Word: sihanouk
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Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia's retired King and present popular idol, once dreamed of going to Hollywood to be a "Cambodian Charlie Chan." Last week, in Cambodia's capital city of Pnompenh (pop. 150,000), the young (32) leader produced, directed and starred in a far more ambitious production, a sort of oriental Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...
Responding to Sihanouk's invitation, thousands of sarong-clad Cambodian Smiths and Mrs. Smiths thronged into the city to participate in a national congress to suggest constitutional amendment and nominate a Premier. All an adult citizen needed to do to be a "congressman" was to present a coconut, a grapefruit, or some similar token, to King Norodom Suramarit, Sihanouk's father. Some 30,000 availed themselves of the opportunity...
...Much Fruit. At the royal palace, his fingertips pressed together in the customary seraphic greeting, Sihanouk played benign host, introducing the visitors to his royal parents and apologizing for not feeding them all: "You are so many, I would be broke." From his gilded, red velvet throne, King Suramarit received his gifts with regal gratitude: "Oh, the beautiful fruit." Concurred his son: "It's really too much, too much...
Like the Greeks. Police forthwith arrested five Democrats, including the party's secretary-general. "We will release them when they promise not to make themselves a nuisance," said Sihanouk. At the chauffeur's cremation, Sihanouk him self ignited the sandalwood stake and bowed low while monks in saffron-hued robes prayed and flames licked the pink coffin. Then the young man who no longer reigned made it quite clear that he nevertheless plans to rule...
...will not accept public office, said ex-King Norodom Sihanouk, but he will direct governmental affairs through a party steering committee. To get his people's ideas, he added, he will soon convene a sort of town meeting of the nation in the Pnompenh soccer stadium, "as in the days of the ancient Greeks...