Brigadier General Ezer Weizmann, commander of the Israel Air Force, left for the United States today. En route, he will visit France and, with other officers of the Israel Air Force, will attend an aviation exhibit there. In the United States he will assist in the campaign of the United Jewish Appeal.
General Weizmann, a nephew of the late Dr. Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel, was born in Tel Aviv 35 years ago.
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