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...that, at any rate, President Nguyen Van Thieu has all but eclipsed him) and added: "While Ky is playing around in the plush spots of Paris and haggling over whether he is going to sit at a round table or a rectangular table, American men are dying to prop up his corrupt regime." Ky's Special Assistant, Dang Huc Khoi, said that the Vice President had no intention of "joining Mr. McGovern in the gutter," but he did note that Ky had been out only once before the reception-to dine with Ambassador Harriman-and that he occupies...
...same way, Susan Larson is something of a disappointment as Rose Maybud, a characteristically Gilbertain example of innocent rural lust. Her singing voice is pleasant enough, but she walks through her lines, apparently baffled by the splendid prop she carries, a book of etiquette. Of all the cast she might have benefited most from stage direction...
...wants to be sensitive, wants to be a poet, wants to be in love. True, he is awkward and amusing (He writes poetry he does not understand, paraphrased from Zen poets), but he is also a human being. As performed by David Pollock, though, he is a silly comic prop--a cardboard version of Art Carney's Ed Norton characterization...
...enjoy your stay. Most layovers last overnight, because Cuban authorities will not permit U.S. jets to take off with passengers from Jose Marti Airport, and it takes time for the airline involved to ferry over a substitute prop plane. Passengers meanwhile are billeted either at Jose Marti Airport or at one of two good hotels: the downtown Havana Libre (formerly the Havana Hilton), or the Varadero International, located 35 minutes out of town but convenient to Varadero Airport, from which your prop plane will depart. Depending on your accommodations, here is what to expect...
...potshotters on the ground, swarms of U.S. fighters, transports, helicopters and spotter planes in the air. "Our major hazard," complains Chief Pilot Ed Dearborn, "is overcrowded airways, not the enemy." So far, the CAS has lost only one plane, a small Beechcraft that crashed while landing in the prop wash of a big transport...