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Died. Dr. Judah Leon Magnes, 71, California-born co-founder and longtime president of famed Hebrew University (Jerusalem), a leading Zionist and No. 1 champion of the binational state plan for Jews and Arabs in Palestine; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan...
...himself to assassination. Crum declared that when Bernadotte set out on the inspection tour during which he was shot, he "had taken a devious, roundabout route which led him, for no reason whatever, directly through the Stern gang stronghold." (Actually, the Sternists did not control any one part of Jerusalem; their known headquarters were nowhere along Bernadotte's route...
...Israel there was general fear that Bernadotte's murder would bring even more violence. Arabs were reported massing troops; Israeli forces took up battle positions. But in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, two days after the murder, life seemed normal. "We were more worried about Lord Moyne's assassination," said one Israeli. "But the world soon forgot it, and other incidents like it won our state...
...Ashamed." Meanwhile, in a Swedish ambulance driven by a lone U.S. marine, the flag-draped bodies of Count Bernadotte and Colonel Serot were taken from Jerusalem to Haifa. Israelis lined the streets in silence. "We are too ashamed to talk about it," said a Jerusalem cabdriver. In synagogues, rabbis denounced the murder. At Latrun, a detachment of Abdullah's Arab Legion presented arms as the ambulance passed. Beneath the dead man's folded hands rested his broad-brimmed Scout...
Died. Count Folke Bernadotte, 53, United Nations mediator in Palestine; assassinated "presumably by the Stern Gang"; in Jerusalem (see INTERNATIONAL...