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Yameogo's landlocked West African country, one of the smallest and poorest of Africa's new nations, has about 4,500,000 inhabitants, whose yearly per capita income is only $50. Once part of French West Africa, Upper Volta gained its independence in 1960 and elected Yameogo, then 38, its first President. A staunch U.S. ally in the presence of such powerful anti-U.S. neighbors as Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, Yameogo did not come seeking more U.S. aid (Upper Volta gets about $1,000,000 a year), simply wanted to reassure Johnson that Upper Volta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: 'Formidable! Formidable! | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

...major offensive: from the Interior Ministry came orders to throw all available men into border patrols and road checks throughout southwestern France. "One can only condemn these smugglers," said an outraged French official. "It is an occupation for men who have lost their sense of morality. They abuse the poorest people in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portugal: The Hard Way to France | 4/2/1965 | See Source »

...million for third and Yale $22.5 million for fourth. The figures for fiscal year 1963-64, compiled by John Price Jones Company, Inc., New York firm of financial consultants, now that all eight Ivy League colleges rank among the nation's top twenty universities in private gifts. Dartmouth, the poorest, received $5.3 million in gifts. And Pennsylvania, the second poorest, received $9.6 million...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: Harvard Hits Top of Gift List in '64 | 2/20/1965 | See Source »

...drove into the rough on nine out of 18 holes at this year's P.G.A. Championship, hit a tree and three traps, still scored a 69 for the round, and won the tournament? One thing, though, about Golfs team: it is the richest All-America around. The poorest man on the squad is Julius Boros, and he merely made $28,232 this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Welcome to the Club | 12/25/1964 | See Source »

...Congressman's district has not prospered with him. In a state not notable for its wealth, the Second is the poorest Congressional District in almost everything, from education to automobiles. In the median income of its residents ($1968), it is the lowest Congressional District in the United States...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rotten Boroughs | 12/11/1964 | See Source »

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