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United Nations, N, Y.'(JTA)— In a series of swift, urgent moves, including meetings with Secretary General U T!i::nt r.r.d Lord Caradon of Britain, this month's president of the Security Council, a letter to the entire membership of the Security Council, nnd a heavily attended press conference here—Israel's Foreign Minister Abba Eban called upon the international community to take immediate and "urgent" action to persuade • Syria to halt its attacks against Israel without recourse to lengthy debates. In the letter to the Security Council, signed' by Ambassador Michael S. C'oniay, Israel's per-

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niiinent representative here, the lSinember body was told: "My Government must reaffirm its duty to take whatever measures may be necessary for the defense of its citizens and the integrity of its borders." Mr. Eban said- he had informed the Secretary General and Lord Caradon that Israel views the latest series of El Fatah attacks, in Jerusalem and at Shaar Hagolan, in northern

Dr. Halvard~Lange Institute Speaker 'NATO and The Unity of Europe" will be discussed in the Eccond of the six lecture series of the World Affairs Institute. The lecture by The- Honorable Halvard Langc will be presented Sunday, October 10, at 8:15 p.m. in the auditorium at the University of Omaha. Dr. Lance conies to the United States as a member of the Norwegian Delegation to the United Nations. As one of the founders of the NorLh Atlantic Defense Alliance, he is a recognized nuthority on NATO and the problems of Western Europe. Dr, Lange served as Norwegian Foreign Minister from 19-10 to 19GI3. Free tickets for the lecture series are available to members of the Jewish community by calling the Jewish Community Center, SI2-I3fiO.

Danny Brenner of Houston, Texas, the International president of AZA, will be in Omaha for the Cornbolt Region BBYO Leadership Training Institute October 28-30. A former secretary for the national organization, "Danny assumed the presidency this summer, As Grand Aleph Godol lie lias an opportunity to visit the various regions around the United States and Canada and meet With some o£ the 17,000 members of AZA whom lie represents. Other guest speakers at the convention will include Ed Zelinsky and Rence Fisliel, both of

Federation Library Special Joiice The Library hours for the Jewish Federation Library at the Jewish Community Center are: Monday Ifirout'li Friday 9 a.m. (o noon 1 p.m. la 5 p.m. lit observance of David Ben Gurion's 00th birthday, (he Library has issued a I3en Gurion Bibliography of record-; and books. The community is invited to come in mid browse and make their selections from this exhibit.

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Mark Rimmerman, President of the Omaha Jewish Youth Council, has announced that all ninth grade students will be invited to a meeting Sunday, October 23, at 1 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. The girls will meet in the auditorium and will hear from the presidents of Edinr BBG, Hevrah BBG, Ner Tamid BBG and

Omaha. Ed is presently serving as International Secretary of AZA, Pledgemaster of the Cornbelt Region, and president of the local AZA 100 chapter. Renee is the first girl to bo elected from the Cornbelt Region to the District 6 Executive Board as Vice-President. She serves as Secretary to the Cornbelt Region and as president of the local Ner Tamid BBG. These three will also lead seminar groups on the subject of leadership which will be attended by oil the conference delegates.

Phyllis Weinroth, C e n t r a l High senior, earned the highest score in the State of Nebraska on the National Merit Scholarship tests taken last spring, and along with 10 other Central seniors, became a semi-finalist eligible for the cash scholarship awards offered by the National Merit Society. Among the Centra! semi-finalists were Richard Green who earned the second highest score in the r.tate and Marty Shukert who placed fourth. Other winncr.'i included Amy Brodkey, Wilton Ermaa mid Mike Kaplan.

Israel, resulting in four deaths and six other casualties, as having been definitely "promoted, instigated and executed by the Syrian Government." Kban Charges Syria Mr. Eban charged that "Syria is trying to embroil the other Arab governments, especially Jordan," in the expansion and broadening of the tensions on the Israeli borders. "The Arab frontiers facing Israel are always just as turbulent or just as quiet as the Arab governments want them to be," Mr. Eban said. "On the Syrian frontier, we believe, there is a desire to keep the borders in turbulence. By any definition, this is a serious international situation." The letter to the Security Council did not request a meeting of the body, Mr. Eban said, in reply to questions as to why Israel is not seeking a Council meeting at this tinw: "We have neither ruled out nor have wo decided on whether or not to request a meeting of the Council. That will depend on how the situation develops. We must have urgent action, speedy action, unimpeded by debate."

Rohanue BBG. The boys will convene in the gymnasium and will hear from representatives of AZA 1, AZA 100, Chaim Weizmann AZA and Rayim Fraternity. Following these presentations, the freshmen will have the opportunity to name their choice of clubs. Dancing will follow to the music of "The Shades." Announcements will then be made of club assignments. All ninth graders are urged to attend this meeting.

