Funeral services were held here today for retired State Supreme Court Justice Milton M. Wecht, who died at the age of 70. He was a founder of the United Jewish Appeal, active in the affairs of the Federation of Jewish philanthropies, and a vice-president of the Brooklyn division of the Jewish National Fund.
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