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Thursday, July 12, 1062 THE UNC NEWS Kennedy's Visit To Mexico een With Confetti, Noise (Editor's note: Miss Cravotta was a June graduate of UNC with a B degree in Journalism. She is traveling la Mexico this summer and is registered with te Mexican Embassy in Wash ington as a foreign correspondent fr the UNC News.) By LINDA .CRAVOTTA MEXICO CITY, June 29 Hanging out of the window of ths 6th floor of the 17-story American Embassy in Mexico, I could easily view the prepara tions below for the arrival of President Kennedy. "Bienvenidos Kennedy" (wel come) signs had already been placed on every building, days before. Pictures of the Presi dent, -signs, flags of the two countries, leaflets, and confetti could be seen everywhere. Police stood guard below, sur rounding the Embassy and cast ing suspicious eyes on anyone th3t pai j the slightest bit of at tention to the building. Patrol cars and an ambulance stood by in readiness. Members of the Mexican Army lined the streets every two feet along the route of the President. Secret Service . agents of both countries circu-. fated among the crowd. Marines on special mission from the U.S. vere stationed on rooftops and other strategic points. Dressed .in plain clothes. they -were recognizable only by their crew "cuts. Lucky Day 1 Tourists adjusted : the light meters of their cameras.- Moth jfers called to runaway children. Vendors shouted their wares to ttfie crowd. Photographers from ithe various newspapers -roamed ; the streets. Newsboys rapidly ,;sold papers w i t h headlines screaming the arrival of Ken- tiedv. Lottery tickets were being Ibought by the hundreds in hopes , Jxhat this special day would.be a tucky one. , Suddenly we saw a large group 'of Mexican youths running and . yelling down the street towards ?the Embassy. All of us gathered , Vt the windows to see if the po . Ike would stop them, to pur surprise, the police made no ' move to hinder their progress. They continued running and shouting towards the "Embassy at a rapid pace. As they neafed the building, they stopped run ning and turned toward the crowd that had gathered betew. Tt was then that we! could hear what they were chanting. -'"Ken-.edy Kennedy, rah, rah. Tab!" The last thing the Embassy .of ficials expected was a pro-Kennedy demonstration. . I Historical Event We turned oar attention to the .'television set, which was on full volume, m order to catch the arrival of the President at the National Airport.' It was -difficult to distinguish who was the most excited-the Mexicansor IT'S FI.'lflL EXL1 TEJE AGAlin And to help yu ,make a grade The Intimate has student aids which "n y"r pa i-veVs' vr 1 e shortest psM"Me time. Ontffces. Flash cards, verh wfceeH. and eritk4sms are fast somt of ihe ids to improve ilmy which we have. That's the THE !!!Ti:.mTE BOOKSHOP 119 East Franklin Street Air-cortiitfonHI ad Open vn -J P.M. the Americans. The feeling of tension and excitement mounted and even the most blase person was aware that a notable his torical event was about to take place before his eyes. Smiling and relieved faces peered at the television as the two presidents, Lopez Mateos and Kennedy exchanged welcome speeches. There was applause after Kennedy's statement, ". . . we are both children of revolu tions, and it is my hope that the spirit of our revolution in the United States is as alive today in our country as is the spirit of your revolution here in Mex ico." It was easy to see that the members of both countries repre sented in that room were filled with pride for their own coun try and admiration for Kennedy. Tranquilizers Necessary All persons present spent their time going from the window to the television set. Secretaries were hurriedly cutting up office supply paper for confetti. A Mexican secretary leaned so far out of the window that a gust of wind could have sent her fly ing to the ground. "I'm so ner-. vous and excited that I can't stand it," she said, as she took a tranquilizer. Some newspaper reporters that were using the Embassy as their headquarters were already at their typewrit ers batting out stories. Marines, dashed in and out on errands. On television, one could see noth ing but a thick mass of confetti mingled with the silhouettes of : Kennedy and Lopez Mateos smil f ing and waving o the crowds. It appeared that a blizzard had suddenly hit Mexico in June. And then he passed the Em bassy at the head of a parade . almost a half-mile long .with cars of Embassy officials, secret service men, photographers, re porters, and dignitaries of both countries. The crowd went wild and it took all the strength of the Mexican military men to hold them back. 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The Mexican people are genuinely interested in being friends with the United States. They want to understand us and what made us the great nation that we have become. For Mexi cans, too, want to become like the United States. They have imi tated us in everything from our dress to our rock-and-roll rec ords. ("Amarillo (yellow) Bi kini" is tops on the Mexican hit parade.) Yet we should not let the friendly reception that the Mexi cans gave Kennedy blind us to the fact that they need our help and attention now more than ever. Now they are receptive. If we do not respond to their open friendliness, we may find our selves with a sizeable enemy at our doorstep. Free Flick Tonight's Summer Cinema presentation, The Life of Emile Zola, stars Paul Muni, Joseph Schildkraut and Gloria Holden, and is directed by William Dirt erle. It will begin at 7:30 in Car roll Hall. The film is a study of the. 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