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...Expo '70 (see MODERN LIVING), only ten miles from the blast, the Japan Gas Association Pavilion was closed for 24 hours. The Pavilion's chief attraction is an exhibit entitled "World of Laughter...
...soft, bamboo-covered Senri Hills, which slope gently skyward beyond the city of Osaka, have for centuries been home only to snakes and a host of insects. Not any more; at least, not for the moment. Today the Senri range, the site of Japan's gaudy Expo '70, throbs with life. After only four weeks, the turnstiles at the 815-acre, 73-nation exhibit have clicked off 8,500,000 visitors. The one-day high: 441,000, about equal to the entire population of Buffalo, N.Y. Before the rising sun sets on the 183-day extravaganza, some...
...main pavilion, there is an immense iron bell, which visitors are invited to toll. In Expoland (the amusement area), the Czechs are showing an improved version of Laterna Magika, the combination of multi-projector movie wall and live acting that was the hit of Montreal's Expo...
...many U.S. resorts. The more affluent (those with $7,500-$15,000 incomes) are spending anywhere from $500 to $1,500 on two-week vacations abroad. One Southern travel agency alone reports that over 500 blacks from its community have already signed up for round-trip tickets to Expo '70. This year Pan American is sponsoring West African tours, packaged by the country's leading black travel agency, Henderson's in Atlanta...
Fair officials say they expect 50 million Japanese (roughly half the country's population) as well as 1,000,000 foreigners to visit Expo. Japanese police are ready to offer a special greeting to 203 guests-internationally known pickpockets whose biographies and photos have been supplied by Interpol; the police are also on the lookout for 482 outstanding locals...