The Israel-chartered Greek freighter Kasses will sail from here tomorrow with surplus Maine potatoes which were purchased by the Israel Government from the U.S. Agricultural Department for the surplus price of one cent a bushel. A British freighter will pick up a second carge of potatoes for Israel within a week.
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