Onassis Going?

Daily Express - Tuesday 10 September 1957

(Ironically an adjacent article was on Fiona Von Thyssen) 

Aristotle Onassis, the Greek shipping man, may be removing himself, his money and his patronage and his yacht from the shores of Monte Carlo because of differences with Prince Rainier and his Government. 
The coldness between the royal palace on the hill and the shipowner in the floating palace in the harbour is no secret. 
But my correspondent there tells me that Onassis is now fed up with the constant manoeuvring against his efforts which have re-established Monte Carlo's finances. 
The Casino is coy about revealing the season's wins and losses. But this summer has seen the return of the big gamblers and the wave of playing high stakes - and the biggest Monte Carlo has seen since its heyday just after the First World War. 

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