Colosseum Opens in Rome in AD Eighty
The Colosseum in Rome was opened in 80 A.D. with spectators cheering the new amphitheater. Crowds attended events marking the completion of a major imperial entertainment structure.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1952
Page
6
The Colosseum in Rome was opened in 80 A.D. with spectators cheering the new amphitheater. Crowds attended events marking the completion of a major imperial entertainment structure.
Four days of exhibits and free attractions start Monday at Louisa county fairgrounds with livestock, farm products, and handicraft displays. Harness racing and pony races appear on Tuesday and Wednesday along with concerts by Columbus Junction band and the Aut Swenson Thrillcade.
John Bell presides as board president with a large staff aiming to ensure the fair’s success. The event runs Monday through Thursday at the fairgrounds with committee chairs named for executive, entertainment, grounds, advertisement, premiums, speeds, concessions, marshal, buildings, and amphitheatre duties.
Gromyko, USSR ambassador to Britain, rode in a gilded coach to Buckingham Palace on Thursday to present credentials to Queen Elizabeth II. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden introduced the envoy to the young queen.
Government figures show Iowa soybean stocks on July 1 at 8 764000 bushels, down from 9 581000 bushels on July 1, 1951.
Waco Texas officials announced the death toll from Monday's fatal bus crash involving two Greyhound buses is 28. Air Force civilian identification expert R L Trask reported after classifying remains recovered from the wreckage.
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