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...neophytes in staging world's fairs, the Japanese did themselves proud. When the lights of Expo '70, Asia's first universal exposition, dimmed in Osaka last week after six months, attendance stood at a record 64,218,770. Ever meticulous about details, the Japanese also reported that: The average visitor spent four hours waiting in lines, meaning that almost a quarter of a billion man-hours were whiled away in queues; there were 48,190 lost children but nearly three times as many lost adults -127,457, mostly rural oldsters; 55 weddings were performed on the fairgrounds...
...Japanese will probably be the first to enjoy so easy a ride. One of the more exciting technological exhibits at Expo 70 is a scale model of just such a train; and the Japanese National Railways hopes to put its new "Super-Super Express" in service for the 310-mile ride between Tokyo and Osaka by 1980. Controlled entirely by computers, it will easily eclipse Japan's Tokaido super express, which, at 130 m.p.h., is now the world's fastest scheduled train...
...political campaigns of a state senator and of the state treasurer who granted the loans. Both are Republicans; so is John King. He contributed $250,000 to Richard Nixon's 1968 campaign, and was the President's representative with the rank of ambassador to Japan's Expo '70. King denies that he had anything to do with arranging the loans; but some critics charge that political influence was used to get them...
...awed by the fusillade of flash bulbs and questions from some 70 Japanese newsmen and photographers, inquired of the Prime Minister: "Is it always like this in Japan?" Replied Sato, beaming: "Of course not. This is a special treatment for you." After that, the young couple were off to Expo '70 to lend their presence to U.S. National Day at the fair...
...changed when the full commission voted to have small, local celebrations across the nation. Even fewer people seemed to like that idea. "Without federal coordination, we'll probably just have a few Minutemen run up Bunker Hill and shoot redcoats every third day," mused James Matthew, Boston Expo's general manager. On behalf of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Senators Hugh Scott and Richard Schweiker groused about the "highly unusual procedures" of the commission and hinted at a congressional investigation if the decentralization decision were not reconsidered...