDAY, DEC. 21 "The Store of Thousand Thoughtful Gifts" the inconveniences he has lo put up wilh for llic Olympics: The high prices he has to pay, the scaffoldings he has to duck, the lorn up streets mound which he has to detour. The major worry of govern ment, civic and business lead ers is not the unfinished proj ects. It's the impressions of the Japanese people which Ihe vis itors lo the games are likely to lake home. Will they remember Ihe Japanese as dignified, cul tured and courteous, or as a people beset wilh social ills? Thousands Lxprctrtl About 49,1100 foreigners, in cluding 9,800 athletes and offi cials from 100 nations, arc ex pected lo come to Japan (or the games. Most of Ihe visitors will nol be Ihe elderly, cultural minded tourists Japan is accus tomed lo. For llic most part they will be young, thrifty and less tolerant. Unless some dra matic changes are made, lhcy arc in for some rude shocks. In the cities and Inwns of Japan, one of the world's most industrially advanced and liter ate nations, urinating in the streets is a common and toler ated practice. The majority of Japanese, especially Ihe young er generation, do nol. But Hie sizeable male minorily which does is enough to make a bad ; and lasting impression. Vagrants sleep in doorways. ! Moscow-N.Y. Air Service May Be Operational Soon VIENNA (L'Pn-Fedcral Av tati;in Administrator Najech E. llalaby said Wednesday the pro posed direct Moscow-New York ; commercial air service may go inlo operation next summer. llalaby arrived here from Moscow on his way back to Washington alter talks wilh So-, viol airline and aircraft experts on the planned air link and su personic transport questions. He was continuing lo Paris later today and planned to ar-! rive in Washington Thursday via Hcykjavik, Iceland. Talks l-'rirmllv llalaby told I'PI his talks with Soviet officials were "ftirndly, frank and very com prehensive." He said a "stop-by-slop survey of technical problems" could solve difficul ties connected with Ihe pro posed New York-Moscow serv ice, and il may well be in op eration by next summer. The FAA chicl said the Hus sans apparently are moving al about the same speed as the United Slates anil along the same lines in the held of super sonic transport. He flew to Vicuna in a spe cial Lockheed Jelstar plane He said before he Icll Moscow he would take advantage of I ho flight to lest Soviet. Polish and Czech air and navigational aids along the way. Boy Offers To Help Santa Make Toys SANTA IT!. NM. (t'Pli Evervbody knows Santa Clans' workshop isn't really at llic North Pole Sovcn- car-old Joe V Marti nez Jr. wrote a Idler lo Santa, telling him "I like trains If you can. bring me one When I am older, I will help you make loys in Alaska." TOOK Bl'S HOME BLACKPOOL, England (UPh Blackpool bus driver David Moore was fired today because he look his empiy double-decker bus home for his tea break, i are promoting a "no lip" drive and have adopted the slogan: "Sell high quality merchandise at reasonable prices with kind ness." The Tokyo mclropolilan gov ernment is carrying out a $1 million city wide cleanup and health campaign aimed primar ily al improving llic city's hap-1 hazard garbage and nightsnil diswal system, and neutraliz ing Ihe stench from Tokyo's r 'ing canals. Mindful of a serious dysentery oulbreak among Ihe staff of Tokyo's famous Imperial Hotel, officials have ordered all per sons who will come in contact wilh the Olympic visitors lo be inoculated against dysentery and cholera. Tokvo has a high proportion of cab drivers who arc choosy, reckless or both. Language Barrier: The bab ble of foreign languages which Ihe games will bring to Tokyo is one of the most perplexing problems. Japan's recent inter-! ! national sports week demon j sti nted Hint the great majority I of Ihe 900 young Japanese uni versity slinienls selected as of I ficial Olympic interpreters arc not up to Ihe job. They were supposed lo be conversant in English or French which, to gether wilh Japanese, will lv Ihe official languages of the To kyo games. Foreign delegations lo Ihe sporN week complained lhcy could nol understand Iheir in terpreters, nor could Ihe inter preters understand the dele gales. Two Phrases. Musts Also, foreign aHilclcs will have lo know al lea.,! two sim ple Japanese phrases. They are: "Ichi ni (suite" iget on youl mark), "yoi" (gel sc' ). (in will be signaled by the traditional pistol shot. All compolihvo events will be officiated in Jap ' nnese. POLITICS: Even before (lieir start, the games arc burdened with more political overtures than ever before in Olympic history. The participation of .n ' donosia, Cambodia, Nationlist China. South Africa and North ; and South Korea remains in doubt. i The International O I y in p i e Commitlee suspended Indonesia from Olympic competition alter Indonesia kept Nationalist China and Israel out of Ihe Asian games last year at Djakarta. The IOC now says Indonesia will be readmitted into the Olym pic fold if il agrees lo accept and abide by all Olympic rules. There has been no response from Indonesia, which recently staged its own rival "games of Ihe new emerging forces." Cam bodia savs il will not take part in (he Olympic games if Indo nesia is barred. Tlireatrns litis i-nii Nationalist China has lliro.il cned to hou'oll Ihe games be Ci ii.se of an IOC decision that il must compete as "Taiwan." and not as Ihe Itepiibhc of China, though il can use the initials ' ItOC" on uniforms and spoils equipment South Korea has threatened to pull out if Ihe North Korean National Anthem is played and Ihe North Korean Flag is dis played ill (he games Japan takes Ihe position that though il docs not maintain dmlomatic relations wih North Korea, it ' has no choice in the matter, since the IOC has stipulated thai all National Anthems and flags of individual teams should he permitted The IOC has given South Af rica until Dec. :il to stop ra cial discrimination in its sports or lace expulsion from the Olym pic games. FCN11S: II is estimated Ihe games will cost Japan $2.5 bil lion (including permanent im piovements), making them Ihe costliest in history. 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