Portrait of a Many-Sided Oriental Potentate
An AP dispatch from Bangkok portrays King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand as a formal Buddhist monarch in public yet a lively jazz musician at home. The note highlights his global reach during a state visit to the United States and his popularity among Thailand's 23 million subjects.
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Kin Bhumibol
Thailand
United States
Siam
Angkok
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol
Bangkok
Thai King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit Badged as Modern Royal Pair
A feature profiles King Bhumibol of Thailand and Queen Sirikit, detailing his restrained public charm, royal duties, and efforts to reach the people, alongside her public charity work and fashion influence. The piece notes his long lineage, limited power, and family life with children at Chitr Lada palace.
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Bhumibol
Thailand
Chakri
Siam
Sirikit
Switzerland
Vajiralongkorn
Abol Ratana
Sirindhorn
The
Red Cross
Bangkok
Queen Sirikit
Chulabhorn
King Bhumibol’s palace jazz band thrills Bangkok
In a royal hobby the Thai king leads a 13 piece swing group with lawyers, businessmen and a former ambassador. He hosts biweekly studio sessions in the palace and on Friday nights conducts a one hour radio show from the palace station. Bangkok residents request tunes from New Orleans blues to the king’s own pop songs, about three dozen of which charted locally.
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Bhumibol
Chulalongkorn
Secret Service
Washington
Palace
Kaminsky
Jack Teagarden
Bangkok
State Department
Cedar Rapids youths serve aboard USS Bon Homme Richard in Pacific
GI Gazette reports Cedar Rapids youths serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. The piece lists several service members from Cedar Rapids and nearby areas, detailing their ranks, destinations, and recent activities including visits to Singapore and Bombay, plus awards and promotions.
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Cedar Rapids
Bon Homme Richard
Seventh Fleet
Pacific
Ava
Social Planning Group Opens Linn County Membership Drive
The Linn County Council of Social Planning launches its annual membership drive inviting individuals and organizations to join for the year ending May 31. The $1 fee supports welfare studies, public interest in social improvements, a Christmas Exchange, a campership program, and the Family Service Agency formation led by campaign chair Mrs. Howard Cherry, Jr. Office is in the Chamber of Commerce building.
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Linn County Council of Social Planning
New Family Service Agency
Howard Cherry, Jr
Council
Papeneet of Commerce Building
Ugly Americans in Paris Races Spark Box Etiquette Incident
Art Buchwald recalls a day at Longchamp with American friends in an owners’ box. After cheering Charlottesville to a nose win in the fifth race, a French spectator scolds them for shouting, revealing a cultural clash. The group learns to mute their enthusiasm, while a neighbor jokes she’s an American living in Paris. The seventh race sees continued noisy cheering from the box.
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Aris
Longchamp
Ladies Tribune
Charlottesville
France
Paris
Bankers' Speed Foiled Bandit at Downtown Bank Robbery
In Los Angeles an assistant cashier and two vice presidents chased a bandit who fled with 641 dollars by feigning a gun. Thomas Theodore Arnold, 52, was captured in a nearby parking lot and booked on suspicion of robbery. He told officers he did not know the bankers could run so fast.
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Los Angeles
Anassistant
Thomas Theodore Arnold
Arnold
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