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Thursday, November 14, 1991 A-15 SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER Sihanouk return gives hope to a wary Cambodia Country waits for deliverance after two decades of hell By Marlowe Hood SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER HONG KONG Prince Norodom Sihanouk may be fickle, mercurial and impetuous, the three adjectives most often attached to his name. But he is, above all, persistent and patient. For 21 years ever since being toppled from power in a U.S.-backed coup he has waited for the day he could return to Cambodia as de ANALYSIS facto monarch, a god-king presiding over his children. Thursday was that day. Sihanouk, 69, returned to his homeland, accompanied by his wife, Monique, his son Prince Norodom Ranriddh, and Prime Minister Hun Sen on a flight from Beijing provided by the Chinese government.

He was welcomed by Heng Samrin, president of the communist Phnom Penh government. Buddhist monks blessed Sihanouk, and traditional dancers rained petals on him at the airport. Welcomers chanted "Long live peace" and "Long live the retu: of the prince." Then, he stepped into a white 1963 Chevrolet Impala a throwback to a happier period in Cambodian life for the drive into the Cambodian capital. Tens of thousands of residents lined the streets into Phnom Penh, many waving flags or holding posters showing the prince in more youthful days. Music en route and at the airport included songs Sihanouk had composed played through loudspeakers and bands belting out rock 'n' roll.

Arriving at the plaza fronting the Royal Palace, Sihanouk stood up in the back of the convertible, held hands with Hun Sen and blew kisses to the crowd. The Cambodian people have been waiting as well, waiting for a final deliverance from two decades of fighting, mass murder, poverty and diplomatic oblivion. Beginning with the U.S. bombing and civil war that ravaged Cambodia in 1970-75, through the years of state-sponsored terror engineered by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, through eight years of occupation by their traditional enemy Vietnam, through it all, the Cambodians have prayed for a solution to what became known throughout the world as the "problem of Cambodia." That, too, appears to be at hand. And yet, even though Cambodia's four warring factions signed a comprehensive peace treaty in Paris last month backed by the five permanent members of the U.N.

Security Council, there is still a deep sense of unease in a country litered with figurative and literal land mines. For planted within the very compromise upon which the reconciliation coalition is formed are what some fear to be the seeds of its undoing: the Khmer Rouge. WORLD DATELINES Rebels call cease-fire in El Salvador MEXICO CITY Leftist rebels Thursday announced a unilateral cease-fire in El Salvador's 12-year-old civil war. Shortly after they made their announcement during U.N,-sponsored peace talks in Mexico City, Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani heralded the move as "encouraging" after months of torturous negotiations. "We view this move as a sign of goodwill," Cristiani told reporters in San Salvador, the capital.

Leaders of the rebel Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front said the gesture sought to create a propitious climate for ending the fighting, which has taken 75,000 lives, mostly civilians. Date of South Africa talks is disputed JOHANNESBURG Talks on a new South African constitution will begin Nov. 29, African National Congress President Nelson Mandela said Wednesday, but the government said this was only a target date and that Mandela's announcement was improper. Mandela surprised members of his Exiled Cambodians ready to go home Sihanouk's return may make their dreams come true By Dexter Waugh OF THE EXAMINER STAFF Cambodian refugee Yorn Chhith's dream of going home to raise his five children away from the urban pressures of San Francisco moved closer to reality Thursday with the return of former leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk to Phnom Penh. Like many who escaped death in Cambodia by the murderous Khmer Rouge regime, he has not found life hard here despite being unemployed, on welfare and living in public housing at Hunters Point.

"But there are too many problems drugs and people killing each other," said Chhith, 41. "I worry about my kids when they grow up here, because here a lot of kids become bad kids. They rob, they don't want to go to school and they use drugs." Chhith, who escaped Cambodia in 1975 after the Khmer Rouge to power, remembers a happier, peaceful time in his country, during the 1950s and 1960s when he was growing up, during the reign of Sihanouk. Sihanouk's triumphant return from exile and the arrival of U.N. peacekeeping forces have tantalized many refugees into making plans to return.

