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...WINTER OLYMPICS (ABC, 3-5 p.m.). Special ski jump, two-man bobsled and ladies' figure skating events...
...WINTER OLYMPICS (ABC, 9-10 p.m.). Ladies' giant slalom, combined ski jump, and toboggan finals...
...matter of record that on Dec. 22, 1963, 14 in. of snow fell on Memphis, Tenn. It is also a matter of record that less than 12 in. of snow fell on Innsbruck, Austria, during the whole of December. The point, of course, is that Innsbruck is a ski resort in the Tyrolean Alps-and the site, this week, of the ninth Winter Olympics...
Imported Snow. Ski resorts have learned to cope with such whims of nature. Off to the upper Alps trooped 3,000 Austrian soldiers, with orders to bring back snow or else. They brought back tons of the stuff-in trucks, in earth movers, in wicker baskets slung on their backs. Some 40,000 cubic meters were dumped on the ski courses; another 20,000 cubic meters were set aside for "emergency withdrawals." Six huge snowmaking machines, imported from the U.S., worked night and day, spraying ice crystals on the bobsled and sled runs. Finally, last week, Austria...
...second story. But by no means all of Spectator Sex is unpleasant. American clothes nowadays manage to be both free and attractive -necklines are down, skirts are up, ski pants are tight, girdles are out, and figures are better than ever, to which there can be very few objections...