Word: thao
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...basement while waiting for permanent lodging. Suddenly Cha Mang, one of the refugees, appeared and beckoned the clergyman to follow her to the room where the family, which had arrived in the U.S. just five days earlier, slept. There she pointed to the bed where her husband Lue Thao, 36, was lying. Lue Thao was not asleep; he was dead...
...Thao was the tenth Laotian to die mysteriously in Minnesota, Iowa and Oregon since October 1979. About 21,000 Laotian refugees settled in these states in the past seven years...
...Disease Control in Atlanta last week met with officials in Minnesota. Their preliminary investigation did not reveal evidence of a communicable disease, an inherited malady or exposure to a noxious agent. The mysterious deaths have, however, had an easily identifiable side effect: an increase in homesickness Says Si Thao, an interpreter for Lue Thao's widow: "She has no skills, no education and she cannot speak English Now she has no husband. All she wants to do is go back to Laos...