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Predicted Locust Plague Materializes; Arabia and Jordan Move Against Insects

June 20, 1968
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Swarms of locusts are moving into Jordan from Saudi Arabia but both countries are taking measures to destroy the insects, it was reported from Amman today. The anti-locust research center here warned recently that a serious locust plague can be expected in the Middle East this summer owing to warm weather and excessive rain in the locust breeding areas.

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