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Two Chicago Youths Are Jailed for Synagogue Vandalism

July 7, 1960
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Two Chicago youths were in jail today on 60-day sentences for the destruction of a solid bronze Menorah at Lawn Manor Hebrew Congregation.

James Erlenborn, 16, a high school student, and Alphonso Radvila, 18, a university student, received the sentences in an appearance in Juvenile Court. They were also ordered to make full restitution for their vandalism.

The young defendants were given psychiatric examinations at the Municipal Court Center. Dr. E.J. Kelleher told the court that the defendants were “neither mentally sick nor retarded.”

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