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Peace in Vietnam America's involvement in the war in Southeast Asia is at an end. •
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The announcement of the peace, agreement was made by President Richard Nixon on Tuesday. The Peace Treaty will be signed in Paris tomorrow. All American prisoners will be released within 60 days. The bloodshed will cease; the fighting is over. , Ba-ruch a-taw ado-noy e-Io-haynu meh-lech ha-Iam she-heche-yanu ve-kee-ya-manu ve-hee-gee-yanu la-zman ha-zeh.
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Praised be Thou 0 Lord bur God, King of the Universe, who has preserved us and sustained us and brought'us to this day.
Vol. MI—No. 21
OMAHA, NEB., Fill., JAN. 20, 197S
World Jewry Mourns Death of President Johnson World Jewish leaders expressed shock and sorrow at the death this week of former ^President Lydoii Balnes Johnson. They" were unanimous in /their praise of Johnson as a man whV greatly 'aided Israel. . Foreign Minister Abba Eban paid tribute to thef,late Presl-
Special Events for Miami Vacationers Omaha — The Omaha Israel Bond office lias announced that various activities will be held in Miami during the three weeks prior to the Israel Bond Banquet on March 3 at the Fontaincbleau Hotel. Prime Minister. Golda Melr will be the g u e s t speaker at the banquet. Tbose from (be Omaha, Lincoln and Des Moines areas planuing to be in Miami at that time arc urged to let (he Israel Band office know their schedule and where they will be staging, go'that they, can be invited to these events. The Israel Bond office is located at 920 City National Bank Building in Omaha, Phone, 341-1177.
dent saying he "was friendly and understanding to I s r a e l even before he became President-" The Foreign Minister sent cables of condolence to Mrs. .Johnson and to Secretary of '/ State William^ P. Rogers. . Addressing the Secretary of State as "Dear Friend," Eban .said "there is not a man or woman in Israel who is not grief-stricken by the news of the death of Lyndon Johnson." Asking Rogers to convey to the UiS. g o v e r n m e n t Israel's
"sympathy with the American nation and with the bereaved family" Eban said Johnson's name "will be inscribed in Israel's memory for all that he did to strengthen the security and welfare o£ our state. In one of its most dangerour moments Israel was sustained by his resolute concern for its security and dignity. For that service we shall cherish his memory always." ' The Israeli press headlined Johnson's death and revered him both as statesman and
friend of-Israel. One p a p e r Federation president, Rabbi wrote he was "the most Zionist Israel Miller; National Hadassah president, Mrs. Rose E. of American presidents." Expressions of sorrow imme- Matzkin; B'nai B'rith ADL diately, f o l l o w i n g President chairman, Seymour Graubard; Johnson's death were also ex- ZOA president, Herman Weispressed by Israeli Ambassador man; JWB president, Morton Yitzhak Rabin, American Jew- Mandel and Rabbi Louis Bernish Committee president, Philip stein, president of the RabbiniE. Hoffman; American Zionist cal Council of America.
Boston Fire Destroys Israeli Consulate Boston (JTA)—A fire swept that it may have been.aimed through a multi-story building at the Irish consulate and we here last week, destroying a just happened to be there." Another source said that the number of offices and business firms, including the offices of Israeli C o n s u l a t e General the Israeli consulate and Is- Shimshon Inbal had received raeli tourist and aliva center threats recently from persons Fire marshals investigating identifying t h e m s e l v . e s as the blaze said arson was sus; members of the terrorist Black pectcd. The b u i l d i n g also September movement.' Inbal's hame in Brookline, a housed the Irish consulate. Sources hero said that it was suburb of Boston, has been ununlikely that the arson was a der "extra surveillance," the deliberate attempt to destroy source said, and his children the Israeli offices. "The likli- are being escorted to and from hood," said one source, "is school by Brookline police.
Meir-Pope Meeting Seen as Aid to Israel-Vatican Relations
From the files of the Jewish Press: President Lyndon Johnson; cial legal status to Christian tiff is not believed to have sug- greets pmahan Amy Brodkey, a 1967 "Presidential Scholar." f gested "extra-territorial statholy places in Jerusalem. j us" for the Christian shrines. The Pope is understood to He is believed to be interesthave expressed to Mrs. Meir ed in finding another formula his interest in proposals for that would confer speical statOmaha—Edward Zorinsky and Fred Jacobberger, candidates'legal formulas that would ac- us on the sites. for the office of Mayor of Omaha, Will be the guest speakers a( cord special status to Christian Mrs. Meir, in her public the monthly luncheon meeting of the Senior Citizen's Club. The holy places. However, the Pon- statement on her Vatican meet- noon event will be held Monday, January 29, at the Jewish Com* \ ' ing, stressed that Israel has munity Center. Senior Citizen Club members1 and their friends are urged to no desire W administer the attend. Cost of the luncheon is $1.25. holy places of other faiths. Political o b s e r v e r s here, meanwhile, have expressed astonishment over c r i t i c i s m voiced by Vatican sources of Mrs. Meir's press statements • Des-Moines—Asher Ben-Naon her meeting with the Pope. tan, Israeli Ambassador to They expressed particular surFrance, will speak at a banprise at Italian press reports Is'quct at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, claiming that the Vatican was 'Jan. 27, at the Savory Hotel. annoyed by the premature ant \ The banquet is in celebranouncement in Israel of the [' iion of the twenty-fiftli annivermeeting. The news of the meetsary of the State of Israel and ing was announced in coordinajn observance of the eightieth ' tion with the Vatican, sources . birthday anniversary of Ellis I. here pointed out. I, Levitt, honorary chairman of : the 1973 All-in-One Campaign The sources said that there i. of the Jewish Welfare Federawas nothing in Mrs. Meir's i tion. subsequent press Interviews that could be interpreted as an i Mr. Ben-Nalan was Israel's affront to the Pope. The intert first ambassador to Germany.' views published -in Israeli I He was born in Vienna and ednewspapers and on television located at the University of Ge- ' were aimed at clarifying the Ineya. He has served in the , > nature of, the meeting jan^H {Foreign, Ministry and'the-Min- • ; developments' ihat brtu fifstry of Defense of Israel in*' ,, qbpht, Me*$PMWWisai<l •Fred Jacobberger ,,»i,. o f Edward Zorinsky. V countries. „.»,,.
,Jerusalem (JTA) —Premier | - Golda Meir's meeting' with Pope Paul VI in the Vatican is expected to open a continuing dialogue between Israel and the Vatican shortly which 'will concentrate on finding ways and means to grant spe-
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