(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Seventeen Jewish youths were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment on charges of participating in a Communist Youth Conference. Twenty youths were arrested while the Conference was in session. Two of the seventeen will be deported after serving their term. Three boys who were under 16 were released on the condition that their parents guarantee their behavior.
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