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…Interment at Clover Hill. Park Ceme- tery. Contributions may be directed to the Angela Hospice or Karmanos Can- cer Institute. Arrangements by Ira Kauf- man Chapel. ZELDA HASSOL, 97, former Detroi- ter of San Francisco. She was vice-presi- dent of General Finance Corp. in Detroit and first vice-president of Mer- cantile Acceptance Corp. She is survived by her sisters and brother-in-law, Henrietta and Ted Pow- ers of Florida, Rose Gossman of ...…
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…C011111111ITY VIEWS Seeing More: The Ties That Bind jr RANIA SABA AND JENNY STRAUS Z Special to The Jewish News envy and I each have friends and relatives living in the Mid- dle East. One of Jenny's best friends, Chen, lives in Timrat, Israel. I have seen pictures of Chen, read some of her letters and even lis- tened to a tape that she made for Jenny's birthday last year. I feel like I know the girl. Jenny has also seen lots of pictures a...…
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