Touro Synagogue, a National Shrine, Acquires Adjoining Grounds

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October 11, 1957

NEWPORT, R. I. (Oct. 10)

The Society of Friends of Touro Synagogue announced yesterday purchase of the grounds adjoining the synagogue and that half of the $300,000 fund to restore the national historic shrine had been raised. Dr. Bernard C. Friedman of Newport, who was re-elected president, read a letter of greetings from President Eisenhower.

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