Trygve Lie, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations when its General Assembly voted for the establishment of Israel, will be the guest of honor at the nationwide celebration of Israel’s 15th anniversary, which will be held in Miami under the auspices of the Israel Bond Organization, it was announced today by Samuel Rothberg, national campaign chairman.
The celebration will be held on Saturday evening, March 2 at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach as the high point of the three-day Inaugural Conference for Israel Bonds at which this year’s program to sell $75,000,000 in Israel bonds will be launched.
A total of $270,000 in Israel bonds has been purchased at a dinner in Miami Beach this week addressed by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. The dinner was sponsored by Morris W. Berinstein, former national chairman of the United Jewish Appeal.
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