Rabbi Abraham Pimontel, director of the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation at the University of Missouri, has been elected chairman of the Central Missouri Counties Human Development Corporation, it was announced today. The corporation is a board that will dispense nearly $1,000,000 in federal funds under the U. S. Office Economic Opportunity. It is made up of representatives from nine Missouri countries, and will establish procedures for channeling anti-poverty funds into educational projects.
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