The eighteenth annual dinner and dance of the Institutional Synagogue will be held at the Hotel Plaza April 7, according to plans announced yesterday. Lester Udell, first vice-president, is chairman of the committee on arrangements.
Samuel Elias originated the uppercut in his bout with Caleb Baldwin, fought in England in 1804.
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