Mideast Arms Upset Washington (JTA)—The State Department refused to comment on a New York Times story that recent escalated shipments of the latest- Soviet MIGs to Syria and Egypt upsets the military balance in the Mideast. . The Department spokesman assured reporters that the U.S. has a long-standing commitment to keep the military balance in the region. But he refused to give the details of how the Administration would implement its policy. The spokesman refused to comment on charges by Israel Defense Minister Moshe Dayan last Saturday that Israel did not have a regular flow of arms from the' U.S. because of Egyptian pressure on Washington not to supply Israel with warplanes. State Department officials however confirmed the Times story which included particulars of Soviet aid to Egypt and Syria, . According to the Times, the UAR received nearly 100 MIG21s since the cease-fire went Into effect in Aug. 1970, with delivery of eight in June 1971
alone, as well as 80 transport . | helicopters, including 16 i n ' June. The Times reported Syrian shipments at a total of 21: of the latest model MIG-21s, nine older MIG-17S, and five Sukhoi 7 fighter-bombers and 22 MIG-8 helicopters. Intelligence experts quoted by the Times interpreted the supply of the helicopters to mean that the USSR has decided to provide the Arabs with greater mobility in desert or mountain warfare.
Woodburne, N.Y. (JTA) — Rabbi Meir Kahane, national chairman of the Jewish Defense League, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that "The JDL will not be turning in any illegal weapons because ' we have none." Kahane, who pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal District Court Friday to a* conspiracy charge involving the manufacture of explosives, was referring to a stipulation by the Government that the JDL turn over to Federal authorities any illegal .weapons and fire arms in its possession- and submit to an inspection of its camp site here. Interviewed by the JTA at Camp Jcdel here, Kahane said the JDL had "quite a few guns" at the camp but that all were "registered and legal." He said that the manufacture of explosives at the camp got him into trouble because of ignorance of the law. He said-he.. didn't know that the JDL needed a $250 Federal stamp in order to explode a bomb on its
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property. And that his purpose in making and detonating a bomb was to show campers how radical groups prepared their own bombs. Kahane said that he planned a similar demonstration for the press next week and that this time he would "invest $250 in a stamp." He said his guide in tlio bomb-making s e m i n a r would be instructions published in a Black Panther newspaper. Kahane faces sentence later this month on the explosives charge. He stated that if he is jailed he did not expect the JDL to c o l l a p s e . "We have thousands of young members who won't be stopped by this," he asserted, adding that he expected to continue to play a leadership role in the JDL even from Jail.
Tel Aviv (JTA)—The terror- and had made a meal. Israeli ~ ist rocket attack on Petach Tik- authorities are convinced that vah Wednesday night claimed they could not have carried out two more victims, both elderly the attack without aid from ill women. They died of injuries nearby villagers. All villages they sustained when a Katyusha east of the Green Line have rocket scored a direct hit on been under curfew since Thurstheir ward in the Beth Rivka day, though not Arab villages Hospital, an institution for the on the Israeli side of the line. chronically ill. The residents of several of the The other victims, who were latter have sent condolences to killed instantly were a five year . the Mayor of Petaoh Tilcvah „ old girl whose home was struck over the, tragedy. by a rocket and another patient at Beth Rivka. The search for the perpetrators is continuing. CCAR Backs UJA Security forces announced the arrests of several persons sus- '100 Percent' Plan Omaha—AH Jewish Colpected of having aided the terSt. Louis (JTA) — The "100lege Students are receiving rorists in carrying their equipinvitations to a Swimming ment to within range of Petach percent Plan" w h i c h makes and Poolside party which Tikvah. On Friday helicopters contributions to . the United will be given at the Highspotted the.rocket launcher less Jewish Appeal a standard obland Country Club pool area than a mile east of the Green ligation of synagogue memberon Wednesday, July 28 from Line the boundary between' Is- ship was unanimously endorsed 7:30 p.m. to midnight. raeli territory and the occupied by the Central Conference ol West Bank. Two l o c a l Arab American Rabbis at the closing Refreshments and music boys who a p p r o a c h e d J h e session of its 82nd annual conwill bo provided. • /• launcher were wounded by the vention here. Admission will bo by inexplosion of booby traps set by vitation only and any JewThe CCAR's resolution enish Students (including fall dorsing the plan called it..aa JERUSALEM (ZINS) — The the terrorists. freshmen) who has not reIsraeli security forces inspect- "authentic and proper instruHebrew University in Jerusaceived on invitation by July lem has published a study de- ing the launching site found ment for use by synagogues" 22, may call Mollie Delman, picting-the behavior and life- evidence that the terrorists had and urged all Reform congre342-1366 for a printed invistyle of the average Israeli for camped there for some time gation's to introduce it. tation. the year 1970:. Omaha—Sherman J. Maisel, . He works fewer hours, sleeps a member of the Board of Gov- and rests more (9.1 hours erners of the Federal Reserve daily), and spends more time System, was U u K p r i n c i p a l with his family for meals and speaker at the National Broth- leisure than his counterpart in erhood Award dinner held at. America or.in Eastern Europe. Surprisingly, the average Isthe Hilton Hotel on Sunday, raeli reads very little. Forty June 11. Omaha—At the meeting of the committee, expressed the Omaha b a n k e r , Morris F." per cent of the entire popula- the Jewish Cultural Committee, gratitude of the commUttce for Miller received the 1971 Broth- tion read no books; 33 per cent Tuesday, June 14, it* was an- this generous gift and went on erhood Award from the Oma- read one^ book a month. nounced that the Milton S. and' to note that the grant will not ha Chapter of the National ConOn a daily basis, 1 hour and Corinne N. Livingston Founda- be used to supplement the regference of Christians and Jews. 12 minutes are devoted to tion will grant the ^committee ular budget of the Adult Jewish Addressing about 850 people, meals, 30 minutes to reading, $5,000 for certain specific pro- Education, but will be used Mr. Maisel, a noted econo- 12 minutes to listening to the grams. to provide outstanding lectures mist, stressed the need for radio, and 54 minutes to watchSteven Riekcs, chairman -of and functions. ' business and banking firms to ing television. bo in the forefront in a fight to The cinema is still the main combat social problems,1 pov- "leisure attraction. No less than erty and pollution. [ one-third of the entire population sees at least one film a .week. Half of the citizenry attends the theater at least once DR. WILLIAM A. WEXUR a year. • The average I s r a e l i , the study concludes, is a family Tel Aviv (JTA)—Tuvia Fried- man, patriotic and a respecter man, the journalist who heads qf tradition. the Haifa Documentation' CenCEKEVA—Di. William A. Wetfer, pestilent ter, .told a news conference ot B'nal B'fltli, was elected cfiaJrman ot here he had a photograph of toe World Conference o! Jewtaft-fltganlza- a/t Argentinian contact of his • tons (COM) at its annual meeting bere. posing with escaped Nazi .docHe soceeeds Or. Nation! fioldaann, presi- tor Josef Mengele. The condent ol Uu World Jewish Congress, enair- tact, said Friedman, "knows man el COJO.since its founding 14 fears where Dr. Mengele is hiding." Buenos Aires (JTA) — The ago as a coordinating and consultativeFriedman demanded urgent two local Yiddish dailies, Di body embracing major Jewlsfi p o p s la action by the Israeli govern- Yiddishe Ze"itung and Di PresMa United States, Great Britain, Europe, ment to bring the Nazi to trial,, se, published urgent appeals to Canada, latin America, Australia, SootA adding that .he had approached the Jewish population here— Africa and IsraeL Or. Wnfsr, «n» Is alss the West German government particularly business p e o p l e JUDITH LAMM blocks knitted yarmulkas for Jewish servicethairasa ol Us Conference«Presidents with a view to a joint Israeli- • and ind u s t r i a 1 i st s—to help men In Vietnam on the head of her teacher, "Rabbi Tzvi Marks, at Ma]w American tab! Organizations, effort. them with ads because the ec- at the Salanter-Akiba-Rfvcrdnlc Academy in Riverdalc, N. Y. fcas bus COJO co-CBJlrmaD for toe past German Friedman noted that his Ar- onomic situation of both pa- The JWB Women's Organizations' Services launched this projsix years. Hew ewnalnaea i l COiO gentine contact wanted a large pers is extremely difficult and ect Iii response to requests from young military men for knitted Wjcted lere were Basnl loacblm Prim ol The yarmulkas, embroidered with peace signs and t6e World /ewisb Congress and Arvi Pi> sum pf money for providing •:; "it would be a pity if Buenos ; yarinuikas. of Jewish ceremonial symbols, are band-made by Judith C M i l t i i World Z f o l s t O b U B thedetalls of the Nazi's where- Aires were converted spiritual- - designs i*« abouts. •: * '_ ly into a cemetery;"" - >«• v -•:>•.>.and other girls in the Academy's graduating class.
Plunge in at Pool Party
A Profile ofthe Average Israeli
Maisel Speaks at NCCJ Dinner
Livingstone Foundation Grants
Wexler Elected C0J3 Chairman
Docfor, Found Hiding
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