Eddie Cantor, a national campaign chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, last night sailed on the Queen Elizabeth on the first leg of a journey to Israel. Mr. Cantor, who is visiting the Jewish state at the invitation of Premier David Ben Gurion, will fly from Paris and is scheduled to arrive in Israel June 12.
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