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Seated in the oak-paneled office of his limestone palace on one of the barren hills overlooking his ramshackle capital of Amman, the slim, 21 -year-old King of Jordan spoke slowly, in a voice deep and rich for one so young. "I feel I am stronger than ever now. I have the support of my army and my people, in spite of all the efforts to break up my country. We realize now that the propaganda campaign and the internal crisis were the responsibility of international Communism and its followers." The King paused. In his paper-white face...
...AMMAN, Jordan, April 29--The United States today offered 10 million dollars in economic aid to King Hussein's new anti-Communist government...
...attacking officers and an infantry unit known to support Abu Nuwar. They fought first with stones and rifle butts, later with bullets. Twelve men were killed or wounded in the melee. Then, as the desert warriors and the mob merged and started a wild surge down the road to Amman, a loyal officer telephoned Hussein at the palace...
...AMMAN, Jordan, April 28--King Hussein turned thumbs down today on diplomatic ties with Soviet Russia and thus disposed of an issue that helped spark the Jordanian crisis...
While his security forces pressed a roundup of Communists and other elements suspected of promoting unrest, the young monarch got around to rejecting a resolution adopted three weeks ago by the government of leftist Suleiman Nabulsi for an exchange of envoys between Amman and Moscow...