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Show r BUMFS mi EDITED by LLOYD SHEARER SAFE R8R at Subic Bay in the Philippines is a mint for hustlers and drug peddlers. According to sailors of the U.S. 7th Fleet, Olongapo City outside the base is the wildest, most wide open, wicked port in the entire Orient. Any drug from heroin to marijuana to LSD can be bought reasonably there through a large army of local hustlers who provide servicemen with anything money can buy. .In a move connected with the massive drug crackdown program in Vietnam, the U.S. command has ended its program of rest and recre- ation (R&R) flights for U.S. servicemen to Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Tokyo, Penang, and Kuala Lumpur. The j 7D 1 BECAUSE OF VOLUME amazing transformation is her second husband, publicist Patrick Curtis who met Raquel in the spring of 1962, shortly after she left her first husband and children to model in Dallas. Curtis foresaw Raquel as a moneymaking sex-boseven years ago, and with that in mind, went to work on her artfully and relentlessly, changing her image. Her nose straightened, her breasts expanded with silicone, her body primed mb by diet AOfp and exercise, her every facial expression choreographed by the watchful Curtis, Raquel hit the screen in 1964, but was noticed wearing a tattered fur bikini in 1967 's "One Million Years B.C." In 1969 she received top billing in OF MAIL ivllb RECEIVED, "100 PARADE REGRETS IT CANNOT ANSWER QUERIES. Rifles." Undeniably made a star. But what about now 31 years old? Sex god- desses begin to sag at a relatively early age, and critics doubt whether Miss lots side and lots of people in- crying to get out. If you take away the film set I'm nothing at all." At the moment Raquel is me dating Jim Aubrey, a plex character MGM and who com- runs all its sets. Telephone com-Ul- HL llUX pany officials and public school teachers are cooperating in several parts of the country in programs designed to teach Raquel, Welch's raw acting ability will net her the billing her body presently does. These days Curtis and Raquel are separated. Perhaps in the end it's true that looks aren't everything. As Raquel once said, "I'm a shattered person with linD 1)9111 Curtis had succeeded he'd small children to use the telephone to summon help in time of emergency. Typical of these projects is one in six Gulf Coast counties served by the General Tele- phone Company of Florida. Some 300,000 youngsters have been schooled in what kind of disasters might happen in the home fire, explosion, accidental injury and what numbers to call to get the appropriate help in a hurry. During classroom sessions at school., the kids act out drills with real telephone equipment. official reason given cutbacks is nut the availability of drugs in these cities but rather the diminishing number of American GI's. down to 212, 00C from the 1969 peak of 544,000. At this writing only four R&R centers remain avail- for these R&R able for every soldier in the war zone who is allowed free roundtrip travel in chartered planes during his tour of overseas duty. They are Hawaii, 12-mo- nth Sydney, Bangkok, and Taipei. PARIS FASHIONS MfUEQ'Q HUllU. U I0SKY I19AD Twelve years ago Raquel San Diego housewife, with skinny legs, a lumpy nose, small children and a two fast-disintegrat- ma- ing rriage. Today she is rich and famous, acclaimed by everywhere as tops body-watch- (38-22-3- 6) The man in her field. behind Raquel' s ers COST MORE THAN THOSE IN OTHER CITIES, AS BUYERS IN FAMED SHOWROOMS REAR PW113 Paris is expensive not only for American tourists but also for the French. Moreover, while Paris prices are high, wages and salaries by European standards are low. In a recent survey con- ducted by the Union of Swiss Banks, it was shown that a woman's wardrobe consisting of a wool suit. a summer dress, shoes and hose, cost $133 in Paris, $117 in Rome, $89 in Amsterdam, and $73 in London. Similarly, a small refrigerator and hot plate costs $186 in Copenhagen, $203 in Brussels, $264 in Paris. As for housing, $179 a mcnth it costs to rent an average three -- bedroom apartment in Paris, $113 a month in ARE AWARE. Brussels, $108 in Rom and in Amsterdam. On the other side of the balance sheet, the French earn the same or less than their European counterparts. For example, bus drivers and bank tellers earn less in Paris than in any other European capital except London, and French schoolteachers are the poorest paid in Europe. $81 18 PARADE OCTOBER 31, 1171 |