Word: charussatira
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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...through the wilderness of the northeast are teaching Thai workers to take over construction jobs. The Thais emulate their Seabee trainers not only in their specially designed belts and insignia but in their rough-and-ready work habits. And last week Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister, General Praphas Charussatira, announced the payoff of the air-training program: Thailand is sending transport pilots to South Viet Nam, which sorely needs them, and is also giving military and police training to 1,000 young Laotians annually...
...which to take further steps toward progress. The belief that the government really means to help them is spreading among the northeasterners. Villagers in provinces where rural development work has not begun are asking local officials when their turn will come. Indeed, when the Interior Minister, General Prapas Charussatira, visited the town of Nongkhai to initiate an aid program, he was welcomed as a bearer of good omens. On the day of his arrival, Mekong fishermen netted a 5-ft., 200-lb. catfish -a rare catch and the first of the year. It was served-cooked-at a welcoming banquet...
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