Belgian Investors Grant $3,000,000 Loan to City of Jerusalem

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August 26, 1960

JERUSALEM (Aug. 25)

The City of Jerusalem today completed negotiations for a $3,000,000 loan from Belgian investors. The money, to be repaid in eight years, will be used for construction of more school classrooms, for kindergartens, street paving, and the construction of a sewage purification plant.

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