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Madeira is an hour and a half by plane TAP. the Portuguese airline Auiitnt Travti Editor Tfct Mtw WHAT IS DESCRIBED as a first for Miami Beach disco roller skating under the stars with a full view of the Atlantic Ocean is being presented every Saturday from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the Eden Roc group. A spokesman said Dunfey estab- 7aWTrSCVmif -tor tfce purpose -of impectabiy restoring stately older hotels of character rather than building bigger glass, concrete and synthetic -bostelries." CULTURE IN THE CATS KILLS is proving to be a big draw for the ninth successive summer season at Grossm-gers. where guests have been flocking to a weekly daytime lecture series spotlighting a "faculty" of writers, journalists, social critics, university professors, physicians and psychiatrists.

As a spokesman for the upstate resort put it; -We invite you to bring your mind along, too." The talks cover a wide range of issues many controversial with special emphasis on new developments in the health field and major social and political concerns. The Summer Seminar lectures are held outdoors on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, usually after lunch. Lively question and answer sessions, moderated by Lou Goldstein, director of activities, are an important part of each program. DUX FEY HOTELS, a New Hampshire-based company that numbers the Parker House in Boston, the Bersksbire Place in New York and the Ambassador East in Chicago among its 22 S. properties, has branched out to Paris by acquiring the 170 room Commodore HoteL A four-star hostelry, the Commodore is on Boulevard Haussmann.

near Place de 1'Opera. To mark the takeover. Dunfey is offering a 23 discount on rooms through the end of August, according to Executive Vice President Jon Canas. Closer to home. Dunfey, a subsidiary of Aer Lingus, recently completed a $9-million renovation program at the 450-room Berkshire Place Hotel on Madison Ave.

in mid-Manhattan. The restoration project entailed a total refurbishment of public and guest rooms, including new furniture, fixtures and carpets. Like the Parker House and Ambassador East, the Berkshire Place is a member of the chain's Classic Hotels visitors. It is part of the Casino Park development, which is centered around a five-star. 400-room hotel and conference center in Funchal, Madeira's capital.

As for the casino, its sponsors claim to have a game and a room for all tastes. The European Gambling Room offers six French and two American roulette tables plus four blackjack tables. In the American Gambling Room are six more blackjack spreads, two craps tables and two American roulettes. A private gaming room discreetly provides tables for che-min de fer and other high-stakes games. Not to be outdone by Las Vegas or Atlantic City, there is also a bank of 120 slot machines.

Off the gaming rooms are a restaurant and night club that operate until 3 a.m. And just in case Lady Luck proves a disappointment, tapped out or bored gamblers can retreat to an on premises movie theater. noiei. Admission is xree 10 roe general public as well as hotel guests and the rental charge for skates is $2. Professional roller 'disco skaters are on hand at each session to demonstrate proper techniques.

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