The Department of Justice today notified Senator Jacob K. Javits, New York Republican, that federal agents have opened a full preliminary investigation of the arrest of 15 rabbis in St. Augustine, Fla. Sen. Javits requested federal intercession this weekend upon hearing of the mass arrest of the rabbis.
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