The Jewish community here elected a new board of governors a week ago. The “Union of Working Jews,” a Socialist group, lost three of their former 14 seats, thereby losing their previous absolute majority on the 21-member board. The “United Jewish Bloc.” headed by Simon Wiesenthal, which previously held four seats, won seven seats. The Zionists won two seats and the group of Orthodox Jews won one seat. Some 5600 Jews were registered to vote but slightly more than half actually voted.
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