Impressive scenes marked the arrival today of the first plane of the Israel airline El Al at Heath Row, the London airport. The landing of the Skymaster was witnessed by a group of more than 100 guests and government officials, including Air Marshal Sir John Dalbiac, representing Lord Pakenham, Minister of Civil Aviation; Major Rowse of the British Foreign Office; H.K. Higgins, Undersecretary of the Overseas Department of the Board of Trade, and A.G. Watson, the Israel charge d’affaires.
Passover may be over, but your chance to support independent Jewish journalism isn't. Help JTA keep reporting the stories that define our era.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
