The United States Maccabi Association announced that the visit to the U.S. of the Maccabi National Boxing Team of Israel has been dedicated to the memory of the “youth of Israel” massacred in the town of Maalot. In making the announcement. Sidney D. Young, president of the USMA, urged the American community to support this historic event. The Israeli team will box a selected national AAU boxing team in each of four cities: New York, June 17, Miami Beach, June 20. Dallas, Texas, June 27. A fourth city is yet to be selected. Young said, “All proceeds of the tour and international boxing matches will be directed to the Maccabi youth movement in the U.S. and to the Maccabi Tzair youth in Israel and in the name of the youngsters whose lives were so senselessly snuffed out at Maalot.”
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