One Jew was killed and three others wounded today in an ambush of an armored car carrying workers to a quarry. An Arab band attacked the car as it neared Petach Tikvah, killing the driver, Nathan Goldberg, 30. A guard, Corporal Abraham Zeevi, and a worker, Yomtov Garbuz, were severely wounded. Abner Azulai, another worker, was slightly injured.
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