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DESPITE THESE CHANGES of name, the power structures have remained virtually the same. Any important decision's made within the totalitarian government in Lisbon. Representatives from Angola do sit in Portugal's National Assembly, but these representatives are either white Portuguese settlers or blacks approved by the Portuguese authorities. For a man to run for office in any part of Portugal or its possessions, he must have the backing of the nation's one political party, the party of Portuguese dictator Marcello Caetano...
...minimum fare of $282, a student aged 16 to 24 can buy one-way passage to or from a dozen European ports. The line's four floating palazzi stop at some out-of-the-way places, including Tenerife, Palermo, Palma de Majorca and Algeciras, as well as at Lisbon, Cannes, Naples and Genoa. Student-fare travelers will enjoy the same accommodations (two, three or four to a cabin) as regular tourist-class passengers. They will also have the same amenities: swimming pool, 2 a.m. pizza parties and three other meals a day, with up to 450 kinds of pasta...
...July has had to work over twelve engines at New York's Kennedy Airport. Supremely conscientious about safety, Pan Am in some cases has had to transfer passengers to another of its planes or even another airline. Passengers have had to change planes lately in Teheran, Lisbon and Frankfurt...
...same article stated that "Washington recently signed an agreement with Lisbon promising it nearly $500 million worth of aid, part of which is in military supplies." This refers to the agreement in connection with the extension of American basing rights in the Azores. What we did was to offer the loan of a research vessel, a grant of $1,000,000 for education, $5,000,000 in nonmilitary surplus equipment, and PL-480 credits of $30 million for the export of surplus agricultural commodities. Export-Import Bank financing may also be available. The $400 million figure frequently mentioned in this...
...Budapest, Copenhagen, Dubrovnik, Geneva, Helsinki, London, Moscow, Prague, Salzburg, Stockholm, Vienna, Warsaw and Zurich. In almost every other top city, they are just plain tight. Prices have risen about 10% since last year. A double room with bath in a good hotel ranges from a low of $7 in Lisbon and $10 in Munich to a top of $48 in Rome, $50 in London and $65 in Paris. A WINDFALL FOR VENDORS OF THE GOODS AND SERVICES THAT ECONOMY-CLASS TOURISTS WANT. Among the beneficiaries: European small-car-and bicycle-rental companies, inexpensive restaurants, even greengrocers, and North American sporting...