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...prosperous (they are estimated to have controlled 80% of Uganda's economy). But still they complain remarkably little about their drastically diminished status. "Actually," says an engineer, "I was going to come earlier. The only difference is that I would have had some money and now I am penniless." Smiles an ex-merchant from Kampala: "The only thing I miss is my Citro...
...Rose Vassilou, might be a cousin of Jane Gray in her most recent book, The Waterfall. Rose is divorced, with three small children and a national reputation as an "eccentric." What really caused her notoriety was money. A major Midlands heiress, she had enraged her family by marrying a penniless Greek boy and giving her inheritance away to a dubious African relief fund. The family squabble made all the tabloids. Ten years later, Rose is found raising a family in a working-class district of London while her tempestuous ex-husband, now making plenty of money, bedevils her to gain...
Hickel finished high school with "something below a C average," won a Golden Gloves championship, and left to seek his fortune. Penniless but self-confident, he arrived in Alaska in 1940. By 1953 he was a respected businessman (real estate and construction) and a leading proponent of Alaskan statehood. Though politics at first did not appeal to him ("I never was much of a joiner"), a California Republican named Richard Nixon did. Hickel worked for Nixon during the 1960 campaign and before the one in 1964. Taking time off from the national scene, he surprised everyone but himself...
...checks for a young Eurovisitor-from $300 to $500-covers about two months of vagabondage. But not always. The American Express offices in London, Paris and other cities have long lines of youthful destitutes waiting to receive cabled bail-out money from home. Each week many hundreds of suddenly penniless visitors apply to U.S. consulates for help...
...Penniless and alone, old beyond his 45 years, he died of alcohol poisoning 17 months ago in a dingy London flat. Friends scraped up enough money for embalming and burial, but they could not send the body back to Uganda so long as Milton Obote, the man who had deposed King Freddie, remained President. After Obote was overthrown last January by General Amin, the new President made plans to bring the Kabaka's body home to strengthen his support among the Baganda, the country's largest tribe...