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Unprincely Manner. But Faisal's austerity did not sit well with many Saudis. Budget cuts brought to a near standstill King Saud's busy building of palaces and impressive government offices in Riyadh, and grumbling artisans and tradesmen quit town by the thousands. And Feisal's stern watchdog role took a heavy personal toll. Troubled for years by a stomach ailment, he went on a liquid diet and an 18-hour workday. Snapped one Saudi who recently visited Feisal: "His dingy office was piled right to the ceiling with files, files, files. He insisted on signing everything...
Fellow honor students, Stepho and Nadia fell in love. When not taking Nadia to dances or to the movies, Stepho spent his spare time in such places as Faisal's Snack Bar on the Avenue Bliss, where hot-eyed students argued Pan-Arab politics. Stepho daydreamed of being a jet pilot in the service of Nasser and Arab nationalism...
Crown Prince Faisal, brother of King Saud, arrived today for talks with Nasser on action to keep the Israelis from using the Aqaba Gulf as a channel for high seas commerce. "We accept no bargaining on this point," he told newsmen. "We will fight every effort to decrease the Arabs' sovereignty over their territorial waters...
...shores last week came a strapping, bearded man in white kaffiyeh and flowing robes who stirred up as much fascination and comment as though he had fluttered to earth on the magic carpet with which most cartoonists endowed him. Saud ibn Abdul Aziz al Faisal al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, leader of uncounted millions of people, counter of untold millions of dollars, prodigious master of a prolific harem, had come to call on the President of the U.S. He arrived on the U.S. liner Constitution, said his farewell to the ship's hands with gifts of money...
...Majesty King Saud ibn Abdul Aziz al Faisal Al Saud, with a 65-man entourage, was on his royal way to Washington for a state visit with President Dwight Eisenhower...