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Leon Soloveitchik, Lithuanian Jewish Leader, Dies in Paris

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Leon Soloveitchik, one-time leader of the Jewish community of Kovno, Lithuania, died here yesterday at the age of 76. When the Soviet Union took over Lithuania Mr. Soloveitchik was sent to Siberia but was later released and went to Paris.

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