But they are wary about the Khmer Rouge regaining power. "After elections we will go back to stay, but before free elections, we don't want to go back," Chhith said, referring to the U.N.-supervised election of a new government scheduled for 1993. But others here won't wait that long. Kim Chea, whose family operates the Battambang Market in the Tenderloin, plans to visit early next year his home province of Battambang, where one of his sisters still lives. Some Cambodians in San Francisco have been making regular trips in the last year to see relatives and for business purposes.

Chea and other Sihanouk supporters are planning a victory celebration for Saturday, Nov. 23, in the Tenderloin. Chea and Chhith, who say most Cambodian refugees in Northern California support Sihanouk, are optimistic that the vast hurdles facing the U.N. transition team, such as removing the tens of thousands of land mines from the countryside, will be accomplished. "We are hopeful things will go smoothly," said Chea.

"All of us here, we want to help, too much, but what can we do now?" asked Chhith. "Also, we have a problem with families. If I had somebody to take care of my family here, I would go back tomorrow." Heng Khiev, whose first wife died during the three-year reign of the Khmer Rouge, also wants to go back. But his second wife does not. "She wants to stay, but she lets me go alone," said Khiev.

Even though most refugees are confident that the Khmer Rouge will not be voted back into power, their confidence is tempered by their memories. Most lost family members during the years of Khmer Rouge rule, when an esti- ted in the bottles returned to the company's plant from around Britain and Northern Ireland. SmithKline Beecham advertises Lucozade as an energy-giving drink for sports enthusiasts. Animal testing is not involved in making or developing Lucozade, the company said. Militarized Ukraine opposed by West LONDON Western governments this week warned the Ukraine that its plans for a huge independent army were threatening the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty to reduce conventional arms in Europe, and could undermine talks under way in Vienna.

Negotiators, who held talks with Ukrainian representatives in Vienna, say there is only a 50-50 chance of implementing the treaty, which was signed in Paris a year ago. If that is lost, Europe's only long-term insurance against military build-up will vanish. The Ukrainian problem has brought to a head the growing concern that the break-up of the union may have made future arms control difficult to achieve as republics set their own military agenda. Compiled from Examiner wire reports (DOSS R5OGE Consider the fact that among the dozen members of the Supreme Council, the body charged with overseeing the transition to free elections in 1993 over which Sihanouk will preside, is Son Sen. Sen is Cambodia's Himmler, Pol Pot's loyal lieutenant during the Khmer Rouge reign of terror and the man personally responsible for torturing and executing 20,000 people in the Tuol Sleng Prison from 1975-78.

That Sen is in a position of authority rather than a dungeon does not bode well for the unfolding of Cambodia's political process. Even the triumphant return of Sihanouk will not expunge the Khmer Rouge presence. Indeed, Sihanouk's marriage of convenience with Pol Pot first in the early 1970s and again after Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978 and drove the Khmer Rouge into the mountains has tarnished the reputation of this most durable of Southeast Asian leaders. Granted, he joined forces in 1982 with the powerful remnants of Pol Pot's army only reluctantly. The deposed prince recognized that, at the time, it was the only indigenous force capable with massive help from China of challenging Vietnam's occupation of Cambodia.

But this unsavory alliance has left a stigma nonetheless. Today, with Vietnamese troops long withdrawn, the task of enforcing the peace agreement will fall to the largest and most expensive U.N. peacekeeping force ever mounted. But its assignment will be hard. The Vietnamese-supported government of Hun Sen is riddled with corruption and will take advantage of its incumbency in any way possible to gain advantage in elections.

The Khmer Rouge, on the other side, are firmly ensconced in the mountainous jungles of northwest Cambodia, and are equally sure to resist demobilization and the cantonment of troops. Given the inevitable result of elections Khmer Rouge candidates are afraid even to come to the capital, Phnom Penh it is unrealistic to expect Pol Pot to disband his well-equipped guerrilla force voluntarily. Sihanouk is a master at negotiating difficult political waters. While in power from 1955 to 1970, he wooed all, but took vows with none. He was one of the architects of the Non-Aligned Movement and successfully played off China, the Soviet Union and the United States against each other until the U.S.

war with Vietnam engulfed his tiny nation. The current prospects for peace, as tenuous as they may be, are also in large measure a result of Sihanouk's cajoling, posturing and maneuvering. Once again, Sihanouk has positioned himself at the junction of domestic and international interests, by universal proclamation the one indispensable element for Cambodia's future. But the wily prince will have to bring all his to steer Cambodia past the powers lethal shoals of the Khmer Rouge. movement when he said the ANC and other anti-apartheid groups had scheduled two days of talks to set the country on course for a post-apartheid era.

