The Academy of Founders of Boys Town Jerusalem, a comprehensive high school, was established here today, with David G. Baird, New York financier and philanthropist, as its chairman. The institution, located in the Bayit V’Gan suburb of Jerusalem, provides 700 teenage youth with academic, vocational and religious training.
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