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To Stage 1956 Olympic Winter Games in Italy ItalyLAUSANNE LAUSANNE Switzerland May 4 UP Officials of the International Olympic Com ¬ mittee and the representatives of amateur world sports federations today approved de ¬ tailed plans for the staging of the 1956 Olympic winter games in Cortina Italy ItalyThe The winter plans were presented to the IOC delegates this morning by an Italian threemember committee consisting of Count Thaon de Revel Italian IOC mem ¬ ber Pierro Oneglio chairman of the Italian Winter Sports Federation and Dr U Fa ¬ bian secretarygeneral of the 1956 winter Olympic games gamesThe The Italians presented all their plans and daily schedules for the games to the meet ¬ ing Dr Marc Hodler Swiss president of the International Skiing Federation said the plans were entirely approved approvedFinal Final decision on keeping the summer games in Melbourne Australia will be made at the IOC congress at Athens Greece next week
