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...Battle Scar. In his olive-drab headquarters tent on the Plain of Jars, wearing a T shirt, a pair of Levi's and rubber bath shoes, Kong Le perches on a stool morosely studying a map beneath the light of a swaying hurricane lamp. The picture is discouraging: the Pathet Lao are advancing in the Vang Vieng area, 13 neutralist soldiers are missing after an action at Ban Boua, a 100-truck Red supply convoy from North Viet Nam arrived at the Pathet Lao headquarters at Khang Khay. At such news, Kong Le is apt to wince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos: Evil Spirits on the Plain | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

...Polloi. Married four times, Mott is the father of six children (youngest: 21).* He drives a sporty, gold-colored Corvair, wears store-bought clothing. Once he astonished a guest by crossing the length of his vast living room to turn off a lamp. "Can't stand to see anything wasted," he murmured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philanthropy: Mr. Flint | 6/28/1963 | See Source »

...record, and the city's Europeans generally choose it over the new government hospital. Few hospitals anywhere can offer such a dedicated staff, or one that lives as austerely. Each of the doctors and nurses occupies a single room equipped with iron bed, enamel wash basin and kerosene lamp; meals usually consist of fried bananas and other fruit. The old man stubbornly refuses to go modern. Says he: "Circumstances command that the hospital be primitive in keeping with the primitive state of the people." He believes that Africans enjoy discomfort, and that they are often afraid of a gleaming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: Albert Schweitzer: An Anachronism | 6/21/1963 | See Source »

Second most popular island is Kauai, where Promoter Lyle Guslander's Coco Palms resort has become the bellwether for hotel operations on other islands. A low, sleek structure whose two long arms embrace a central lagoon, Coco Palms features local color. Bed-lamp shades are plastic copies of the feathered helmets kings once wore, bathroom basins consist of giant clamshells, and guests are called to meals by a leather-lunged islander blowing into a conch shell. Another Gus-lander development, the 22-month-old Hanalei Plantation, is situated on a promontory that was used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: The Outer Islands Are In | 5/31/1963 | See Source »

Other Harvard winners were Hatch in the 440-yd, hurdles, and Ohiri with a triple jump of 47 ft., 11 in. For Yale, Jerry Hinkle won the javelin, with Harvard's Hinkle won the javelin, with Harvard's Peeter Lamp third; Sam Streidert led a Bulldog sweep of the high jump with a 6 ft. 6 1/2 in leap; and Chuck Mercein won the shotput over Art Croasdale with a mighty 58 ft., 2 in heave...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Trackmen Defeat Crimson Squad, 76-73 | 5/20/1963 | See Source »

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