Word: pleiku
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...hear something of the people's feelings, TIME Correspondent Jerry Rose went on a three-week tour of the farms and villages, from the canal-laced Mekong delta to the lowland jungles of Darlac to the sagebrush plains of Pleiku. His report...
Thousands of farmers have been resettled by the government in the high plateau province of Pleiku. Generally they agree that conditions are better than in their old homes. But a local supervisor says bluntly, "Their rice and cash allotments are being stolen by the regional authorities. The wood they cut is confiscated by officials who sell it and pocket the money. The fertilizer they are supposed to get goes to the black market...