SORRY: There’s a limit to hospitality at...
SORRY: There’s a limit to hospitality at the posh Center Club, where Japanese government and business officials dined and conferred Wednesday night. . . . The Japanese wanted ashtrays on the table, but manager Joe Gatto declined to provide them. “Here in Orange County, people don’t smoke while they eat,” he explained. . . . A request for menus printed in Japanese also went for naught, but only because there wasn’t enough time to print a translation.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 5, 1991 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Friday April 5, 1991 Orange County Edition Part A Page 3 Column 6 Metro Desk 2 inches; 41 words Type of Material: Correction
Center Club--A Newswatch item Thursday incorrectly described dinner arrangements for Japanese prime minister Toshiki Kaifu and local Japanese businessmen. A request by the Japanese for ashtrays on the table at the Center Club in Costa Mesa Wednesday night was honored by manager Joe Gatto.
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