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Each day the Binh Xuyen (pronounced bin soo yen) pays the Vietnamese government about $10,000 in "taxes," and gets in return the monopoly control of Saigon's brothels, gambling casinos and opium dens (which are called "clinics of disintoxication"). The Binh Xuyen's enterprises are one of the main sources of revenue for Chief of State Bao Dai, who lives in luxury on the French Riviera. The Binh Xuyen is greatly feared in Saigon: its policemen recently beat a Vietnamese army contingent in pitched street fighting. The Binh Xuyen is also respected for its efficiency...
Montgomery Ward's terrible-tempered Chairman Sewell L. Avery has had plenty of practice severing high-level employees from his payroll, including 32 vice presidents since 1931 (TIME, May 6, 1940 et seq.). Last week it was Sewell A very that was axed-as president of Cadillac-Soo Lumber Co., of Sault Sainte Marie, Mich. Cadillac-Soo Lumber was formed in 1923 out of three small companies, one owned by Avery and his brother. In 1946 Avery became president of the closely held corporation (with annual sales of about...
...Kyung Soo finally made it. Last week the tiny Korean war waif and his guardian, Chief Boatswain's Mate Vincent T. Paladino, arrived in the U.S. after being turned back once because Lee lacked a proper entry permit (TIME, Nov. 2). With a big assist from the Navy, the four-year-old Lee and Chief Paladino went back to Tokyo, got a valid visa and made the trans-Pacific flight once more. In Hawaii, before winging on to his new home, Lee was welcomed with a jar of kimchi (Korean pickled cabbage), which he ate, and a pair...
...Washington's Union Station late last week rolled the presidential railroad car, the "Ferdinand Magellan." Accompanied by daughter Margaret, Harry Truman was off on his first major whistle-stop tour of the 1952 campaign, an 8,soo-mile trip which will carry him through 24 northern and western states...
Prospective Gls who wish to be propared can take a full course in Korean history this year. Korean 111, given by Dr. Doo Soo Suh, visiting lecturer in Far Eastern languages, is one of three offered in this new and timely field. The others, two Korean language courses, will probably appeal less since they require a previous advanced knowledge of Chinese or Japanese...