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...tightrope is symbolic and means dealing with the tenuous Laotian coalition government. The elephants are real and are usually ridden at every Laotian boun (festival). Len Unger finds the boun a boon for he is an excellent ele phant rider...
...Refusal. With Vientiane secured, the coup leaders confronted irate foreign diplomats, all of whom wanted nothing more than a return to the neutralist status quo, no matter how shaky. In from Saigon jetted William Bundy, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, to join Ambassador Leonard Unger in protesting against the coup. Some people, notably neighboring Thailand's strongly anti-Communist government, were delighted by the prospect of a right-wing regime in Laos; but the U.S. argues that such a government simply could not maintain itself in power. The Reds, who were at least theoretically members...
Hurlburt and Unger indicated yesterday that uniform portions from Central Kitchen serving lines would save enough money there to make such extra features as the substitutes possible within the present budgets...
...neither Tel Aviv streetcars nor El Al jetliners begin a journey on Saturday. All religious matters from the location of synagogues to the laws of marriage and divorce are in the hands of the Orthodox rabbinate. In this atmosphere, there was no Reform congregation in Israel until 1957; now Unger assists three. Their services include some features that appall Orthodox rabbis: the seating of men and women is not separate, women participate in the service, organ music is used in violation of the Talmudic dictum against musical instruments. The objective is to practice Judaism in harmony with modern life...
...Rabbi Unger's congregations usually call themselves Progressive rather than Reform: but the Orthodox rabbinate considers any liberal Judaism a divisive rather than a complementary force, and looks more kindly on Baptist missionaries. Says Minister of Religious Affairs Zerah Wahrhaftig: "Our spiritual mainstays must be maintained in unadulterated form." Replies Unger: "The old generation had Zionism and the establishment of a Jewish state as their ideal. But to the younger generation, Israel is a fact. They are a generation in search of something. Liberal Judaism can channel that search in a purposeful and meaningful manner...