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Tensions mounted rapidly along the border when four Israeli border policemen were killed and two others wounded as their jeep was destroyed by a mine in Israeli territory near Shaar.,Hagolan, south of Lake Tiberias, near the point where the Israeli, Syrian and Jordanian borders meet. The deaths of the four Israeli border policemen followed another incident on Friday night in the Jerusalem suburb of Romcma Elite, near the Jordanian border, where four persons were injured, none serioffsly, and two buildings extensively damaged by the explosion of three charges set by two infiltrators whose tracks were found leading from the site of the blasts to the Jordanian border. The situation assumed grave proportions when the Damascus Radio openly admitted that the Jerusalem incident was carried out by El Fatah infiltrators, and that the El Fatah terrorist organization was now a department of the Syrian Army. When asked what form of international action Israel is seeking, Mr. Eban declared: "The Secretary General has a special status in relation to the entire situation because the United Nations had participated in the negotiations for the conclusion of the Armistice Agreements in 1949, including our Armistice Agreement with Syria. Under that agreement, Syria has a legal obligation to prevent—I repeat, to prevent—the continued terrorist incursions into our territory. "Syria has .made no secret of the fact that it is tied intimately to the El Fatah raids. The Damascus Radio interrupted a regular broadcast on October !) by reading 'Communique No. 53 of the General Staff of El-Assefa (El Fatah),' reporting the explosions under an apartment house on the outskirts of Jerusalem. It is significant to note that the Damascus Radio is gov-

ernment-owned and that the details it reported in the El Fatah 'communique' were absolutely accurate." Israel Press The entire Israeli press called on the G o v e r n m e n t to react energetically to impress on Syria that "wanton murder" could not be tolerated. The independent daily, Haaretz, asserted that the planned appeal to the U.N. decided on by the Cabinet would not be enough "to prevent further murder and sabotage." Haaretz described "the goal to be pursued" by Israel was one of "breaking of Syria's bellicose spirit." Other newspapers also placed responsibility squarely on Syria but added, in the words of Davar, the organ of the Histadrut, Israel's labor federation, that "foreign powers which support D a m a s c u s are not free of blame."

.1 Washington fJTA)—A White House aide has described as "wholly fanciful" inferences that President Johnson ever had "linked American Jewish sunport for this country's struggle in Viet Nam with continued United States support for Israel." The statement was made by Harry C. McPherson, special counsel to the President, in a letter to Peter J. Molay of Cleveland Heights Ohio, a college student. Mr. Molay had written to the President, asking for a clarification of the controversy which erupted last month after a Jewish War Veterans delegation met with the President at the White House. After the JWV meeting with the President, Malcolm Tarlov, JWV commander, told White House correspondents that the President was puzzled over expressions of dissent by Jewish leaders against United States military efforts in tho Viet Nam conflict, at a time when he was taking new step3 to aid Israel. Declaring that "the President, hns asked me to respond to your recent letter," Mr. McPherson also sent to Mr. Molay a statement by Dr. William A. Wexler, president of B'nai B'rith. Mr.

McPherson called the Wexler statement "an important contribution to an understanding of the President's views on the question you raise in your letter." The White House official ended his brief reply with this sentence: "Any inference in news stories that the President linked American Jewish support in Viet Nam with continued United States support for Israel is wholly fanciful." "Dr. Wexler issued his statement after he and Rabbi Jay

Kaufman, B'nai B'rith executiva vice-president had met on tha controversy with the President in the White House on September 10, at the President's invitation. In his statement, Dr. Wexler said B'nai B'rith placed "little credence in the validity of the statmenls attributed to President Johnson" on this issue. .

Mrs. Al (Ruth) Fiedler, chairman of the Federation of Jewish Women's Clubs Booth at the Children's Hospital Bazaar, extended her thanks this week to the women of the community who have contributed both cash and saleable merchandise for the bazaar. Mrs. Fiedler urged those who have not yet returned their pink envelopes with their contributions, to do so promptly. "We hope that all who possible can, will attend tho Bazaar at tho Fontenelle Hotel from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, October 24," Mrs. Fiedler added.

Washington (JTA) — B'nai B'rith announced this week that the organization's first lodge on tho subcontinent of India has been chartered in Bombay, This expands the number of countries where B'nai B'rith affiliates exist to 45. Hana Spitz, of Melbourne Australia, international , vice-president of B'nai B'rith and tho president of its Australia-New Zealand district, installed the new unit in Bombay. Its 32 charter members include- Americans, Britons, Israelis, Germans and nativo Indians.

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