Stock Photo - Oct. 10, 1967 - France Prepares for Winter Olympics: Constructions teams and building gangs are working against the clock to get the projects in an around Grenoble, France, ready for the opening of next year's Winter Olympic Games. Within two months weather conditions will put a stop to all open-air building programs. According to Games officials, most of the building works are running to timetable and should be completed well before Gen. de Gaulle opens the Olympics in February. The 50 million budget, much of which is being met by the State, only covers the work being done around Grenoble, which is already being called The ' Brasilla of France' Other expenditure includes nearly 500,000 for a massive concrete ski jumo at St. Nizier in the mountains overlooking the city. In resorts such as Chamrouse 'Olympic Villages' for athletes and officials are being built, and at six other resorts bobleigh laid out. In Grenoble itself a 7 million railway station is being built, a new airport is being laid out to replace the old one which has become the site of a 10 million residential Olympic town, and a 3 million 100 stadium is almost complete. Photo shows The 3 million ice stadium in Grenoble is nearly ready. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)