Drew Pearson in Amman

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“Just outside my window in the Hotel Philadelphia is an ancient Roman amphitheater built before Pontius Pilate, the Roman procurator, decreed…”

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Drew Pearson's syndicated column reaching the upper Connecticut valley. He opens on a Roman amphitheatre and Pontius Pilate before he reaches anyone living. The Holy Land is the frame; the Arab delegation at the United Nations is the subject.

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"Drew Pearson in Amman," Valley News, 1 October 1957. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1957-027. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1957-027

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