Word: thai
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Honorable Un Van Thai, South Vietnamese ambassador to the U.S., will speak at 3 p.m. tomorrow night in Emerson 105. He resigned from the Diem government over a dispute in 1961, and has been ambassador since last December...
...local racial news with considerable accuracy and balance. The Jackson papers, which were founded in the 1800s, have not changed their attitude in half a century. Bob Hederman, who publishes both papers, and his cousin Tom Hederman, who edits the Clarion-Ledger, are descendants of the powerful Jackson family thai bought the Clarion-Ledger in 1920, took over the Daily News in 1954, and has always quickly crunched any competition. The Hedermans also own the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, a sizable chunk of local real estate and an interest in TV and radio in Jackson...
...clandestine "Voice of the Thai People" radio station is urging the villagers, in authentic Northeast dialects, to turn against the government...
Force with Force. Thailand is determined that it will not become another Viet Nam. The tempo of terrorist activities became so great in December that the army was called into the Northeast for the first time. A battalion of 1,500 Royal Thai soldiers, made mobile by helicopters, now sweeps the foothills in search of guerrillas. "We have to meet force with force," says Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn. Bangkok has also countered the Communist drive with an impressive program of aid and roadbuilding (TIME, Dec. 24), points out that Thailand has some things going for it that Viet...
...most remote Northeastern hamlet. And, far from least, King Bhumibol Adulyadej can trace his Chakri dynasty in an unbroken line back to 1782. The King's picture hangs in practically every house and humble hut in Thailand, where he is not only liked and considered a symbol of Thai independence, but revered as a living...