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Meanwhile, houses on Florida's eastern coast are beset by another insect immigrant. The Formosan termite, thought to have arrived there aboard a seagoing yacht, forms colonies underground. Its subterranean paths sometimes extend as far as 300 ft. Says Entomologist Nan-Yao Su of the University of Florida's Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center: "In one instance, in Hallandale, Fla., a single colony had driven foraging tunnels underneath four large condominium buildings and infested each one." The insects chew up virtually anything in their path. Last year downtown Honolulu lost power for half a day after Formosan termites severed...
...Anderson, illustrated by Jay Yang (Harcourt, Brace & World; $2.75). Two Formosan boys prepare for the annual pai-pai festival, at which the biggest pig in the village wins prize money for its owner before being eaten at the banquet...
...Just before leaving Taipei, Chiang had declared that "a final and decisive war between Communist and Nationalist Chinese forces is inevitable," but he was much more restrained in Washington. His and McNamara's joint communiqué said simply that they had discussed the Asian situation, the question of Formosan aid to Viet Nam (the U.S. does not want it), and U.S. military aid to Formosa (which has declined to about $70 million a year). Chiang went to a series of dinners and cocktail parties, saw President Johnson for 30 minutes, and called on his stepmother daily in her suite...
...still sneer at "barbarians" from North China who speak a different tongue. Friction arises when Chinese from different regions are forced to work together. All Chinese consider themselves vastly superior to minority groups within their borders, such as the newly enslaved Tibetans and the Moslem Uighurs in the west. Formosans, themselves ethnic Chinese, dislike the Nationalist mainland refugees who have made them prosperous, and some hire thugs to prevent mésalliances between mainlanders and Formosan girls...
...Formosan lawyer conceded Sunday night that there are several good arguments for Communist China's admission to the United Nations. He also claimed there were good reasons not to admit her, and said he himself was opposed to China's membership...