SPAIN, WATCH YOUR TONGUE
Even if you're only a visitor, watch your tongue. That's the clear lesson to be drawn from the experience of Hans Winberg, a 28= year-old Swedish tourist.
At La Lfnea on the Gibraltar border last June 26, Franco's political police noticed Winberg's tongue hanging out. It appears that he was facing.in the direction of the Spanish flag. And he did
not have an ice-cream cone in his hand. In Spain, that's indecent exposure,
He was arrested at once and thrown into jail where he was left to ‘think it over until October 27. On that day he was dragged handcuffed into a Madrid court. The prosecuting attorney demanded a three-year prison sentence.
In self-defense, Winberg denied that he had been engaging in an “offensive or disrespectful demonstration.” The press did not report the explanation of how his tongue happened to come loose and fall outside into public view,
The judge is deliberating over the case, as well he might in. view of the dangerous nature of the instrument involved,
Our advice to tourists: While in Spain don't violate the local custom, Show respect for Franco's institutions at all times -~ tongue in cheek}