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...change from a Bolivarian nation* to a Central American nation, they may well decide on an offhand conference held one day last week at a grey clapboard customs house on the border between Costa Rica and Panama. The conferees: Panama's President Ricardo ("Dickie") Arias, in mustard-colored slacks and a brown sports jacket, and Costa Rica's José ("Pepe") Figueres, in shirtsleeves and loosened...
...rowdy sect of dissident Buddhists professing its belief in abstinence and prayer. Its founder, the late Huynh Phu So, augmented his fame as a healer when, the story goes, he was sent to a lunatic asylum and converted his psychiatrist. Binh Xuyen is an organization of bandits, in mustard-colored uniforms, who control both the brothels and the police of Saigon under a handy arrangement with the absentee chief of state, Bao Dai. Their commander, General Le Van Vien, was once a river pirate. Pronounced 'n go (as in come...
...veteran, Ed Herlihy, had this month to make a tough decision: after eight years as announcer on NBC's Kraft TV Theater, Herlihy got the choice of signing an exclusive contract or leaving the show. He decided to stick with his other accounts (Colgate, Oldsmobile, French's mustard, Hoffman's beverages, Horn & Hardart...
...their mustard-colored uniforms and jaunty green berets, the Binh Xuyen of Saigon are probably the most exotic mob of hoodlums in Asia. Four thousand strong, they are the shock troops of the Saigon police, an empire of their own within the South Viet Nam state...
...fastened her coats with dog leashes." In bombed-out London, British Vogue continued to publish, carried ads for "especially designed protection costumes ... of pure oiled silk . . . available in dawn, apricot, rose, amethyst, Eau de Nil green and pastel pink. The wearer can cover a distance of 200 yards through mustard gas." It also advised readers that "white acces sories are very chic in wartime. They show up well in blackouts...