Charles Altschul, nephew of Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman and son of the president of Lazard Freres, bankers, was one of the seventeen killed when an American Airlines plane crashed last night near Goodwin, Ark., it was learned today. Five other Jews met death in the crash, including three members of the Charles Horowitz family of Boston.
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