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Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

MR. & MRS. LOUIS
BORDOLEY

EDWARD & BARBARA
BURTON

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

SHULA & KENNETH
BROWN

MURRAY & MARLENE
CHESS

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year

CAROL, EDWARD & MARC COHEN

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year

RISA & RICK DeROVEN

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to all
our friends
and relatives.

to all
our friends
and relatives.

MR. & MRS. LEO WEBER

CINDY & RON WOLFE,
CORTNEY & JORDAN

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to all
my friends
and relatives.

to all
our friends
and relatives.

HARRY WEISS

DR. & MRS. ARTHUR FEUER
AND FAMILY

HARRY, MARSHA & EMILY EISENBERG

To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.

NORMAN, BARBARA, HILARY &
BETHANY RATNER from San Diego

May the coming year be
one filled with health,
happiness and
prosperity for all our
friends and family.

GARY, SUZIE & BETH
LEEMAN

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Peres Explains
Soviet Policy

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A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.
THE GARTNERS
ARNOLD & DIANE, JESSICA & JOSEPH

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May the New Year Bring
To All Our Friends
and Family. — Health,
Joy, Prosperity
and Everything
Good in Life.

JUDY & SHELDON LEVIN

Shimon Peres: Unceasing Quest

Jerusalem (JTA) — Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres says
he is "deeply worried" about
the ongoing shrinkage of
Soviet Jewry through
assimilation, intermarriage
and actually opting out of
Jewish identity.
"This is the reason why I
strive so hard to foster rela-
tions with the Soviet Union:
so that we can maintain ties
with the Jews who live there,"
he explained.
He said that peace between
Israel and its neighbors could
be the Archimedean point
from which the Jewish State
could shape the course of the
Jewish people. Hence, his
unceasing quest for
diplomatic progress towards
peace.
"If there were peace, more
Jews would come to live in
Israel. Jews would feel closer
to Israel. After all, the extent
of Israel's attractiveness to
world Jewry is the crucial
question," he said.
Peres indicated that the
Soviet consular mission
which came to Israel last Ju-
ly will ask for an extension of
their three-month visa, due to
expire soon, and it would be
granted.
If the Soviet mission ex-
tends its stay for another
three months, many obser-
vers believe it Would be a
definite step toward
establishing a Soviet in-
terests section in Israel, a low-
level form of diplomatic rela-
tions but more than has ex-
isted since Moscow broke all
ties with Israel 20 years ago
during the Six-Day War.
Poland has established an in-
terests section in Tel Aviv and
Hungary will do so shortly.