European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday september 21, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 a champs Elysee shopping Arcade in Paris is nearly deserted like Many other Public places in the City As shoppers read to he recent rash of terrorist bombings. Tourists shun Paris in Wake of attacks Amsterdam Netherlands a Friday s 3 53 . Amsterdam Paris express train normally bustling with hundreds of tourists looking Forward to a weekend in the French capital was nearly empty. Seems like a quiet run today said dutch railways ticket collector at Amsterdam s Central railway station shortly before the train pulled out. Must have something to do with the bombs his observations reflected a trend in Western Europe where travel agencies have seen a sudden drop in bookings for Paris trips after the recent terrorist bombings that left eight dead and More than 150 injured. Some travel agents have cancelled their package Tours. Others reported a 40 per cent drop in Advance bookings Accord ing to an informal Telephone poll of travel agencies by the associated press bureaus around Western Europe. We be suffered a 10 percent downfall in bookings As Well As a 10 percent in crease of last minute cancellations for two to six Day trips to pans said Johannes Kort. Manager of the Dulch Branch of the French tourist service travel Agency a subsidiary of the stale owned French railways in of. It is obvious that the drop in travel ers to Paris is connected with the terror said Kort whose Agency books about 1,200 package Tours a week to the French capital. People read the headlines about blood balls in us papers and they draw their conclusions Kort told the a on Friday. However he said he expected business to pick up quickly if the terror ism abated. People have Short memories Kort said. Other dutch travel agencies polled also noted a significant drop in bookings and More cancellations than usual. It s suddenly dried up said Jocko Mees of Holland International the Netherlands largest travel Agency. He declined to give exact figures. To Jaderborg travel a major danish tour operator said that it was cancelling All fits bus and air plane Tours to Paris for two weeks starting tuesday. We feel the situation in Paris is so out of control that we cannot reasonably offer safety to our said Hans Andersen to Jaderborg s sales manager. Of this week s Advance bookings for the Gencva to Paris High Speed train which carries about 400 people a Day 40percent were cancelled according to Roger Rouvina director of the Swiss Agency Francour. In West Germany Many have re booked package Tours to cities like Lon Don and said Horst a on Scholz a spokesman for the major Ger Man travel Agency air Tours International. Normally when terrorist attacks arc against nato or military objects peo ple Don t change their travel plans. But it s understandable with this series of at tacks directed at civilian targets like stores and cafes Scholz told the a. He said specific figures on cancellations or a bookings were not available. In London travel agents estimated the drop in recent Days to be Between 10 and 20 percent. Roland Castro manager of time off which specializes in hours to Paris said people would have to be Blind and deaf not to know that there is a serious Situa Tion in Paris which necessitates their re considering whether to go Castro estimated that his Agency made roughly 20 percent fewer bookings for Paris Over the past few Days while Chris York manager of travels Cne put the drop at a Little under 10 percent in the past two Days. Southern europeans seemed less concerned with travel agents in Spain an Greece reporting no significant changes in the number of bookings. For 30 classmates of the Locc Skog High school near Oslo Norway the wave of Paris bomb attacks meant a bit Ter disappointment and for their parents a substantial financial loss. The students were to leave saturday for a we Klong trip to Paris to practice their French. But after the terrorist at tacks their parents and teachers decided to cancel the journey. The $12,450 already paid is lost be cause terrorism was not included in their insurance policy As a valid reason for cancellation. Father Sarducci promises some padre perks1 Chicago a he s a the clergy on television but father Guido Sarducci is serious in his latest calling recruiting men to a roman Sun Olic religious order. Sarducci portrayed by comedian Don Novello is appearing in his we brim med hat and White Collar in an advertise ment for the missionary oblate of Marv immaculate which has about 6,000 priests and Brothers worldwide. The and. In no Sweck s current on Cam pus Issue promises prospective priests Suche rare Pirks As sleeping late getting fir crack at Parish rummage sales and helping your fellow the headline reads eat free at ital Ian restaurants and the and shows nov Ello enjoying a plate of Spaghetti at a Chicago restaurant. We re after College age students and he enjoys recognition among that group said the Rev. Alan Maes mid West vocations director for the Mission Ary group. He said there is a dwindling number of candidates for religious posts. Novello who was raised a roman Catholic in Cleveland achieved celebrity status with the Sarducci character on Abc to s saturday night the and Cost $12,000, but Novello donated his time Maes said. The comic picture also will appear on employment bulletin boards on College campuses. Maes who is based at the Catholic theological Union divinity school in Chicago said the and would run Only once in on Campus. I Don t want to offend a lot of other people he said. But he has already raised the ire of one educator who said he disagrees with the and s tone and Content. What depth Are we reaching that behave to use a comedy approach asked the Rev. Gregory Sakowicz vocations director at Niles College a Chicago sem Inary. I love a Good joke but i was turned off by it. A lot of the things they said in the and arc just not True he said. A Chicago priest who was disciplined by the late Cardinal John Cody in 1979for inviting Novello to discuss religion and humor on a television program called the recruitment gimmick a but the Rev. Robert j. Roll pastor of saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church said none of the promises made in the and is True except for the thing about the rummage sales
