European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Poma an circumstance torchbearer Yoi Honorl Sakai approaches the Irlandi during opening ceremonies for the xviii olympiad in Tokyo stadium. Olympic Flag ii railed stories by Bob hover staff writer . Cannons Al Airport to the Center or the City. Olympic Torch t carried to lop of stadium to Light the flame fog ii Fri he m pets ,j. Roared pigeons fluttered in die Feauve air a More than 7,000 athletes trooped into Tokyo National olympic m nations they came americans in Stetson russians in re scarves Ghan lans in red Robes. Thun Derous applause greeted the Parade of National colors. On the heels of the athletes came slim 10-year-old Yoshinori Sagcal with the olympic Torch Jet lifted 12,000 mile from Olympu. Greece to Japan. Bounding up 179 step in Lithe a Ruck Sukul touched his Loi. To a cauldron of Oil lit a flame that burned alluring the a Day running of the xviii olympiad. Overhead Jet planes painted the five ringed Symbol representing five continents of modern olympics in the Pul autumn sky. Ten thousand coloured bal loons drifted across the cheering International cast of 80,000 most of them spectators participated in the inaugural ceremonies of this first ohm Pic spectacle Ever held in Asia. The Liumes originally were scheduled for Tokyo in 1mo. Hut were cancelled because of world War ii. Missing from the opening panicle were athletes from Indonesia. North Korea Ecuador. The indonesians Nurl koreans withdrew when the International olympic committee refused in lift the ban on athletes who competed last year in Indonesia s mines of new Kew Riili a in Lii Raul squabbling among athletes forced Keu Udor to pull out. The japanese spent a total of More than 92 billion on new olympic facilities sports Halls an enlarged National olympic stadium a Facelift of Tokyo which included a network of Vire Skucys a my Mill to Irani port passengers Frisini Tokyo intern Alan of Over Vosh Lemirl Sukal upper led holds Torch after lighting the flame a Tokyo Obj pc stadium. Hilly Mills a Luhrs left the finish line lob come he first amerlean in olympic history to win the 10,000 meters Ferniany Ingrid Krumer Kneel right exhibits the form which won the women s springboard diving title. An elaborate by ice of computers tabulated immediate results of 4,000 events at 32 olympic locations. Results we reprinted in English French Romani roman alphabet japanese. Visitors repaid a substantial portion of the japanese olympics investment. Millions of dollars were left behind by athletes More than 0,000 tourists who descended on the City for the games. In Back of the flowing expressway traffic the new snorts palaces the efficient chaperoning of thousands of visitors was 3j years of planning. The Lames a 20-Kh re spectacular were the main attraction for visitors out there were More than enough Side shows. Night clubs featured i Liler own nude olympics. Flags of competing nations flapped everywhere. Smiling police interpreters cruised about Tokyo looking for frustrated foreigners hotels business houses featured in olympic Molly. Indeed it vim impassible not Tobe Uwi ire of the olympics in Tokyo. During the indent olympics which began in 7,8 . And were continued every four years with the exception of War years until m4 a.d., a sacred flame burned us the altar of zeus in Whoso in Nair the Gaines were the beginning winning athletes were the Branch of a wild Ilic in. Lint in later years the awards a Camii Lwow old the first Lori i Liean Rik ceremony i modern Ines occurred in isl lil. When a Maine was kindled at uly Imilia mid ear Ned by runner. From Athens to 1lik a Khlil i wr1. 1"".,11 " Briti Ikhil the Jet " a � Lull Stan stripes olympic supplement v r Lis i ii " 1-, " " is " "1 1fe to Janun was abandoned. A i i " is i nll1 Ull lil Yuan sul 111 l i a to stadium Arr Tia " lnl0 Tokyo wednesday october 28, 1964