Constitutional Development Minister Gerrit Viljoen said the date was only a target. "His announcement is an improper attempt to create the impression that he or the ANC are unilaterally arranging matters with regard to the multiparty conference," Viljoen said. ANC spokeswoman Gill Marcus said the dates were "probable but not absolute." Soft drink pulled: Contamination fear LONDON Supermarkets pulled some 2 million bottles of a popular soft drink from their shelves Wednesday after officials learned an animal rights group had plotted to contaminate the product. Police arrested seven men and three women in nationwide raids. The Animal Liberation Front targeted the drink Lucozade because the manufacturer, SmithKline Beecham PLC, uses animals in laboratory experiments, according to an animal rights activist.

Company spokesman Chandler said no contamination had been detec- KOMENICH Yorn Chhith sits with his five children: from left, Yanny, Syna, Dora, Khalyan, and Veasna, 11. mated 1 million Cambodians died Rouge to come to power, but they not be able to take over," echoed by execution, starvation or disease. cannot do it," said Chhith. Khiev. "We don't want the Khmer "They cannot do it.

They will Yet still they will wait, and see. OBITUARIES Disc jockey Rick Cimino dead at 61 By James Schermerhorn OF THE EXAMINER STAFF Rick Cimino, a disc jockey whose voice became familiar to thousands of Bay Area radio listeners over the past 30 years, died at his El Cerrito home Sunday of an apparent heart attack. He was 61. While Mr. Cimino would often imitate the voices of film and radio stars and even U.S.

presidents, he also charmed with his own voice. His warmth reflected his genuine liking for people, his wife, Enid "Nikki" Cimino, said Wednesday. "I'm just learning now how ma- ACHILLE, Hector BALLIET, Richard "Rick" J. BERNAL, William Paul BULAWSKY, Dorothy A. CRUZ, Noriega, James DELLEPIANE, Fronie LOBSINGER, Raymond MANNING, Ruth Stanley PARODI, Carmel Lena REYNOLDS, Margaret A.

SANDWELL, Thomas F. SCHARETG, Alice G. STARK-LYONS, Mary M. STONE, Juliette Bessette ACHILLE, Hector In Palo Alto, November 12, 1991: dearly beloved husband of Teresa Achille; loving father of Elizabeth; also survived by many loving a relatives; native a of retired S.F.; U.S. Postal Service worker; age 55 years.

day (TODAY) after 1 and are invited to Friends may call at the Mortuary Thursattend the Liturgy Service Friday, Nov. W.C. 15. 10 am. at the Mortuary Chapel of LASSWELL 6154 Mission cor.

at 7:30 pm. Entombment, Cypress Lawn Wilosn. Vigil Service Thursday (TONIGHT) Cemetery. Memorials may Trousdale be Dr. made to Mission Hospice, 1515 Burlingame, Ca.

94010. BALLIET, Richard "Rick" J. In beloved Modesto, band of Mary Ellen Balliet; loving father of November 12, 1991; dearly Anthony and Heather Balliet; Ballet; loving loving son brother of of James Thomas Balliet; dear nephew of and Virginia George Haydee and Diane Thomas, and Shirley, Raymond Michael, Tobin; and a Jane Balliet, graduate of Riordan High Penta School Products. class of former employee of and Friends Saturday may from 9-1 and invited to visit Friday from 2-9 attend the Funeral Liturgy Saturday, 1 pm. 500 at Westlake D.C.

