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VOL. 51 NO. 53
DECEMBER 27, 1973 • TEVETH 2
Devoted to AmsrSJn
and Jewish Idem*
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JERUSALEM (WNS) — The University of the Negev
in Beersheba is to be named the "Ben Gurion
University of the Negev. The proposal came from
Education Minister Yigal Allon who said the university
symbolized three of David Ben-Gurion's aims:
education for all, developing the Negev and the ad¬
vancement of science and research. Earlier, the City
of Tel Aviv announced it will name Keren Kayemeth
Street where Ben Gurion lived, Ben Gurion Avenue. In
a later development, the Cabinet announced it will
rename Lod Airport for Ben Gurion.
WASHINGTON (WNS) — The Senate Foreign
Relations Committee is not expected to act on the
Administration's request for $2.2 billion emergency aid
legislation for Israel until after the opening of the
Mideast .peace conference in Geneva. The House has
approved both the authorization and appropriation
measures essential for the legislation and the Senate is
scheduled to vote on the appropriation measure
adopted by its appropriation committee. "
TEL AVIV (WNS) — Deputy Finance Minister Tzvi
Dienstein told a seminar on oil sponsored by the Israel
Oil Institute that Israel has adequate supplies of oil,
but the price of energy will become more expensive.
"Wehave the means to transport the crude oil, refine it
and supply the customers," Dienstein said. But he said
Israel will make an all-out effort to increase oil
prospecting and to find alternative energy sources. He
said Israel's satisfactory oil situation is due to the
increasing of Israel's tanker fleet, the building of a
network of pipelines and construction of more
refineries and storage facilities.
Urges U.S. Consider "Selective Control" Of
Exports To Defend Against Arab Oil Embargo
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WASHINGTON - B'nai
B'rith's board of governors
has proposed this week that
the Administration consider
"selective control" of ex¬
ports to nations that engage
in or cooperate with the Arab
oil embargo.
The board, concluding its
annual meeting here, said an
American policy of
"economic self - defense"
against the oil boycott might
properly deny "goods,
materials, tourism and
technology" needed by the
boycotting nations.
In another action, the
board, which had earlier
cancelled London as the site
of its 1974 triennial con¬
vention, voted to shift the
mass assembly to Israel "as
an expression of confidence
in and solidarity with the
people of Israel."
The B'nai B'rith board
rejected London because of
resentment in the Jewish
community over Great
Britain's pro-Arab stand
during the latest Middle
East conflict. Prospective
delegates to the convention,
expected to draw 2,000
persons, "have indicated a
strong reluctance to convene
in a country whose govern¬
ment has shown such little
regard for Israel's right to
live," said B'nai B'rith
president David M. Blum-
berg of Knoxville, Term. -
The board also adopted a
$21.2 million-budget for the
organization's national and
international  programs  in
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Vice Consul Says Americans Visits To Israel Helpful
by Bill Cohen
Chronicle Special Reporter
Americans must continue
to visit Israel to offset an
Arab strategy that seeks to
destroy Israel economically,
according to Israel's Vice
Consul for Cultural Affairs,
Ariel Kerem, who was in
Columbus last week.
"Part of the Egyptian
strategy is to try and wear
Israel down economically by
forcing her to keep such a
high percentage of her
manpower mobilized,"
Kerem told The Chronicle.
"This is done by these
constant incidents on the
ceasefire lines, so there is a
need for people to come to
Israel,  to visit,  to spend
dollars, and so on."
Kerem called tourism "a
major invisible export," and
added that it ranks either
second or third in the total
list ofjexports.
End Of Year Payments Urged By
Columbus Jewish Federation
As the end of what was
probably one of the most
fateful years in Jewish
history approaches, the
Columbus Jewish
Federation stops to take
stock and plan for the
months ahead. However,
according to the Federation,
there is still one piece of
unfinished business which
must be completed by
December 31st.
Briefly, this is where the
Federation stands at this
point with reference to its
financial demands. When the
Yom Kippur War was
unleashed upon Israel, the
.UJFC was asked to make
available $1,500,000 during
the month of October to
provide for Israel's social
welfare and human needs.
Columbus Jewry responded
magnificently as people paid
Charges Egypt, Syria With Murder
And Brutality Against POWs
UNITED NATIONS
(WNS) — Israeli Am¬
bassador Yosef Tekoah has
submitted to Secretary
General Kurt Waldheim
copies of complaints the
Israeli government has
lodged with the International
Red Cross charging crimes
of murder, torture, brutality
and degradation committee
on Israeli soldiers taken
prisoner by Egypt and Syria.
