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Sihanouk was Cambodia's young King until 1955, when he stepped down from the throne to run for elective office in the government, because the "true face of the people was hidden from me." Under his leadership, Cambodia has embarked on an ambitious program of development. Last year the rice crop was the best in memory, and a record exportable surplus of 400,000 tons was predicted. Cambodia does not have one riel of external debt, and its currency is 100% covered by gold and foreign exchange (v. 50% in the U.S.); 25% of the budget is spent...
...always do so well. He slipped into the kitchen at the Royal Palace in Copenhagen and strummed away to the delight of three scullery maids. But Denmark's King Frederick IX came to see what the noise was, listened for a while in amusement, then returned to his throne, leaving a hungry Bohn behind. Arriving in Algeria at the wrong time (November 1961), he strum-a-strum-strummed through the streets of Oran. Who else would do that but a spy? The S.A.O. grabbed him. He laughed at them, saying he was just a troubadour-vigorously playing and singing...
...Thais loosened up and then went crazy for John Henry and Springfield Mountain. King Bhumibol could contain himself no longer. He produced his own saxophone and ended the evening noodling away at various Dixieland selections while Buddy Bohn supplied the obbligato. Bohn invited Bhumibol to renounce his throne and hit the road too. Bhumibol paid Buddy's passage to Hong Kong instead...
...adopt a constitution (TIME, Dec. 28); his smashing victory won Hassan the rare esteem of his idol in Paris. Employing some Gaullist firmness, Hassan has now fired the three members of his Cabinet who represented the powerful Istiqlal party, filled their jobs with officials stoutly loyal to the throne...
...years, Roy Roberts' throne has stood at the far end of the newsroom of the Kansas City Star, as immovable a fixture as Roberts' 200 Ibs. But last week, with a regal grace, the Star's president and executive editor eased both his bulk and his throne 10 ft. to the right. Into his old place moved Roberts' anointed successor: Editor Richard B. Fowler, a quiet, unassuming man of 60 who has spent 32 years in Roy Roberts' considerable shade...