Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1968-12-19

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Vol.'46,^No. 52
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19,196S - 28 KiSLEV
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Claims Scr^ton <&ave Own Views
WASHINGTON (JTA) - FresIdent-EIect Richard M. Nix¬ on's spokesman Said bere that Mr. Nixoi^s special Mideast envoy, William Scranton, had spoken for himself inhts stand for a "more evenhanded" United SiatOs^pidicy intiie Middle East, and not for Mr. Nixon. V^
Spokesman Ronald Ziegler was askedhere&boutthe state¬ ment by the former Pennsylvania Governor, who made a six-nation Mideast tour for
tiiat tiie United States was "tremendously interested in the area and that the new Administration is interest¬ ed." He repeated an earlier statement that one hopeful sign was that "most ot the leaders that I talked to are interested in peace — they are eveiil talking about terms."
FROM TEL Aviv, it was reported that Mr. Scrantcm had aslced Israeli leaders not to strike against targets in Jordan and to refrain as. much as possible from hos¬ tile acts against the Ha'she- mite. kingdom. This, was learned from Sources close to Mr. .Scranton who report¬ edly told Israel leaders that military action only increa8<^, 'ed tensions and hurt chances ' for peace.
Many Israelis were re¬ ported by the London Times to believe that Mr. Scranton had been "taken in by smooth talk" from Arab leaders he met during Iiis visits.
Mr. Nixon. His remark was made as he entered Israel from Jordan and it stirred concern in Israel and among Israel's supporters hi the United States. Mr. Ziegler said Mr. Scranton had gone to tiie Middle East "strictiy as a fact-finder" for Mr. Nixon and that "his remarks are Scranton remarks, not Nixon remarks."- <MR. ZIEGLER also re- Crained from endorsing an¬ other Scranton statement, made in Rome, that the new Republican administration.^ would have its. own peace proposals for the Middle East. Mr. Ziegler said that matter' would be determin¬ ed' by Mr. Nixon "after he has received Mr. Scranton's report and Has studied it along with all otiier avail¬ able evidence."
Mr. Scranton said, on his arrival in New York, that his trijp had acMeved one bbic pohit - tiiat all Mid¬ east leaders now were aware
Themoliiiiii
JERUSALEM (WN$) ~.. Egypt has reopened schools m Alexandria and Mansoura, scenes of recent student riots against tfae (lovernment in which 20 persons were killed. But there was no indication when the country's five universities' would be reopened.
JERUSALEM (WNS) - The Jewish Agency has drawn up a development plan for the Golan Heights area in occupied Syrian territory which caUs for about 25 Israeli settiements and a poiulation of about 12,000 lit the area by 1973. At present, there are 10 settiements in the Heights.
MIAMI (WNS) — A Southern Baptist-Jewish sym¬ posium, sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and local Southern Baptist ministers and laymen, lias proposed tbe establishment of an organisa¬ tion of Baptists and Jews to woi-kon solutions to com¬ mon communal problems. Dr. Conrad WUIard, pastor of the Central Baptist Church, Miami, saidtiiat "there is no tlieological or social reason wby Christians and Jews cannot live and work together in an atmosphere of profound respect for each other'sintegrity as sep¬ arate religious conununities."
TEL AVIV (WNS) — Israel expects to export 1,400' head of catUe tMs year, a rise from the 900 head shipped hi 1967. The nation'.s^moiRclency hi cattie. breeding has reached the stag^ .where three Israeli experts are to go to Sicily to assume tiie management - .of, a largeranch wh«re-thes»ilito^t)«tlstMiTs^e-- to build UP a herd of 10.000 head for tiie' owners. I
JERUSALEM (WNS) — The Government has decided to maintain the national defense loan, ecjiial to one month's salary per year, on a voluhta|y basis during 1969 and not raise property taxes. Tlie tax freeze is part of a Jotat Hlstadrut-Government effort to main¬ tain price stability;
Dayan Addresses UJA Conference
General Moshe Dayan, Minister of Defense of the State' Israel, made his first appearance in the United States since tiie Six Day War as guest speaker at the Annual National Conference of the UJA in New York on Dec. 13-15 at tiie New York Hilton HoteL
The cuifbrence marked the UJA's 30th Annlversaiy and celebrated Israel's 21st year of hidependence. -More than 3,000 delegates  from
throughout the country at¬ tended to set the-objectives of tiie 1969 nationwide UJA campaign. The ftmds wiU lie used to meet social and wel¬ fare needs of 850,000 Jews in Israel, Europe, NorthAfrica and Asia, del^ates will also elect new national officers. General Dayan, Heniy Ford n, and'Louis A. Pincus, Chairman o( tlie Jewish Agency for Israel were the principal speakers at the Saturday evenii^ banquet session.
A pre-conference inaugu¬ ral banquetThursdayeveidng heard addresses by Arthur , J. Goldberg, former United States AmbassadDr to the United Nations and the Hoii-
ftmds to be raised in the 1969 Campaign ofthe United Jewish Fund and Council.
Vocal Dud To Perforin At Dinner
The husband and wife team of LUlian and Jan Bart,pop- ular vOcal duo, will present their, tabloid version of the Broadway musical smash hit, "Fiddler on tiie Root," ba¬ sed on the Sholoni Aleichem stories  of Jewish life in
;.>acaWfi;ttzhak Rabioilsraeys  P^arist Russia at tiie forth. Stilus;^Theopering-Bessioh"""' ™""" "" ss-"^-"-"-
Market Attack Marks A 'New Phase'
of the conference on Friday included a keynote address by Rabbi' Herbert A. Fried¬ man, outUningthech^enges and the goals that face the UJA hi 1969.
