Premier Menachem Begin celebrated his 68th birthday Saturday. Hundreds of guests were on hand at a reception at his home. The U.S. charge d’affaires, William Brown, delivered to Begin a message of congratulations from President Reagan who said he was looking forward to meeting him in Washington next month. Among those in attendance were Cabinet Ministers and members of the “old fighting family,” the comrades in arms who served with Begin in the under ground Irgun Zvai Leumi before the State of Israel was established.
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