United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was honored today with the planting of a forest bearing his name near Aminadav, in the Hills of Jerusalem. The project was sponsored by the B’nai Zion Fraternal Order of the United States. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Israel Government, of the United States Embassy, of the Jewish National Fund and of B’nai Zion.
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