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...negotiations, the ambassadors had produced an agreement marking the end of a quarter-century in which Berlin has stood as a symbol and focal point of hostility between the Soviet Union and the West. The most important gain for the West was a Soviet guarantee of free and "unimpeded" travel along the Autobahnen, rail lines and waterways that separate West Berlin from West Germany (TIME, Sept. 6). The Soviets promised to improve communications and to permit West Berliners to visit East Germany. The Soviets, in turn, won an acknowledgment that West Berlin is not a constituent part of West Germany...
Ironed Out Snags. The agreement, for instance, refers to "transit traffic" between West Germany and West Berlin. The West Germans translated the phrase as "Durchgangsverkehr," literally, "through traffic," while the East Germans wrote it as simply "transit," which means travel between foreign countries. The Russians complained that their language did not even contain a word for Durchgangsverkehr. The West Germans feared that acceptance of the word "transit" without qualification would imply an admission that West Berlin was foreign to West Germany, and might even allow the East Germans to reapply traffic controls along the access routes in keeping with "international...
Switzerland's travel posters and brochures still stress the majestic mountains and many lakes that over the years have lured millions of summer tourists to the tiny nation. Recently, however, there has been a subtle change in what the tourist literature portrays. While the brochures still contain scenes of happy vacationers strolling near or boating on lakes, some of them no longer show swimmers in the water. Reason: some of the most famous Swiss lakes are now badly polluted...
...airlines have been reeling from a combination punch: their costly, shiny new jumbo jets arrived just as a recession cut back the predicted increase in air travel. Last year the U.S. trunk carriers ran up a total loss of $179 million; TWA alone went some $60 million into the red. As always when in trouble, the airlines resorted to a wide-ranging exploration of merger possibilities-the classic, though not always successful industry device for rescuing the flounderers. Some carriers have already reached merger agreements. Currently pending before the Civil Aeronautics Board are three proposed consolidations that could strongly affect...
...first, Medicine Ball Caravan looks like another whelp from the Woodstock litter. The idea was to have some freaks travel cross-country in Day-Glo buses disseminating rock music, good vibes and easygoing propaganda for the counterculture. Warner Bros, would pack along a camera crew to record the music, the interaction and the scenery...