Word: okinawans
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...Burmese streamed aboard her. In Calcutta she hus tled food and medicine to a city ravaged by flood and cholera. Off Formosa, she plucked 41 seamen from a sinking Japanese freighter. But last week, back at Pearl Harbor, came the biggest thrill of all: the arrival of a penniless Okinawan, bound for the University of Hawaii with a full scholarship guaranteed by the McCain's men of good will...
Most surprising is TIME'S statement about an Okinawan law forbidding gambling. Besides the dozens of pachinko (Japanese pinball) parlors centered around Naha's International Street, nearly all the large cabarets have one-armed bandits...
...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...
...China can indeed be beautiful. Not only were the brass and high-ranking non corns on Okinawa enjoying the privilege of private bathing beaches and their well-appointed clubs; even privates and corporals could go to their own pleasure domes for evening relaxation. Each evening, busloads of pretty Okinawan hostesses pull up to the blue-and-white-striped awning before the Kadena Airmen's Club (for airmen up to corporal's rank), and the gaily chattering girls-each of whom has passed a physical exam-hurry inside to dance with and entertain G.I.s. The charge for an evening...
...machines that spill out jackpots of up to $1,500. The slot machines are what makes everything else possible. There are bingo games with $1,000 prizes, plus free trips to Hawaii with all expenses paid. At the bar, cocktails and highballs cost 5? each. Steaks served by dimpled Okinawan waitresses come higher: 25?. Once a week, pizza pies are served free; once a month, all drinks are on the house...