Inurnment will DUGGAN'S SERRA MORTUARY be private. Donations to St. Anthonys 94102-3899. Dining Rm, 121 Golden Gate DUGGAN S.F., FAMILY THE BUD BERNAL, William Paul In Guadalajara, Mexico, Brother November Joe 9, Bernal; 1991; a loving survived father by Beloved of Christina Lynn, William Paul Bernal a beloved business associate of Alicia Thompson; missed by son-in-law Larry thews, and a loving long-time dear friend companion to Stan to Alice Stellings, and a Galloway; founder of El Sombrero Restaurant. Friends are invited to Visit after 12:00 Noon Thursday at McAVOY O'HARA CO.

and to attend the Funeral Thursday at 1 pm. Private family burial will be held at Holy Cross Cemetery. BULAWSKY, Dorothy 'A. In Burlingame, November beloved mother of John Bulawsky of San Bruno, Robert Bulawsky of Hillsborough, and Barbara Gibson of San Bruno; loving of Judi and Sally Bulawsky; beloved Nonnie of Joelle, Kelly, Jennifer, Brandy and Taylor; native of San Francisco. A Funeral Mass will be held Friday, November 15, 1991 at 10:30 A.M.

at St. Monica's Church, 470 24th Avenue, San Francisco. Committal Holy Cross Cemetery. A Vigil Service will be held Thursday Evening at 7:00 P.M. at the Colonial Mortuary of CROSBY-N.

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Cimino went to Hollywood in the 1950s after graduating from college, but was sidetracked with offers for radio work. He accepted an offer in Merced, then moved to a radio station in Salinas and later to one in Stockton. He met his wife there in 1962, she said, at a dance across the street from the radio station. "I was wearing a bare-backed dress," she said, "and he bit me. He said I had the most beautiful back in the world." Mr.

Cimino started work at KNEW in Oakland in 1969, then moved to KSFO in San Francisco in a slot opposite the station's great disc jockey Don Sherwood. He became a column item in San Francisco newspapers in 1969 Death Notices ces CRUZ, Noriega, James Died Nov. 9, 1991 In S.F.; survived by his daughter Angela Scott-Cruz; father, Miguel Cruz; brother Gilbert Cruz-Noriega; sisters Carolyn Noriega, Annette Cruz. Vigil will be held Thursday, p.m. and Funeral Friday, 11:00 a.m.

at College Chapel Mortuary, 1363 Divisadero St. DELLEPIANE, Fronie In San Francisco, November 9, 1991; beloved wife of the late Henry Dellepiane; loving mother of Donald Dellepiane and Fay Perlas; grandmother of Dan and Suzanne Dellepiane: born November 14, 1909; a member of The California Club, The Forum Club, The and Breakfast The Wom- Club, The Commonwealth Club en's City Club. Friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service on Friday at at HALSTED N. GRAY CAREW ENGLISH, 1123 Sutter St. Interment Private.

LOBSINGER, Raymond E. In Oakley, November 12, 1991; beloved husband of the late Hazel M. Lobsinger; devoted father of Phillip John Walter R. and Darryl R. Lobsinger, Joan Whitworth, Gary.

and Margaret A. DeRose; dear brother of Margaret Naugle of Godfrey, loving grandfather of 15 grandchildren and grandfather of four; dear brother-In-law of Deliah E. Sunderland and Howard L. Shelton of Alton, dearest friend of Gladys Moss; loving foster parent to over 150 foster children throughout his lifetime; also survived by many loving relatives and friends; a native of Alton, age 81 years; lifetime member of Disabled American Veterans, Post S.F., member of ic Communications International Union Local No. 583.

Friends may visit Thursday (TODAY) after 2 and are invited to attend a Funeral Service Friday, 11 am. at DUGGAN'S SERRA MORTUARY, 500 Westlake D.C. V.F.W. Service Thursday, 8 pm. at DUGGAN'S.

Interment, Skylawn. Donations to the American Cancer Society. THE BUD DUGGAN FAMILY MANNING, Ruth Stanley In San Francisco, November 10, 1991; beloved wife of the late Jay H. Manning: loved mother of Ja Rue Manning and Stanley Manning; devoted grandmother of John, Andrea, and Lynn Manning: devoted friend of Ruth and Crawford Aden; aged 91 years; a member of Portalhurst Presbyterian Church. Memorial Services Presbyterian Nov.

