Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson appeared here tonight on the first of a new series of radio programs being broadcast over a local station with the cooperation of the American Zionist Council. Also present for the first program in the series, known as “The Bible in Action,” was Abba Eban, Ambassador of Israel, who thanked the United States for sharing its abundance with Israel. The first program was dedicated to the Succoth festival.
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