For most diplomats and their wives at a White House reception Saturday it was only a handshake and a few words from President Carter. But Mrs. Vivian Dinitz, wife of Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz, got a kiss from the nation’s chief executive. “I told the President we would pray for him.” Ambassador Dinitz said. “I am so proud he kissed my wife.” The Israeli envoy told reporters afterwards that he and Carter were old friends and recalled spending a weekend in 1973 in Carter’s mansion in Georgia when Carter was governor. The reception Saturday was the President’s first for diplomats and part of a series of receptions he has been holding since his inauguration last Thursday.
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