24th, Church, 12:15 P.M., at Portalhurst 321 Taraval St. Private Interment, Golden Gate National Cemetery, Memorial contributions to Portalhurst Presbyterian Church preferred. HALSTED N. GRAY-CAREW ENGLISH PARODI, Carmel Lena At peace in San Francisco, November late 11, Peter 1991; Parodi; dearly loving beloved wife of the mother of Richard Parodi; devoted grandmother of Stephen and Susan Parodi; cherished sister of Geno, Alfonso, Guido and Albert Barni; loving sister-in-law of Velma, Mary, Sarah Peggy Barni, Civarolo Elide and Crescio, Arthur Marie Platanesi, Elvira Parodi: dear friend of Frances Caruso; also Friends are invited to attend the Funeral survived by numerous nieces nephews. on Friday at 9:30 am.

from RINI-PERATA 4840 Mission 449 thence to St. Elizabeth's Church, Holyoke St. where am. a Funeral followed Mass will Commit- be celebrated at 10 by tal Services at Holy Cross Cemetery, Vigil Service 7:30 pm. Thursday at the Mortuary Chapel.

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One woman bruised her knee. The hotel manager summoned police. Mr. Cimino told officers he was just being nice to the people in the neighborhood. "They were always nice to me," he said.

He went independent in 1978, doing voices for radio and television commercials and for some films. He is survived by his wife; his mother, Laura Cimino; brothers Armand and Eddie and a sister, Ren Nelson, all of Salinas. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Sunset View Mortuary Chapel, Fairmount and Colusa avenues in El Cerrito. REYNOLDS, Margaret A.

In San Francisco, November 13, 1991; beloved wife of the late Frederick Reynolds; loving mother of Gordon Reynolds and Paula Gilmor; dearest grandmother of Carrie Bono, Trish Parker and Colleen Flores; also survived by three great grandchildren; past member of the Saint Gabriel's Mothers Guild, and the dies Sodality. Friends may visit after 3 pm. TODAY, and are invited to attend Services Friday, 10:30 am. from DUGGAN'S SERRA MORTUARY, 500 Westlake D.C., thence to St. Gabriels Church for a celebration of the Funeral Mass at 11 am.

Committal, Holy Cross Cemetery. Vigil Service Thursday, 7:30 pm. Donations to your favorite charity. THE BUD DUGGAN FAMILY SANDWELL, Thomas F. In San Mateo, November 13, 1991; loving brother of George Gloria; beloved uncle of Susan, Lorraine Diane; cherished great-uncle of Michelle, Julie, Colin, Eric, Rebecca Michael; dear friend of Wilbur McLaughlin; Mr.

Sandwell, age 63, a native of SF, was an employee of Pacific Bell Thurs. for after over 5 30 years. Friends may visit pm' and are invited to attend Services 10:30 am. from DUGGANS SERRA MORTUARY, 500 Westlake D.C. thence to St.

Peter's Church in Pacifica, where a al Mass will be celebrated at 11 am. Committal Service Cypress Lawn Cemetery. Vigil Services Friday, 7:30 pm. THE BUD DUGGAN FAMILY SCHARETG, Alice G. November 13, 1991: beloved wife of the late George Scharets: loving sister of Walter Glynn, and the late Angela Minehan, John and Harry Glynn; loving aunt of Harry, Walter, Edward and Alice Glynn, Peggy Brandt, and the late Betty Tupper; also survived by many grandnieces and nephews.

Friends may call after 2 pm. Thursday at REILLY 29th Dolores where a Vigil Serivce will be held at 7:30 Funeral Friday, 9:30 am. from REILLY thence to St. Kevin's Church for a Funeral Mass at 10 am. Committal, Holy Cross.

GOODWIN SCANNELL STARK-LYONS, Mary M. -Of Kentfleld; Nov. beloved wife of the late Willis (BIll) Stark (1985); devoted mother of Bill and Terry Stark, Colette Kempton, Roger Stark and Rose Crawford; loving sister of Veronica Conway, Phyllis Lyons, Madonna, Nolan, Rita Mangan and the late Joseph Lyons (1980): a native of S.F.; age 78 years. Friends are invited to attend a Memorial Mass Sat. Nov.

16, 1991 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Sebastian's Catholic Church, Greenbrae. Inurnment Mt. Olivet Cemetery, San fael.

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