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Business has been so bad at one of the bright new exhibits, the People-to-People Fiesta, that it had to close eleven of its 17 folk-art sales stalls and two-thirds of its open marketplace. Proprietors at the amusement section, which last year was a disaster area, have little more to smile about this year. Although the six free water-skiing exhibits at the Florida Pavilion have drawn many fairgoers to the area, most head back to industrial and foreign pavilions right after the last ski run, passing up the area's tame kiddie rides that...
...SPAIN. Despite its seasonal fiesta spirit, Spain is often harsh about dress or conduct that offends its moral sensibilities. Overexposure in cities, for example, can bring quick arrest. Drunken or boisterous visitors may find themselves barred from Spain indefinitely. For minor tourist crimes, Spanish courts usually recommend deportation. There are no juries, and judges can be tough on foreigners accused of illegally exporting art objects, leaving the scene of an accident, or failing to pay a hotel bill, to say nothing of criticizing Franco. Accused tourists should forget trying to skip the country. Spanish police are quite efficient. Happily, this...
...People-to-People Fiesta is a miniature world's fair in itself-a bazaar with booths of more than 40 nations. Here foot-weary fairgoers can picnic, entertained by strolling musicians, craft demonstrations, and a peppy, swinging ballet about Manhattan staged by youngsters of the Police Athletic League...
...mines are losing $6,000,000 annually; workers are threatening to strike for higher wages. Even so, he remains Bolivia's most popular figure. Many of his Cabinet meetings are held at 5 a.m. to give him time to fly off to the backlands for a confetti-splashed fiesta and political rally with the campesinos...
...Fundamental Task. The fiesta mood was well founded. Of twelve Presidents who have taken office since Mexico's 1910 revolution, Diaz Ordaz, 53, is the first to inherit a prosperous and united nation that faces no immediate major problems. True to the Mexican pattern of orderly alternation between regimes that are to the left or right of center, Diaz Ordaz, who was Minister of the Interior under López Mateos, is slightly more conservative than his predecessor, who nonetheless hand-picked him for the job. As the new President made clear in his inaugural address, his administration, like...