Arrangements are being made now for the provision of special dining rooms for Jewish, Moslem and Hindu competitors in the 1956 Olympic Games which will be held in Melbourne, so that they may have meals prepared according to their dietary laws, the Olympics organization committee announced today.
Israel, which seeks to field a large squad in the games, ran into bad luck today in the draw for the preliminary soccer matches. Israel drew the powerful Russian soccer team as its adversary with the Russians having choice of venue.
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