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...Harvard-educated prince was informed by a local yachtsman that a French naval yard near by had facilities to repair the boat's mashed propellers, "but they won't help you because it's a military base." Karim's response-"I am Prince Karim, the Aga Khan"-changed the tune, and next day, with the Taara seaworthy once more, Karim and Anouchka decided wouldn't it be lubberly to try again, and throttled off into the Mediterranean...
Married. Henry Robin Ian Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, 21, Harvard senior and heir of the tax-pinched 13th Duke of Bedford; and Henrietta Tiarks, 21, Britain's Debutante of the Year in 1957, who has since enjoyed well-publicized if fleeting flings with the present Aga Khan, the modeling profession and Briarcliff College (N.Y.); in London...
...carefully preserved the sabre and other military relics of his illustrious ancestor, Alexandre says: "From a very early age, I preferred dolls to toy soldiers, dolls whose hair I could work up into curls and chignons." Shortly after World War II he was discovered by the Begum Aga Khan, having already won a local reputation as "The King of the Egg Shampoo"; the Begum passed him on to the Duchess of Windsor. Says Alexandre: "I owe everything to her. It was she who set me up and sent me my first customers...
...food they do, share their homes and show them that an American is not too proud to become one of them. We would be willing to instruct the Rothschilds in basic money problems. We could show Mr. Onassis how to build tankers cheaply out of plywood, and the Aga Khan how to use the sea as a source of food. We would instruct the women how to make the most of their Diors and Balenciagas and how to develop their natural resources. With the latest American cosmetic equipment they could earn diamonds, pearls, rubies and emeralds that they could eventually...
...recently bought a half interest in a Nigerian newspaper chain. Provided he gets a go-ahead from Emperor Haile Selassie ("who seemed very responsive"), Thomson intends to establish an Ethiopian news agency and two Ethiopian dailies-one in English and one in Amharic. And in partnership with the youthful Aga Khan, he is laying plans for five new papers in Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika...