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Maurice Gilmore, vice-president and General Manager of Ed P h i l l i p s and Sons Co. of Omaha, has boon named general chairman of the H)G7 Jewish Philanthropies-United Jewish Appeal Campaign, Milton Abrahams, p r e s itlent of the Omaha Jewish Federation, announced the a p p o i n linent.of Mr. Gilmore at a Federation Executive Board meet-, ing this week. In making the announcement Mr. A b r a h a m s paid, "Mr. G i l m o r e demonstrated his dedication as well as his fine leadership ability
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when he served as chairman of the Initial Gifts Division last year, We are most fortunate to have him accept the responsibility of heading the c u r r e n t campaign when so many urgent needs must be fulfilled." Activities A graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Law School, Mr. Gilmore is a member of the New York Bar and was a practicing attorney for 17 • y e a r s prior to his present association the Ed Phillips Co. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Highland Country Club, a m e m b e r of the
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Board of Trustees of Temple Israel, a member of the downtown Kiwanis Club and active lit the Chamber of Commerce. Prior to his move to Omaha
Needs "Our Omaha needs are aggravated by the ever rising inflationary spiral. It simply costs more for our Jewish Agencies to render the same services. At the same time the demand for additional services keeps growing," Mr. Gilmore noted. "Israel, beset by hostile neighbors whose war-like ambitions are not only manifested by wild harangues over radio Damascus, Beirut and Alexandria but now by murderous incursions, must also absorb 250,000 Jews,
newcomers to Israel, who have not yet found their places in the main stream of Israel life; and, at the hame time, get ready to accommodate a flood tide of Jewish-Russian immigrants, if the Russian Premier m e a n s what he says," Mr. G i l m o r e said. "There is much to be done, but that is nothing new to Omaha Jewry who have been tested before time and again and have, never been found wanting. We have e v e r y expectation that our community will meet tha challenges of 1007."
London UTA) — The Arab League boycott against the Coca-Cola Corporation for relations with Israel will not be implemented for nine months to avoid economic losses to Arab business. Arabs in 12 countries' will therefore be able to continue buying the soft drink at least through next summer. The Cairo press also reported from Kuwait, whore the Arab League boycott committee blackMaurice Gilmore listed the soft drink firm. Ford 5 years ago, Mr. Gilmore wa3 Motor Company and Radio CorPresident of the Temple Beth poration of America, that a simEl Men's Club of Great Neck, ilar grace period would be apLong Island, and served as a plied to Ford and RCA operamember of the Board of Trus- tions in the Arab countries for tees of the Mt. Sinai Hospital of the same reason. Minneapolis during his residenThe boycott committee agreed to allow Arab plants to continue cy there. . In accepting the appointment to bottle and sell the soft drink Mr. Gilmore said, "I am deeply from existing stocks of importhonored to be selected by the ed Coca-Cola concentrates for Omaha Jewish Federation to be the General Chairman of the 1907 Philanthropies Campaign. It is an awesome responsibility, but fortunately, there are many who.will share the burden as always, and for that cooperation I White Plains, N. Y. (JTA)— am truly grateful." Zvi AlmoR, of Tel Aviv, will be brought here at Westchester County's expense to net as .tha principal witness against a Yonkers youth accused of having set fire a year ago to the Yonkers Jewish Community Center, causing the death ot 12" persons, according to District Attorney Leonard Rubenfeld. The youth, Thomas A. Ruppert, 17, is in jail, charged with arson and with 24 counts of first Israel Among degree murder as a result of the tragic incident. Uuppert was at First to Sign the time a youth corps worker United Nations (JTA)—The at the Jewish Center. Mr. Almog, Government of Israel was then studying for his doctorate among the first to sign the in New York, was the Center's two covenants on h u m a n executive director and, with rights adopted unanimously Yonkers police, had questioned by the General Assembly. Ruppert when the youth was arAmbassador M i c h a e l C, rested a month after the fire. Comay, Israel's permanent Since then, Mr. Almog had rerepresentative here, signed turned to his home in Tel Aviv. the covenant at a f o r m a l A county judge has ruled ceremony, in the presence of since, that the confession by Secretary-General U Thant. Ruppert, obtained by police auAmbassador Comay stated: thorities, could not be used "These covenants are a hiswhen the youth comes to trial, toric step forward, but the on the grounds that the police real test lies ahead in the had not warned Ruppert of his p r o c e s s of ratification by constitutional rights when he was under interrogation. Howstates and their acceptance ever, Mr. Rubenfeld insists that of binding commitments. The Mr. Almog, not being a member Jewish people has a special of the police force, could act as and tragic interest in the Witness to those confessions, in freedom and dignity of all which Ruppert had allegedly human beings and groups." stated he started the fires "for a thrill/1 •• •
the nine-month period. Boycott committee decisions are not binding on the participating nations which have the option to decide on implementing such decisions. The participating nations are Algeria, Iraq. Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Egypt and Yemen. Previously, it was reported that the Jordanian Government issued instructions to merchants and import officials to prevent importation of products of the Coca-Cola Corporation and Ford Motor Company. Officials of tha Coca-Cola and Ford enterprises in Jordan reportedly indicated little concern over, the boycott orders. They said their plants in Jordan had enough spare parts and products to last for the next two years.
Klein ..Wizard Says ¥hrh United Klan.s of America, opcrating in at! states, finds Florida a "prosperous" spot for its growing organization, said Robert Shcllon. Imperial Wizard of the United Klaus of America, on a television' p r o gram entitled "A Conversation with a Ku KIux Klan Imperial Wizard," telecast by station WTTV of Orlando. The Klan leader m a d e the statement in the hour-long pro-
New York (ZINS)—The Jewish population in all countries throughout the world now totals 13,400,000, according to statistics published in the American Jewish Yearbook. Seventy-eight per cent of this total reside in the United States, Russia and Israel. The report points to the fact that-some 2,030,000 Jews reside in and around the metropolitan area of New York. The Jewish population of Soviet, Russia is estimated at 2,486,000.
gram. Hay Rucster, vice president in charge of WFTV news, pre-taped the interview when Shclton was in Central Florida to appear at a public rally with six other Klan leaders. Shclton also charged in the television i n t e rview that the ''House Committee on Un-American Activities was n o t h i n g more than a political football used for political expediency by the present federal bureaucracy because we were becoming a stumbling block in the paths of the t y r a n i c a l powers under LBJ." He is currently appealing a one-year jail sentence for contempt of Congress. Shclton has been convicted by a federal "court jury for refusing to discuss and turn over subpoened Klan documents to a subcommittee on Un-American Activities. Sh el ton protested that the committee's investigation was not an "authenticated investigation," and "the Committee has been taken o v e r by the element."
United Nations, N. Y. (JTA)— The United Nations General Assembly has adopted by unanimous vote, two covenants on human rights, one dealing with economic, social and cultural freedoms, the other with rights in the civil and political fields. The covenants will become international treaties when they tre ratified or acceded to by a sufficient number of governments. At the same session, the Assembly adopted, by a vote of 60 in favor, with two against and 38 abstentions, an "optional protocol" which will obligate those Governments that adhere to this instrument to permit individuals to complain against human rights violations by their own government1?, and could make it possible for one'state ' to complain against human rights violations by another state. The adoption of the covenants came 12 years after drafts on those subjects were first opened to debate here, in 1034, nnri ltt years after the Universal Dec-
laration of Human Rights was passed by the Assembly in 1943 as "a standard of achievement." While the Soviet Union joined the United States, Israel and the other members of the-United Nations in voting for the covenants, the USSR was severely criticized by Israel ond,,the Dominican Republic for its suppression of cultural and religious rights now given full legal recognition through the newlyadopted covenants. Neither Israel nor the Dominican Republic, however, named the USSR specifically, Ambassador Michael S. Cornay, Israel's permanent representative here, referred, only to a country he did not name where, he charged, "deprivations" are Buffered by the Jewish people, while other minorities nre free from such cultural and religious discriminations. The Dominican envoy, Ambassador Orncs Coiscou, spoke of "Jews who live among the snows of the hteppe's."
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Ituppert is scheduled to ba given a hearing January 9. Mr. Rubenfeld said that the County has arranged to pay for Mr. Almog's transportation from and back to Israel, plus his hotel expenses, so that he could appear against Ruppert. The youth's voluntary defense counsel. Mrs. Eleanor J. Piel, has objected to Mr. Almog's expected testimony, charging that he had acted as a party to "the plot" by police to obtain the Ruppert confession.
J.C.C. Day Camp Brenda Newman, chairman of the J.C.C. Day Camp committee, reports that "an enthusiastic group of capable volunteers are giving of their time and energies in the preliminary planning for the 1907 J. C. C. Day Camp season." Members of the committee include: Mines. Larry Albert, Jack Baker, Elliot Brown, Jack Cohn, Dean Frankel, James Eisen, Arthur Novak, Martin Lehr, Jerry Krupinsky and Ra< mon Somberg. In addition to setting Uio basic policies of the camp, tho committee wilt coordinate all aspects of the camp program and select personnel.