Robert Gamzon and Michael Aghion, Jewish boy scouts, left here today for Northern Africa where they plan to cross the Sahara Desert by automobile. Their itinerary includes Tunis, Algeria and Morocco, and they expect to cover 8,000 kilometers.
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