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Bourgeois Respectability Reaches Laos Hippie Scene
In Vientiane the Third Eye bar once an opium den is now run by Prince Panya Souvanna Phouma. He forbids politics and drugs, enforces proper bookkeeping, and hires hippies as workers while upgrading its image with photos of Laos leaders. The move draws mixed reactions as police crackdowns loom over the foreign community.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
Third Eye
Panya Souvanna Phouwma
Panya
Paris
Harvard Business School
Vientiane Water Company
Mao Tse-tung
Europe
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
U.S
William H. Sullivan
U.S.A
New York
Sheldon Cholst
Max
Savang Vathana