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Kampala, like Rome, is built on seven hills, and to Ugandans each has its special significance. But none is so important as Mengo Hill, where a rambling brick palace on the peak is an object of universal awe. Not even the British dared violate its sanctity, for beneath its silver dome lived the Kabaka (ruler) of Buganda, largest and richest of Uganda's five ancient kingdoms. Buganda's rulers were so powerful in colonial days that they were always granted considerable autonomy by the British. Cambridge-educated Sir Edward F. W. Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula ("Freddy") Mutesa...
...hopes and dreams of 100 million Americans who directly or indirectly have a stake in the stock market. Vexed by the vagaries of Viet Nam, jittery about symptoms of inflation and talk of higher taxes to come, the stock market has dropped 119 points since it scaled an alltime peak of 995.15 on Feb. 9.* Two weeks ago, the slide gained speed with a surprise announcement from Detroit that General Motors was cutting back production. The market lost 26 points just after the news came...
Chris Pardee was jumping on a sprained ankle when he took a first place and two seconds in Sunday's Heptagonal track meet. The injury may leave him below peak from for next Saturday's dual meet with Army...
...eight years, WPA alone produced 18,800 sculptures, 108,000 easel paintings, 11,300 original prints, and 2,500 murals for public buildings. At its peak, it employed some 5,000 artists. As a current exhibition of 83 works at the University of Maryland's art gallery shows, the U.S. got quite a bit for its money...
...number of births in the U.S. dropped to the lowest figure since 1951-3,767,000-while the birth rate receded to the prewar level of 1940. A quarter of a million fewer babies were born last year than in 1964; half a million fewer than in the alltime peak year of 1957. Births still exceeded deaths by a wide margin last year, and the overall population increase was only slightly checked. Total population...