Show Manti Native In In R World Round Trip From The Manti ManU Messenger r-fessenger Held Over From Previous Week Murray Jensen son of the late ate Glen A. A Jensen of Manti and nd Mrs Della Delia K Cox was featured featured fea- fea In a recent feature article in n the Star News as s the Pasadena driver who cIrcled circled cir- cir cled led the globe glob in days Muray Murray Murray Mur- Mur ray ay was one of the crew of 17 men chosen to test the 1958 Fords before they came on the market They traveled In two Ford sedans two Ford trucks and nd a n station wagon In all aU the group drove miles and were ferried by air rail and water another miles iles Getting lost and traveling traveling traveling travel travel- ing on terrible roads were part of the days day's work for Murray and the crew which included some ome excellent camera camern men recording recording re- re cording the trip in pictures Many of the pictures have been incorporated In Ford advertise advertise- ments The he trip began in Detroit where the cars vere were fitted with dummy lummy grills gril's headlights etc for or the trip They drove to New few York from where they sailed to o England then to th the continent continent continent contin contin- ent driving across cross France Switzerland Swit- Swit erland Italy Yugoslavia and Greece then on through ugh Turkey and Iran and to Afghanistan where Murray was impressed with the irony of the Idea that natives in Afghanistan were previewing previewing previewing pre pre- viewing the new Fords two or three months ahead of showings in n America Pakistan India Burma Thailand Thailand Thai- Thai land and Cambodia and Viet Nam were vere on the caravans caravan's route and offered a good test of men and machines Their only traffic accident was in Paris where one of the vehicles brushed fenders with a French cab Driving in extreme heat of degrees and in bitter cold was part of the trip with food and water a problem at times On o one e stretch they had to drive a half mile apart in order to see and breathe because of dust They had to purify their water in iii several sections and in one stretch across Asia had to live on juicy melons for several days Roughest road was in Afghanistan Afghani Afghani- stan where Murray drove 61 hours to make miles Murray makes note of odd dd customs and sights in many lands visited He states he en enjoyed enjoyed enjoyed en- en joyed the trip very much but lost 20 pounds |