Katriel Salmon, 45, former Israeli military attache in Washington, has been named Israel Minister to the Union of South Africa.
Scientists from 27 countries, including Communist lands, will attend the International Conference on Applied Biology opening Sunday at the Hebrew University. A principal item on the conference agenda will be the question of the relative merits of the live polio vaccine compared with the Salk vaccine.
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