Word: bhumibol
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chakri Day last month, celebrating the founding of his dynasty, Bhumibol set some sort of ceremonial record. First he was presented with a new car for state functions, a yellow Mercedes 600 limousine. As the day progressed, the monarch presented graduation swords to 68 police officers, unveiled a new statue of King Vajiravudh, who was Rama VI, handed diplomas to 868 graduates of two universities. Then, because it was also the anniversary of Bhumibol's first musical composition, some 1,400 Thai musicians put on an all-night concert of his works. The King stayed until 2 a.m., joining...
...equally strenuous hobbies. Not long ago he built a 13-ft. sailboat and sailed it across the Gulf of Siam, a 16-hour crossing. He was accompanied by a small flotilla escort of the Royal Thai Navy, and a motorboat using a new design of jet propulsion that Bhumibol himself had conceived. His current project: a do-it-yourself helicopter (see MODERN LIVING). Last week, as the King and Queen were enjoying the first of the monsoon rains, breaking the most torrid weather in years, news of the discovery of a new royal white elephant reached the summer palace...
Jowly & Jolly. "Our strength lies in our nationalistic feeling," asserts King Bhumibol, and the men who run Thailand are well aware that their youthful King is their-and the nation's-greatest living asset. Among the most important, military and civilian, members of Thailand's ruling oligarchy...
...constitution for seven years, and may go on with the job indefinitely. No one is rushing them. The fact is, the easygoing Thais simply do not care very much one way or another. Nor does class and status trouble anyone very much, even though titled aristocracy, thanks to Bhumibol's prolific forebears, abounds. Among the 22 Royal Highnesses and 132 Serene Highnesses are some very active types, in the tradition of Thai women, who like to go into business and to gamble. Princess Chumbhot of Nagar Svarga is vice president of a bank, benefactor of a Bangkok hospital, curator...
...reason for Thai-American cooperation was explained to his subjects by King Bhumibol himself in his New Year's message. "The opposite side has revealed its intention that Thailand is to be the next target of aggression. A very great danger might reach us any day. None of you must be put off your guard...