Word: thailanders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cambodia, volatile Prince Norodom Sihanouk declared "civil war" on local Viet Minh and Communist infiltrators from Thailand, who are raising havoc in Battambang province, and accused the Communists of tying up with the subversive Thai Patriotic Front to cause trouble. Normally a soft-pedaler of anti-Communist alarm, Sihanouk finally seems to have, recognized the root of much of his trouble-at least until he changes his mind again. Already besieged by North Vietnamese troops who use his country as sanctuary, he now faces a second Communist threat. The Prince attacked the "global strategy of Asian Communism," crying...
Ruefully admitting that his soldiers "are not doing so well" against the guerrillas, he ordered reinforcements sent to the besieged province. >In Thailand, where a Communist insurgency is raging in the northeast, new trouble came from rebel Meo tribes men in the remote hills of northwest ern Nan province. Though only 100 to 200 strong, the Communist-led tribesmen have consistently bushwacked government patrols, killing more than 30 men. Last week in nearby Chiang Rai province, another Meo band shot down a government helicopter. The increased guerrilla activity may provide the power holder in Thailand's military regime, General...
...English-born wife June handling advertising, the Coast Navigation School, headquartered in a modest suite of offices in Santa Barbara, is working overtime to keep up with a current enrollment of 1,100; and it gets 500 new inquiries a month from as far off as Egypt and Thailand, to say nothing of G.I.s in Viet...
CHRYSLER PRESENTS THE BOB HOPE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (NBC, 8:30-10 p.m.). Highlights from Bob's Christmas visit to the G.I.s in Thailand, Viet Nam and Guam...
...payments surplus to good corn and meat prices on world markets plus pruning of its government deficit and an economic stabilization plan that has lured large amounts of foreign investment. U.S. war purchases and spending by U.S. visitors have helped to create big surpluses for South Viet Nam, Thailand and Taiwan. South Korea ran up a payments surplus of some $100 million last year, partly by exporting such military items as jungle boots, uniforms and galvanized steel for troops fighting in Viet Nam. One result is spreading prosperity-including even traffic jams -in Korean cities. Men are turning to woolen...