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...DIED. EPHRAIM KISHON, 80, Hungarian Holocaust survivor and satirist whose novels sold more than 43 million copies in 37 languages; in Switzerland. After surviving the Nazi death camps, Kishon fled to Israel, where he wrote news columns, novels, plays and films. Although he never found a wide audience in the English-speaking world, his works were widely read in Europe and Israel; his 1980 novel, Sefer Mishpahti, is the best-selling book in Hebrew after the Bible. Kishon appreciated the irony of his success in post-war Germany: "It is a great satisfaction for me to see the grandchildren...
...open letter to Lubar Steinberg, the first serious writing he had ever published, Israel's leading humorist, Ephraim Kishon, said that "this nightmare of yours is shared by many of us." Editorialized the daily Haaretz: "The basic question is whether Israel is a state of free citizens whose rights are equal without discrimination of race, or whether it is the preserve only of those who have entered the covenant of our father Abraham. The answer of the rabbinate and the religious parties is unequivocal. The fence that separated Aharon Steinberg from the other dead of Pardes Hanna symbolizes...
...meters dash with the brilliant time of 10.7 seconds for the winner. Downer followed Scanion, however, whom he beat earlier in the season. Mal Millard captured a rather discouraging third in the discus, tossing the platter about 148 feet, ten feet behind Wood of Cornell and four behind Kishon of Bates...
...Maine's little Bates College sent two hammer-throwers. They (Anton Kishon and Lawrence Johnson) placed first and second. Kishon placed third in the discus throw that gave Bates a total of 12 points, third highest at the meet...
Worcestor--Kehee r.e.; Kishon, r.f.; Standhope, r.g.; Engler, e.; Rieel, l.g.; Brown, l.e.; Lo Fohbre, q.b.; Alex, r.h.b.; Gore, l.h.b.; Greenberg...