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...need has been met in the form of the bangasa, the traditional Japanese parasol. Stores around the country are selling an improved version, made in Japan, to the specifications of U.S. Importer and Designer John Reynolds. The first few sessions under a bangasa, which is fashioned of oilpaper and bamboo, are as heady as a day in a glue factory; but the smell of varnish soon fades, and what is left is an exercise in esthetics...
Elephants & Trucks. Since 1959, the 800-mile labyrinth of jungle tracks, muddy rivers and bamboo way stations within Laotian territory has been the major route south for some 45,000 Communist infiltrators heading to battle in South Viet Nam. This, despite North Viet Nam's solemn signature on the 1962 Geneva accord guaranteeing Laos' neutrality and barring foreign troops from Laotian soil. The infiltration now comes to an estimated 4,500 bo dot (regular infantrymen) a month. More than one third of the "trail" has been converted into broad-shouldered, two-lane dirt highways. Truck convoys move...
Swords of Bamboo. But Japanese soldiers still practice kendo-the art of swordsmanship-even though no swords are permitted in military services. They use traditional bamboo staves. And a division recruited near Sendai has been lectured by its officers about its predecessor: the tough Imperial 2nd Division that killed 2,200 in the battle for Guadalcanal's Henderson Field. Fully 14% of the officer corps are veterans of the Pacific war, including Army Chief of Staff Yoshifusa Amano, 55, who served the Imperial army in China, Indochina and the Northern Pacific. "Fortunately, the climate toward the forces is getting...
...Bamboo & Beacons. Within the Djakarta power structure itself, the army was also cleaning house. Last week the Supreme Operations Command, called Koti in Sukarno's acronymese, was scoured of seven civilian portfolios, and the empty places were filled by soldiers. Left-leaning Foreign Minister Subandrio's seat on the council remained in doubt, but since the army suspects him of sympathy-if not involvement-with the Communists, his power is doubtless stringently curtailed...
...idea. Rounding up a few partners, he bought the pit and converted it into a private dump, charging $8 per load. To appease neighbors' noses, he covered each day's refuse with a layer of earth. To screen the mess from passersby, he built a bamboo fence, planted the border with floodlit flower beds and palm trees. When finished, the area looked so little like a dump that he had to put up a huge sign saying "Disposal Gardens" to convince befuddled truckers that they were at the right place...