Albert K. Epstein, president of AMPAL, who died here yesterday of a heart attack, was buried today in the Old Cemetery here. President Weizmann, Communications Minister David Remez, chairman of the State Council Joseph Sprinzak and numerous other dignitaries attended the funeral services. Dr. Israel Goldstein, treasurer of the Jewish Agency, delivered the euology.
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