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...morning early last month the 21-ton motor junk Pak Tang (Whits Surge) cleared the tiny South China coastal island of Tarn Kung and headed for Changchow. Aboard the Pak Tang were 35 migrant laborers who since early April had been building a breakwater on Tarn Kung. These were the proletariat of the "New China"-men who under the Nationalists had been schoolteachers, civil servants, army and police officers. They were all together by prearrangement. They had complained to their bosses that the three smaller junks in which they usually traveled made them seasick. As some of the 35 lazed...
Even before the guard was dead the rest of the Pak Tang's human cargo came swarming out of her holds. At this onrush, one of the government's two functionaries aboard leaped into the sea; the other, after a brief struggle, was wounded and overpowered. Jubilantly, the mutineers ordered the Pak Tang's nine cowering crewmen to change course for Hong Kong and freedom. But despite all threats, the crew refused, and at last, in desperation, one of the mutineers took the helm. Luckily, before the morning was out the Hong Kong Marine Police spotted...
Last week the British dutifully returned the Pak Tang and her crew to Red China, but sent the 35 mutineers, at their own request, to Formosa. Awaiting them was a heroes' welcome and the promise of jobs from the Nationalist government. But to the men who had been on the cruise of the Pak Tang, this prospect, while gratifying, was almost unnecessary. "I'm satisfied just being here," said ex-Colonel Yui Teh Hsiu, once the commander of a Nationalist regiment. "We agreed among ourselves that if we failed we would all jump overboard...
...rice in Pakistani territory. From it Pakistan and other countries in the region could borrow in emergencies. For a U.S. burdened by wheat and rice surpluses, the plan was attractive if it could be carried out without disrupting Southeast Asia's touchy rice economy. At State the Pak-plan was taken "under active consideration...
...beer with vitamin D, is spending millions on TV advertising, has brought out 16-oz. cans to tempt the home market, and a new, specially treated paper cup to make beer taste better at ball games. Milwaukee's Pabst also has half-quart sizes, is pushing an "Ice-Pak" beer cooler for the summer trade and a new "four-pak" carton, has even set up a special "gustametric" laboratory to test beer flavor on a scientific basis by charting the tastes of a dozen beer drinkers. Together, Pabst and Schlitz have spent $35 million for new West Coast breweries...