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...which is now patrolled by security guards on foot-was back in operation within 24 hours. But the terrorist attack will probably be costly to Rhodesia's already struggling economy; it could discourage visitors from South Africa, who contribute heavily to Rhodesia's $40 million-a-year tourist industry. The incidents also clearly illustrated the vulnerability of Rhodesia's lifelines to South Africa, which have become even more important since Mozambique closed its borders with Rhodesia last month (see following story). In fact, Salisbury now depends on the South African rail link...
...crown, no cape, no diamonds, no rubies," groused one California schoolboy last week after seeing Sweden's King Carl Gustaf, 29. In fact, Carl Gustaf probably felt more like a tired tourist than Europe's youngest monarch. Now in the middle of a month-long U.S. tour, the King had gone to the San Francisco Bay Area for a 48-hour visit that included one consular banquet, an evening of disco dancing, a tour of the University of California at Berkeley, a quick look at San Francisco's new subway system, and lunch with Swedish-born Rudolph...
...days after his death, Mexican detectives raided his Jasmine suite in the Acapulco penthouse and seized three aides, who had stayed behind to pack furniture and shred files. At week's end the Mexicans charged Hughes Aide Clarence Waldron, 41, with forging Hughes' signature on a Mexican tourist card. The other two were released. Under intense questioning, the aides disclosed that Hughes had been bedridden for years and was too weak to write. He had been unconscious for three days before he was flown to Houston...
...winning image. Instead of being called a "petro capital," it became a "sinking city" when massive oil drilling in the 1950s caused some minor subsidence. For a brief time it attracted the Miss Universe contest, and in 1967 it bought the Queen Mary, which proved disappointing as a tourist hotel...
...road from Loyal Park to White Sox stadium had first taken Varney to such tourist traps as Ashville, N.C., Tucson, Ariz., and Des Moines, Iowa. After having received his masters degree in minor league baseball, Varney earned a spot with the big boys...