- Title: LAOS: KING GIVES RICE TO FAMINE-STRICKEN LUANG PRABANG PEOPLE
- Date: 14th December 1964
- Summary: 1. MLS ROYAL PALACE IN LUANG PRABANG 2 1/2 ft 2. LS CROWD QUEUEING OUTSIDE PALACE 6 ft 3. MLS DISTRIBUTING RICE TO CROWD 10 ft 4. MS PALACE GUARD AT GATE (TWO SHOTS) 15 ft 5. MLS PEOPLE OUT OF REAR GATE AFTER RECEIVING RICE (FIVE SHOTS) 33 ft Initials CAR/VS/MK/YA/RBI Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 29th December 1964 12:00
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- Location: LUANG PRABANG, LAOS
- Country: Laos
- Reuters ID: LVA68216N1406J3R9L3ZF7LWFDUZ
- Story Text: WAR-TORN NORTH-CENTRAL LAOS IS SHORT OF FOOD. THIS WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE BAD CROP SEASON AND CONDITIONS CAUSED BY FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNIST PATHET LAO FORCES. AS A RESULT, FARMERS HAVE NEGLECTED THEIR CROPS.
IN LUANG PRABANG, THE ROYAL CAPITAL, NORTH OF VIENTIANE, THE PEOPLE ARE FACING PARTIAL FAMINE. TO COMBAT THIS, THE LAOTIAN KING HAS ORDERED HIS PALACE GUARDS TO DISTRIBUTE FREE RICE TO THE PEOPLE. THE RICE HAS BEEN HARVESTED FROM THE KING'S OWN RICE FIELDS.
THE DISTRIBUTION IS DRAWING TO THE ROYAL PALACE HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES, INCLUDING MOTHERS WITH BABIES IN THEIR ARMS. THEY PATIENTLY QUEUE FOR THE HANDOUT AND MAKE THEIR EXIT THROUGH THE BACK PALACE GATE.
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