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...Lion" Hamaguchi. Last week bull-necked Yoshiaki Sagoya was back doing business at his old stand. In protest at Prime Minister Ichiro Hato-yama's avowed intention of flying to Moscow to negotiate a World War II peace treaty with the U.S.S.R. (TIME, Sept. 24), Sagoya and the khaki-clad toughs of his "National Protection Society" staged a mock funeral service for the ailing, 73-year-old Premier. On top of an altar, flanked by artificial flowers, sat a 12-ft. high Buddhist memorial tablet that described Hatoyama as "traitorous, greedy, cowardly and paralytic...
...Moshe Sharett chitted with him in Arabic, and David Ben-Gurion's secretary handed him a message for Egypt's Nasser that Israel's Premier was ready to meet him and talk peace any time, anywhere. By the time he left, Izzat was wearing the floppy khaki hat that is the badge of Israel's desert colonists, and saying he hoped he could come back again...
...precinct meetings, Lyndon Johnson showed up at his Johnson City caucus in khaki shirt and trousers, was promptly elected chairman. The first returns, from rural areas, gave Johnson a healthy lead. But the cities, touted as centers of overwhelming Shivers strength, were still to be heard from. The city results were stunning: Shivers barely held Dallas, while Fort Worth, Houston and El Paso went to Johnson. The rout was complete...
Narrow strips combine khaki color, ruddy brown, and chocolate brown with black for another distinctive pattern of the year. Dramatic paisleys are popular on lightweight cotton challis dresses. Offbeat colors--for example, an olive, turquoise, and pink combination--often add an imaginative touch...
...longer play East and West against each other." In Cairo the newspaper Al Ahram denounced the Russians for "meddling in the Middle East." "Iniquitous," cried Syria's Defense Minister. "The U.S.S.R. lumps aggressors with victims." And in Israel old David Ben-Gurion, sniffing the air, shed his khaki battle dress and turned up at work wearing a nonbelligerent white shirt instead...