Funeral services were held at the Jewish cemetery here June 8 for Dr. Salvador Akerman, a prominent physician who was kidnapped by unknown persons June 4 and subsequently murdered. His bullet-riddled body was thrown from a car. His hands were tied behind his back. Dr. Akerman, a resident of the suburb of Don Torcuato, was a gynecologist who practiced at several private clinics and in the Jewish hospital, Ezrah. (By Asher Mibashan)
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