European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages the stabs and stripes monday May 19,1986 and for the second course or for that Multer what s for dessert they say too Many Cooks spoil the Broth. Bui in this use there might rot be enough. The giant frying pan is attended by Choli preparing Paella in mimes France the pan contains 3 tons at Rice and was designed to feed More than 15,000 people for the Pentecost weekend. World today expo 86 attendance steady better than officials expected Vancouver British Columbia a with most of its glitches worked out and attendance steady expo 86 is off to a better Start than even its biggest boosters expected Sayfie fact since expo opened May 2, the biggest complaint in random surveys has been that the restrooms Art Loo hard to find said expo s vice president Tor communications George Madden. There Are tto big problems Madden said. "1 think everyone is very pleased at How Welt things Are going the fair s Sis million Monorail which broke Down briefly on opening Day is running Fine moving As Many As 55,000 people a Day. Madden snid. Expo s gales close at 10 p.m., but the closing hours of restaurants and pubs at the fair were extended during the second week until Midnight sonic merchants in Gas own. The City s historic area and its Large chinese Community Are disappointed that they re not drawing at Many expo tourists As they d like Madden said but Many of the Early visitors Are from British Columbia and the big wave of outside tourists in t expected until june he said. The worst daily attendance rate was 75,000 monday in wind and rain. As of Friday expo had recorded 1.4 Mil lion visitors through the turnstiles. Generally there have been no crowding problems with Parks traffic and parking said Cpl Jim Marcel of the City police. Visitors and locals have been making such an Effort to use Public transportation including the new is billion sky Tram that runs from new Westminster 20 Miles East of the City 10 the main Gate of expo that if anything there s been a reduction in traffic How Marvell said. People can still find a room in Vancouver at hotels and smaller facilities said Art Jones president of the greater Vancouver convention and visitors Bureau. But More tourists in the summer Are expected to reduce the current 10 percent vacancy rate says Madden. Vancouver Western Canada s largest City with 1.2 Mil lion people has views of the nearby coastal mountains Waterside paries and a mix of modern and 19th Century. Architecture. The fair s theme la transportation and communication but the 90 pavilions also offer a glimpse of life and culture around the Globe from Kenya to Czechoslovakia to saudi Arabia and dozens of other places including All the Ca Nadian provinces China the soviet Union and the United states. In All expo s 173 acres contain exhibits and performances by 54 International participants More than twice the number that look part in the world s fairs at Knoxville tenn., in 1982, and new Orleans in 1984, those Fain were financial flops and that made Many local people sceptical about expo 86, Madden said. But expo 86 is off to a much better Start. The fair s budget is based on 13.75 million visits and 15 million tickets were sold before expo even opened. Mad Den said. The budget also carries a $311 million deficit to be paid mostly with Revenue from a Canadian lottery we be always Felt there s no Way in this world today you can put on a Quality world exposition keep the prices Low which was done and expect to break even in Svi months Madden said. Expo closes oct. 13. 21 Murdoch protesters arrested London a police arrested 21 people in renewed demonstrations outside publisher Rupert Mur Doch s High technology printing Plant in Wapping East London by fired production workers and supporters police reported sunday. The latest saturday night protest which lasted until Early sunday was considerably quieter than previous demonstrations some of which were marked by hundreds of injuries and arrests police said most of those arrested saturday and Early sunday would be charged with obstruction by trying to Block newspaper delivery trucks or with threatening be Havior. Murdoch s Plant has been the target of demonstrations. At first daily and now weekly since Jan. 25, when he dismissed 5,500 production workers in a dispute Over new technology. He moved production of his four British newspapers the times of London the sunday times the Sun and the news of the world to the Wapping Plant operated by electricians with no Union contract. Police described saturday s night demonstration As peaceful with fewer than 1,000 taking part compared with around 7,000 the weekend before when More than 200 people were wounded and g i demonstrators arrested. Residents in Wapping complain their lives have been disrupted by the continual demonstrations and noise of chanting pickets. Hot weather chemical discharge killing millions Offish in Pakistan Karachi Pakistan a millions of fish killed in the past few Days by High temperatures and chemical i discharge have washed up on the City Beach according to a report saturday. Government officials said hey were investigating the i discharge of Industrial and chemical waste from. I
