- Title: JORDAN: KING HUSSEIN TAKES PART IN CAR RALLY
- Date: 9th December 1966
- Summary: 1. LV CARS AT START 0.09 2. MV CAR LEAVES 0.12 3. MLV CAR NO. 4 OFF 0.15 4. MLV CAR NO. 6 OFF 0.22 5. MV HUSSEIN OUT OF CAR 24 0.25 6. MLV CAR LEAVES 0.29 7. MV HUSSEIN CHECKS 0.35 8. MLV CAR 22 OFF 0.40 9. MV HUSSEIN IN CAR 0.43 10. MLV HUSSEIN OFF 0.48 11. MLV CAR PAST 0.53 12. MLV CAR 27
- Embargoed: 24th December 1966 12:00
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- Location: AMMAN, JORDAN
- Country: Jordan
- Reuters ID: LVAF0OU0JUSF43VO7JPU23CT2SNI
- Story Text: KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN TOOK TIME OFF FROM AFFAIRS OF STATE YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) TO TAKE PART IN A TWO DAY CAR RALLY. THE COURSE WAS FROM AMMAN TO AQABA AND BACK.
THE KING TAKES PART FREQUENTLY IN CAR RALLIES AND WAS FIRST AND FASTEST IN A RACE TWO MONTHS AGO. THIS PRESENT RALLY CONSISTS MAINLY OF JORDANIAN ENTRANTS WITH A SMALL NUMBER YESTERDAY MORNING AND SPENT THE NIGHT AT AQABA, RETURNING TO AMMAN TONIGHT.
FOR KING HUSSEIN IT IS A BREAK FROM THE STRESSES AND STRAINS OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS. AFTER TONIGHT HE WILL HAVE TO FORGET THE PROBLEMS OF DRIVING AND NAVIGATION AND RETURN TO THE PROBLEMS OF DRIVING AND NAVIGATION AND RETURN TO THE PROBLEMS OF STATESMANSHIP AS JORDAN FACES DISPUTES WITH OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES AND WITH ISRAEL.
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