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Show Sunday, November 28, 1971 Page 28—-THE HERALD,Provo, Utah | ade Remote Area Becomesa Top Vacationland ‘ Tourist Organisation (EOT) drawattention to the advantage that Halkidiki is practically from Germany next April with the first tourists for the first end of this year, and bulldozers largest city, Salonika, which Already it has spent $20 and cranes have begun laying has majorairport facilities and million building a 600 mile foundations for holiday play- which will eventually be exhighway network, where a grounds, panded to take the jumbo jet. couple of years ago only dirt Officials of the National A chartered plane wili fly in grouping of 560 beds offering a sand beach, sea sports, golf and ball sports during By JOHN RIGOS is in the process of opening up ATHENS(UPI) —It was once a remote area known only to those intimate with ancient Greek history or to admirers of Christian monasticlife. Today, the Greek government sees it as Europe’s Number One Vacationland, and underits presentfive-year plan Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece will be developed as one of four the peninsula to thousands of holidaymakers all the year round. tracks existed. Electrification of the area which was barely serviced in modern holiday complex 1967, will be complete by the next door to Greece's second open in Halkidiki —a bungaloy Highways Built day, and plenty of music ang dancing in the evening major ae. zones. is in central Macedonia, protruding into the Aegean Sea like a hand with only three fingers. Until two years ago, because of lack of public services, it was recommended for visits only during the summer. One of the “fingers”, or sub- peninsulas, bears the ridge of Mount Athos, where Byzantine monasteries dating back to the 9th century perch atop moun- Ourbracelet tains; where, according to the Law of Averton on trespassing, watches promise “Women, beardless youths and any kind of female animals” are notallowed on the territory to observe the remaining monks’ Spartan way oflife Homeof Democracy The rest of the ar2a houses a few agricultural communities growing CAMBODIAN SOLDIERS carry one of their wounded to safety through a rice swamp 15 miles southeast of Phnom Penh. South Vietnara threw three battalions of elite ___paratroopers into the heart of _Cambodia’s Chup rubber plantation, headquarters of three North Vietnamese divisions, in a massive drive to prevent a Communist dryseason offensive. Rubberized Street Saves Palace, Along With a Treasure of Art By WILBORN HAMPTON Farnese Palace, built for Pope ROME (UPI) —WhenItalian- Paul III and presently the French embassy, would stand. Chigi spared no expense and hired Raphael, Sodoma, Sebastiano del Piombo and other painters to decorate its expansive halls and loggias with frescoes. But with the advent of the automobile, the banks of the Tiber were converted into major thoroughfares for the daily flood of traffic traveling in and out and throughthe city. This daily rumble and reverberation of cars aid trucks on the street outside shook the walls and very foundation of the old lace, Cracks began appearing in someof the walls and along the ceilings of some rooms, opening wide splits in the frescoes which made the palace museum in itself. The daily vibrations of the street increasingly widened the splits and pulled the frescoes apart almost beyond repair. ‘Rubber Street” City officials were desperate —they could not close per- figs, oranges, an enchanting Christmastime. You'll notice that our 17-jewel bracelet watches have anexpensivelook and are irresistibly low looking after their olive and "priced. Shopandsee, pine trees. In antiquity, Halkidiki was the homeof the first democra- v > caneasily pleaase your taste andyour budget! tic federation of states, de- stroyed during the 4th Century B.C. by the first strongman to unite Greeks, Philip of Macedonia. Despite the passing of time, Halkidiki keptits agelessness, solitude and natural $49.88 JEWELERS My, how youve changed brown, blue and green color contrasts, al! of which are still part of its manently one of the most vital magnetism. For these reasons, plus the traffic arteries in the city but something had to be done to area’s ideal weather conditions, save the palace and its wealth including a very temperate winter climate, the government of art. Finally, about a year ago, they tried an experiment by First Electric Light turning the secticn of the Lungotevere, as the four-lane Thefirst electri¢ light was riverside thoroughfareis called, produced by Francis Hauksinto a “rubber streeet.” bee of England about 1706, Workers put down a layer of some 174 years before Thomrubber, padding and suspending as A. Edison patented his the asphalt street on an elastic incandescent lamp in 1880, cushion beneath it, in an effort according to Encyclopaedia to deaden the noise and Britannica. vibration caused by tens of thousands of cars. For a year, officials watched the walls and ceiling of the old palace, measuring the cracks and fissures, hoping the rubber street would arrestthe splitting of art masterpieces. Experiment Works The first report after a year of the experiment showed’ no new cracks in the edifice and the old cracks had stopped expanding. 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