The late Mane Katz, the noted painter who died in Israel about two months ago, left the bulk of his estate including paintings and other property worth an estimated 1,000,000 pounds ($333,000) and 250,000 pounds ($83,000) in cash, to the Haifa Municipality, according to the terms of his will ordered executed here today by a Haifa court. Mr. Katz also left cash grants to two brothers and a number of friends.
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