Another planeload of Jewish immigrants from Russia landed here this morning, the second to arrive since Friday. Most of the newcomers are from the Riga area. One of them, Mrs. Rose Shapsowitz, 60, a pharmacist, was met by her sister whom she hadn’t seen in 33 years.
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