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Roadblock. As Hagerty's Lockheed Super Constellation touched down from Okinawa, 30 minutes late, a wild melee broke out on the terrace between the right-wing and the left-wing toughs. Some 2,000 police surged forward to separate the combatants, while the sedate elders looked on in dismay. Ambassador MacArthur welcomed Hagerty and his companion. Appointments Secretary Thomas Stephens; the three paused briefly for photographs and then hurried to the ambassador's official black Cadillac. It sped off, followed by two Fords carrying six U.S Secret Servicemen. Just nine days later, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was scheduled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Ordeal by Mob | 6/20/1960 | See Source »

ARTICLE ON OKINAWA [Feb. 22 ] FILLED WITH FILTHY INNUENDO. TWO-HUNDRED OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF MY STAFF IN OKINAWA FEB. 1960 FOR TWELVE DAYS HAD NO LIBERTY FOR FIRST SIX DAYS. WE HAD WORK TO DO. THOUSANDS OF ARMY, NAVY, MARINE AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL AND THEIR WIVES WORK ON COMMUNITY PROJECTS. AIR FORCE AND MARINE PERSONNEL ARE ON INSTANT ALERT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 14, 1960 | 3/14/1960 | See Source »

THANK YOU FOR YOUR OKINAWA STORY. MY WIFE WOULD NEVER BELIEVE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 14, 1960 | 3/14/1960 | See Source »

...lived on Okinawa for two and a half years as a serviceman and a civilian. In all my dealings with the military clubs I saw no corruption, evil, or extravagance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 14, 1960 | 3/14/1960 | See Source »

...free liquor available at military clubs on Okinawa, TIME should point out that the Okinawan government levies a ridiculous 200% tax on all beer and 180% tax on liquor brought to the island, making prices in local nonmilitary bars astronomical. A bottle of Japanese beer in an Okinawan cabaret costs $1, while American brands are generally unavailable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 14, 1960 | 3/14/1960 | See Source »

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