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NOTED CHURCH COUPLE GREET REFUGEE FAMILY
NEW YORK -- HARPER SIBLEY OF ROCHESTER, N.Y.,
CHAIRMAN OF CHURCH WORLD SERVICE (STANDING IN
BACK), AND MRS. SIBLEY, FORMER PRESIDENT OF
UNITED CHURCH WOMEN (NEXT TO HIM), GREETED THIS
REFUGEE FAMILY ON ITS ARRIVAL HERE ABOARD THE
S.S. UNITED STATES. THE SIBLEYS MET THEM LAST
JUNE WHILE TOURING EUROPEAN REFUGEE CAMPS. THEY
ARE MR. AND MRS. PAUL F. KRIEG AND THEIR FIVE
CHILDREN -- DIETER, BRIGITTE, HILKE, INGO AND
FRIEDERIKE. MR. KRIEG, WHO ONCE OWNED A DAIRY
FARM CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST IN EAST GERMANY,
WAS JAILED AND HIS FARM CONFISCATED BY THE
COMMUNISTS. THE KRIEGS WILL LIVE NEAR ROCHESTER.
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