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...will open Micronesia's first modern hotel, the Royal Taga. Already booked for months in advance, the Taga is certain to bring tourists and money to Saipan; Jones is offering native Micronesians a cut in the profits through $10 shares of stock in the hotel. But his largest investment in Micronesia's future has been carved out of the jungle on Tinian: a cattle ranch of a planned 7,500 acres, 12,000 head of cattle and an equal number of hogs and chickens...
Perhaps the largest official legacy the U.S. is creating for the Micronesians is the fostering of a slow but steady growth of Micronesian political consciousness. At municipal, district and territory-wide levels, the Micronesians have been taught to elect their own officials and legislative bodies, and to begin to establish the appurtenances of self-rule. So far they are only appurtenances, since the word of U.S. High Commissioner William R. Norwood-and ultimately of the U.S. Congress-remains final...
...hand over their pavilions to Montreal, and Mayor Jean Drapeau, the originator of Expo, is casting about for ways to make the island sites into a permanent summertime exhibit and tourist attraction. Among his envisioned lures: Buckminster Fuller's U.S. geodesic dome, converted into the world's largest arboretum and aviary...
...five months in Japan, established a new home base in Santa Monica Canyon, Calif. For him, it was as if the clouds had parted, and down poured a torrent of scattered forms and heightened colors. "Francis," says Sweeney, "has become a master of decoration in the grand style." The largest Francis, a 13-ft. by 19-ft. canvas called Meaningless Gesture, dominates the museum's cavernous Cullinan Hall, where Sweeney has hung it 15 ft. above the floor...
...Which last week called in 1,143,000 standard-sized 1965 Chevrolets-second largest safety recall ever-for possible replacement of a steering-assembly component that, if worn, can cause a sharp veer when braking, has resulted in four accidents (no injuries...