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Just about the only refuge for local people left on Main Street (U.S. Route 1) is Deering's Ice Cream Store, where any tourist can be assured of meeting genuine citizens of Freeport...
While a falling dollar may limit the bargains available to U.S. travelers who venture overseas, it should boost the domestic tourist industry. In Florida, which boasts attractions ranging from Disney World to Miami Beach, hoteliers and resort owners expect a hectic year. Arnold Keithlin, marketing vice president of the Sonesta Beach Hotel on Key Biscayne, met last month with European travel arrangers and came away beaming: "They were forecasting a 35%-to-45% increase in their use of tourist facilities here this summer because of the depreciation of the dollar. They are all very bullish, very optimistic...
...plan, say the Israelis, was for Fatah fighters to make a dash for the Lebanese coast from Cyprus on the high-speed hydrofoils under cover of night. And how did the Israeli spooks who foiled the plan smuggle bombs into Italy? "You just come in as a tourist and bring what you need," said one source. "There are a lot of sophisticated ways of smuggling things in these days...
...France and the Middle East believe the bombings are a new attempt by Shi'ite terror groups to pressure the French government into releasing imprisoned terrorists in exchange for four Frenchmen kidnaped last year in Beirut. The terrorist attacks did nothing to improve the prospects for the European tourist industry. American bookings have fallen off so sharply in some countries that one Greek tourism official called it a "biblical catastrophe...
Kellogg's move has caused consternation among members of the local Chamber of Commerce. City boosters say that with no more plant tours, their tourist industry will lose its snap, crackle and pop. They may be right. The town's best remaining attractions are a bird sanctuary and the Battle Creek...