-Trie document dealing with
Egypt states that the in¬
vestigation now being
conducted by Israeli
authorities into the treat¬
ment of the Israeli POWs
"has already revealed a
shocking    chronicle    of
inhuman acts of cruelty
perpetrated on the Israeli
soldiers who were taken
captive by units of the
Egyptian army — deeds
unimaginable in relations
between civilized nations"
and the investigation is
continuing. The Israeli
government said in the
complaint that it "is in the
possession of proven
evidence indicating that
beyond any doubt that a
large number of officers and
men of the Israel Defense
Force taken prisoner by
Egyptian troops were
deliberately murdered,
many of them while lying
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up past due balances,
current pledges and made
cash payments toward the
Israel Emergency Appeal of
the UJA. This is a record in
which the Columbus Jewish
Community should take
pride.
Late in October, in
response to a cable from
Leon Dultzin, Acting
Chairman of the Jewish
Agency, it was recognized
that the Israeli situation was
grave indeed and much
more was needed to relieve
at least the most critical of
the situations arising from
the increased Russian im¬
migration and the vast
human needs caused by the
war.
Nationally the UJA set a
goal of $150,000,000 for the
months of November and
December towards which
the Columbus Jewish
Community was asked to
secure another $1,000,000. As
of November 30th an ad¬
ditional $500,000 was sent to
the UNITED JEWISH
APPEAL - a total of
$2,000,000 paid during the
months of October and
November. It is hoped that
the balance of $500,000 will
be forthcoming before the
end of the year.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 12)
Israel's Minister of Housing, Ze'ev Sharef, met with
the members of the Israel Bond Emergency
Delegation in Jerusalem. Left to right: Howard R.
Schoenbaum of Columbus, Ohio, Minister Sharef, and
Frank R. Nutis of Columbus. The U.S. Bond leaders
were in Israel at the invitation of the Israeli Govern¬
ment, to discuss the current campaign to sell $642
million in Israel Bonds to aid the Israeli economy in
war reconstruction and development.
Kerem admitted that
tourism "dropped a lot"
during the Yom Kippur War,
but he said that tours are
now again on the increase.
"A lot of Christians have
been quicker to respond
after the war than Jews have
perhaps because, I'm just
guessing, a lot of Jews have
given their immediate
resources tb the Emergency
Fund,"   Kerem   explained.
Kerem said several work
and study tours are popular
with young Americans
visiting Israel. One new one,
he said, will have Americans
helping in the farm harvests.
"Visiting is a symbol of
solidarity for the middle-
aged, and visiting to work is
a symbol of solidarity for the
young," he said.
Kerem warned that
because the tourism in¬
dustry in Israel employs
many workers, "there's
bound to be some unem¬
ployment or dislocation in
the coming months if there
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)
Local Men In Israel For Economic Survey
JERUSALEM — Frank R.
Nutis, Ohio Chairman for
Communities and Howard R.
Schoenbaum, Columbus -
Dayton Region  Chairman,
participated in a three day
emergency    survey     of
Israel's economic problems
in the wake of the October
War. Mr.  Nutis  and  Mr.
Schoenbaum were among a
group of 39 U.S. communal
and business leaders active
in the Israel Bond Drive,
who    were    invited    to
Jerusalem by  the Israeli.
Government for discussions
' on current needs and plans
for  achieving  642' million
dollars in sales of Israel
Bonds  In   the   U.S.   and
Canada   to   finance   the
country's     Development
Budget.
During their brief stay in
the   country,   the   Bond
Leaders were received by
the president of the State of
Israel, Professor Ephraim
Katzir, -at his Official
residence in Jerusalem.
President Katzir referred to
the "magnificent, almost
incredible support for
Israel" displayed by the
friends of Israel abroad in a
world so full of hostility and
cold neutrality."
In a meeting in Jerusalem,
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Vienna Airport Beefs Up Guard
In Response To Rome Terrorism
VIENNA (JTA) -
Austrian authorities an¬
nounced last week that they
would beef up police
protection at Vienna's Sch-
wechat Airport in an¬
ticipation of new Arab
terrorist attacks because
Austria is still admitting
Jewish emigres ■ from the
Soviet Union enroute to
Israel. Ttie announcement
coincided   with   a   new
terrorist outrage at
Leonardo da Vinci Airport in
Rome where at least 42
persons were killed last
week when four Palestinian
terrorists hurled incendiary
bombs into a Pan American
jet, sprayed the terminal
with machinegun bullets and
hijacked a Lufthansa jet
which eventually landed at
Athens. The hijackers were
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