The United Jewish A^ieal is the major beneficlaiy of
JERUSALEM — An Arab commando, who claims to have taken part in carrying out last month's Jerusalem market explosion which kil¬ led 12 people, said the ter- ridsts' war against Israel has entered a new {diase— Intensified attacks agahist civUltuis.
The young Arab, identified as "Abu Hassan" by tiie Western reporters who in¬ terviewed him in Cairo, said the; terrorists have decided to,change their policy of not attacMng civilian targets af¬ ter much discussion among the various commando groups.
(it was noted in Jerusa¬ lem that some terrorist, groups have continually been directing' tlieir actions at civilians. Mining roads, shelling border settiements with rockets and the recent bomb tacident in a Tei Aviv bus terminal were cited* as examples of guerrila activity dbrected at civUians.)
"J^ Hassan" contended that "the Israelis attack ci¬ vilian targets hitiie occupied territories and hi tiie East Bank of Jordan where towns, villages and refugee camps have been shelled aiid bomb¬ ed from the air. They have devastated Suez andlsmail'la on the Suez Canal and re¬ cently Israeli commando units struck deep inside Egypt, attacking vital irri¬ gation networks and a power station."
HE EXPLAINED tiiat "our
leaders could no longer hold out against pressure from younger commmdo elements to do the same. So I would say that our operations have
now entered a new phase." The young terrorist, des- cribed as in ids mid-t)venties and agraduate Inengineering of the American Univeraity
CLASS TAKES TRIP
Columbus Torah Academy's Eighth Grade (Gradual- ihg Class) students board the plane for their flight to Washington. A part of the students' social studies experiences, the visit to the capitol includes five exciting days of touring various government offices, installaticHis and historic sites.
Each graduating class earns money for this annual trip through special sales projects of food and floral Items. Chaperoning the group was Irving Fried, Prin¬ cipal of OTA,
Shoivn top to bottom are Annette Wagner, David Shames, David Gold, Rochelle Press, Doran Young and Mr. Fried..
in Beirut^ said he was a member oJT EI Fatah..That organization claims joint re- spmsibility with the Popular Front for the liberation of Palestine for carrying out the Machne. Yehuda mar¬ ket bombing.
AS "Abu Hassan" related the operation, weeks of plan¬ ning went into the attack witii dress rehearsals on the spot fai which a delivery van, loaded with botties at beer, was 'parked day after day until it ceased to at¬ tract attention.
On Nov. 22, botties of gasoline;were substituted for the beer and dynamite was loaded onto the van. A tim¬ ing device was set to go off two hours after the delivery was made, when the terro¬ rists were safely out of the way.
"ABU Hassan" and two otlier commandos who car¬ ried out the liombing left tlie Israeli-occupied West Bank that same day. Other members of his unit were also now out of Jerusalem and "under tlie protection" of EI Fatah, he said.
The terrorist was des- crilied as speaking with "un¬ disguised satisfaction" In detailing the execution ofthe operation, the worst Incident in Jerusalem sUice Israeli terrorists in 1948 blew up part of the King David Ho¬ tel, British MUitary Head¬ quarters, and killedlOOpeo- ple, British soldiers and ci¬ vilian employes. •
Solo W. Boron
B.B. AWARD
Salo W. Baron, one of the foremost Jewish historians of our times, will receive B'nai B'ritii's 1969 Jewish Heritage Award for "excel¬ lence in Jewish literature." The 73-year-old writer, best known for his monumental 12-voIume "Social and Re¬ ligious History oftheJews,'' will be presented the $1,000 literary prize in New York at tlie annual meeting of B'nai B'rith's adult Jewish education com¬ mission. The award, estab¬ lished in 1965, previously honored thithors Elie Wlesel, Maurice Samuel and Saul Bellow.
mistt Dinhet on SindSy'eV^^^      - liihg, 6 p.m. at the Synago- ''*^ gue soGialhall,2568E.Broad St.
The Barts are well known to Jewisbaudiences through¬ out the world, not only for their unique "Fiddler on the Roof presentation, but for their repertoire of Yiddish and Heinrew Folk and litur¬ gical music.
MR, BART, a graduate of the Warsaw Conservatory, conducts aregular T.V. shiow in New York. His records in seven languages have sold in miUions of copies. The , Barts WiU be accompanied by pianist, Mrs. MeUviUe D. Frank. / ^r
Mesdames Harry Lakin and Meyer Alexander, dinner co-cliairmen, Iiave announ¬ ced the followfaig committee chairmen; Mrs. Pearson Press, entertainment; Mrs. Kehath Wbiiarz, hivitations; Mrs. Philip Lakhi, decora¬ tions and Mrs. Irving Fried, publicity.
PROCEEDS from Oils af-; fair support tlie Ahavas Sho- lom Library. Donations will be $15.00 per couple. For reservations call any of the foDowing: Mesdames Julius Baker, BE 1-2220, Cy Ta- nnenbaum, 237-4604, or Pe¬ arson   Press,   BE   7-1068.
The community is invited to attend.	
BOMBING ATTEMPTS
SANTIAGO deChUe,(JTA) --Police are investigating two Molotov cocktail bomb¬ ings ty anti-Semitic terror¬ ists here. One of the ex¬ plosives was hurled at the Jewish Hungarian Glub.Flre next monthi^paused damage before it was exthiguished. That night an automobile l>elonging to a member of the Bene Israel (Indian Jewish) community was bombed, with fire da¬ mage estimated at $500. No one was hurt in cittier inci¬ dent.
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