Sam Rothberg, general chairman of the Israel Bond Organization, reported tonight that the first 11 months of 1971 had produced cash Bond sales of $204,639,090. This result, he stated, has “placed us on the threshold of establishing an all-time record for Israel Bond sales in any year.” Rothberg issued this report at a Bond dinner attended by more than 2,000 business, civic, religious and communal leaders from the New York metropolitan area. The dinner feted Israel Premier Golda Meir who was scheduled to address the gathering late tonight. This marked her last public appearance before returning home.
The dinner gave special impetus to a national effort to sell $50 million in State of Israel Bonds this month to bring to $250 million the total proceeds for 1971 from the campaign to provide Israel with large-scale resources for the development of its economy. Rothberg observed that the steady rise in Bond receipts reflected “a determination on the part of the Jews of the United States to provide Israel with the economic strength to achieve a just peace, as well as to maintain adequate social, economic and educational services in a time of severe financial stress.”
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