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…South African Security Chief Apologizes for Slur to Jewry JOHANNESBURG (JTA)—The chief of South Africa's Security Police, Maj. Gen. H. J. van den Bergh, apologized for remarks he made about Jews and Communism at a symposium held last week by the Council to Combat Communism. In his address at the symposium, which was criticized by Jewish leaders here, Gen. van den Bergh said that he was often asked why so many of "our Jewish friends" were list...…

…Churches' Yearbook Claims Jewish Growth in This Country 3% Over '64 The Yearbook of American Churches for 1965 lists church and synagogue membership in the United States at 123,307,000. The Jewish figure is given as 5,600,000, corresponding adequate- ly with the U. S. JewiSh population of 5,612,000 that was given last week in the World Jewish Congress survey. The Jewish listing, therefore, is not of synagogue membership but of total populat...…