Word: rice
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remaining government-controlled zones of Cambodia, the morale of the civilian population has never been lower. At the provincial capital of Battambang, for instance, students protesting the rising price of rice rioted for two days against the Chinese population, which forms the bulk of the merchant class and is an easy scapegoat. When 20 of their number were then arrested in a military crackdown, the students seized an airport commander and held him until Premier Long Beret flew over from Phnom-Penh and worked out a mutual release. By week's end the anti-Chinese feeling seemed...
...flying's the same when you have rice instead of ammo," said bearded A1 Wells, 52, of Miami's Airlift International, "but it makes you feel a little safer when you're on the ground." Ken Healy, a World War II Air Force pilot who now flies for World Airways of Oakland, Calif., told TIME Correspondent Peter Range: "The best time to go into Phnom-Penh is right after they've taken a few hits. We've figured out that if you haven't had another rocket for ten minutes, then you probably...
...supplies the airlift brings into Phnom Pehn everyday are the only legs Lon Nol has to stand on. Without the ammunition, the army would have to surrender. Without the rice, the refugees would starve, as some are doing now, Lon Nol would be forced to fice to avoid execution, and we would have gained nothing. Even with the aid, as Defense Secretary Schlesinger admitted, we can only hope to preserve the status quo. The administration indicates it is hoping to get just enough money to last until the rainy season starts in June, hoping the Khmer will then agree...
...Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas was nonetheless pursuing a decided long shot. He made the announcement first in the Senate Caucus Room in Washington, then on the same day flew down for an instant replay for the home folks at Houston's Rice Hotel. Bentsen, 54, became the fifth Democrat on a list that could contain more than ten names before the longest presidential campaign in American history ends 20 months from now.* Flanked by his parents, Wife Beryl Ann, 53, and three children-Lloyd III, 30, Lan, 27, and Tina, 23-Bentsen told some...
...small but vital Mekong River shipping channel 32 miles southeast of the capital. But there are daily rocket attacks in and around Phnom-Penh, and it is only a matter of time, perhaps days, before the full-fledged siege gets under way. All river traffic has been cut off. Rice supplies are running extremely low, and starvation could begin in a matter of weeks. Last week TIME Correspondent Peter Range visited Phnom-Penh and sent this report...