B’nai B’rith has “adopted” a small rural town in central Guatemala as a relief project for that earthquake-devastated country. Chinaluta, about 10miles from this capital city, was selected by Ricardo Holzer of Panama, chairman of the B’nai B’rith International Council, who presented a check for $1000 to relief officials last Thursday, initiating the B’nai B’rith… More ▸
Jack D.Weiler, chairman of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, presented a check Tuesday for $10,000 in behalf of his agency for earthquake relief for the general population of Guatemala to Dariol Soto Montenegro, that country’s Consul General in this city. Weiler also volunteered the services of JDC relief workers to aid the earthquake victims…. More ▸
Three thousand pounds of medical supplies were loaded aboard an Israeli-built Arava Stol aircraft which left today from here for earthquake-stricken Guatemala. The material was marked “From the People of Israel to the People of Guatemala” and “From the People of Israel Aircraft Industries to the People of Guatemala.” In order to speed delivery to… More ▸
B’nai B’rith is marshalling funds, supplies and medical volunteers for victims of the Guatemala earthquakes. Ricardo Holzer of Panama City, chairman of the B’nai B’rith International Council, said that Guatemala’s small Jewish community has reported no deaths “but widespread loss of material possessions.” Max Trachtenberg, president of the B’nai B’rith lodge in Guatemala City, advised… More ▸
An Israel Aircraft Industry Boeing 707 took off for Guatemala today with a load of medical supplies, food and other emergency equipment for the victims of the earthquakes in that Central American country. (A spokesman for IAI in New York said the plane would stop in Washington for refueling.) The supplies being shipped were donated… More ▸
Reports reaching the State Department and the Guatemalan Embassy here today indicated that the Jewish community and Jewish institutions in Guatemala City did not suffer casualties or any serious damage from the severe earthquake that struck that city this morning. According to initial reports, 30 persons were killed and 500 injured in the quake. Most… More ▸
Police are investigating the mysterious murder of Isidoro Zarco, 57, sub-editor of the newspaper Prensa Libre and a prominent member of Guatemala’s Jewish community. His funeral was attended by President Montenegro who made a posthumous presentation of the country’s highest civilian decoration, the Order of San Salvador. Cardinal Casariegos, high government officials and members of… More ▸
The president of the Jewish community of Guatemala reported here that anti-Semitic articles which were published regularly in the daily newspaper La Hora no longer appear. According to Enrique Engel, the newspaper is owned by Guatemala’s Vice President, Clemente Marroquin Rokas. Mr. Engel, who met with leaders of the World Jewish Congress, reported that there… More ▸
A man arrested here on suspicion he might be the long-sought Hitler deputy, Martin Bormann, told a television audience here last night that he had lived in the United States for 20 years, seven of them in New York City. The suspect, who identified himself to Guatemalan authorities as Juan Falerno Martinez and as an… More ▸
An imposing new school building was named “State of Israel” school in ceremonies here today attended by government officials, Israel Ambassador Shmuel Kapel and other diplomatic representatives. Education Minister Rolando Chinchilla Aguilar expressed the hope that the school would be “a link for greater friendship and comprehension between our two peoples.” Messages of congratulations were… More ▸
