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54 Soldiers Killed
In Israel's Worst
Aviation Disaster
TEL AVIV (WNS >-Fifty-
four Israeli soldiers were
Killed May 10 when a troop-
' carrying helicopter on a
military exercise crashed
and exploded hear Jericho.
Chief ol Staff Gen.- Mor¬
dechai Gur .ruled out any
enemy'activity as the cause
of the crash and in¬
vestigators were con¬
centrating on technical
failure or human error.
, The helicopter was a giant
American-made Sikorsky. C-
53 which can lift 5' j tons and
<>o-fully equipped troops'"
There was no question of'it
being .overloaded and lour
soldiers had been pulled'ol'l
Ihe cralt just before it took
oil,    '--
The helicopter was the last
in a formation in the evening
exercise and only flew about
two ' kilometers   before   it '
went  down.   Tapes   taken
from the plane show that the -
pilot. CapL Moshe Wittner.
25, of Haifa, a student at the
Technion. gave no indication
of trouble.
Israel   .went    into,  im-
I fitge'dy-" m*i rrerf- / t he
celebration oi the 10th an¬
niversary o| Jerusalem's
reunification.
AH entertainment events
were cancelled .and the
"election campaigning was
halted including a scheduled
television debate between
Labor Part.v leader Shjmon
Peres and Likud ' leader
Mcnachcm Beigiir.
jBurial services were held
for 42 of the victims^May 12
and t he rest on May 13
The crash was Ihe worst
aviation disaster in Israel's '
• history. The record, death
toll Was the loss oMM naval
personnel when/"the Israeli
submarine Dakar /disap¬
peared- in the.' Eastern
Mediterranean in January,
KHiH. on her delivery voyage
Irom England to Israel.
U.S. Seeks To Assure Israel
Following Carter - Assad Talks
'Fresh Fruits Of Harvest*
JERUSALEM — During an Israeli Shavuos festival.,
the "First Fruits of Harvest" are carried by children
in a traditional offering.
Shavuos, begins on the 50th day after completion of¬
the counting of Omer. On the 2nd day of Passover a
sheal (Omer) of the new barley was offered as a
sacrifice, and the 50 days were counted from that day..
Wheat is harvested after barley, and itTs offered on the
" tinai day during a holiday called Hag ha-Bikkurim
' (Festival of the First Fruits i. -'- -   > '"
' Shavuos is celebrated this year in the United Stales
■oh Monday and Tuesday. May 23 and 24. EteV Shavuos .
is Sunday, May 22. "       religious newsservice photo
WASHINGTON iWNSi -
The Carter Administration
was attempting to reassure
Israel lollowing concern in
Jerusalem over Ihe results
ol Ihe talks held between
President Carter ahd Syrian
President Halez Assad in
Geneva May 1(1. The
assurance came during a
meeting between-Secretary
ill Stale Cyrus Vance and
Israeli Foreign Minister
Vigal Allon in London May
U and Carter's own al-
lirmation to Congressmen at
a press conlerence in
• Washington May 12.
Israeli concern was' Diced
after Zbigniew Br,zezinski.
Carter's"" national security
advisor. said Carter and
Assad 'had discussed the,
possibility of setting up
. demilitarized zones on botn
sides ol the Israeli-Syrian
border and the use of
sophisticated, electronic
advance, warning systems
such as are presently being
operated by the Americans
in the Sinai. Such details are
nol   know n
discussed
meet inns
Washington
to   have   been
at     Carter's
e a r I i e r    i n.
with    Israeli
Premier Yil/.hak Rabin.
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat and King Hussein of
Jordan.
Carter upon arriving in
Geneva lor his thrce-and-a-
hall hour meeting with
Assad said thai a' Mideast
peace settlement must in¬
clude "a resolution ol the
Palestinian problem and a
homeland tor the
Palestinians." Ho -said an
agreement must also include
an assurance ol permanent
and real peace w'i.lh
guarantees lor Ihe lulure
security, ol all countries in
the Mid-east /
Assad denounced Israel's
continued occupation of
-Arab land and its refusal to
recognize- (he legitimate
national rights of the
Palestinians^ He said the
Geneva conference should
provide a suitable
iramework    lor   the   im¬
plementation ol the .Mideast
resolutions  l>\' the  United
Nation'' Security ('ouncil and
General Asseinbl\
In   Jerusalem.    Premier
' Yit/hak Uahm said he
thought Carter had -given
"too much" in his meeting
with Assad He said he had
an uneasy feeling while he
watched the two Presidents
in television from Geneva.
"1, cannot recall. that
President - Assad asked
i Soviet Communist Part>
Secretary Leonidj Brezhnev
■ to meet him half way. say in
Belgrade." Habin com-
mcnled. He was relerring to-
the fact that Carter agreed
'o meet Assad in Geneva
while meeting other Mideast
leader* in Washington and
that . Assad _ has usually
travelled lo Moscow lo meet
Soviet lenders
Habin also indicated he
was disturbed by a proposal
lo deny Israel "prctcrrcd
nation,status with respect to
American arms supplies. In
ICONTINUEDON PACE 10
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Dutch Trial Of War Criminal Expected
To Last One Yean 100 Will Testify
lt\ llfiirietlciiouh
AMSTERDAM. 1JTA1 -
The trial oi Nazi 'war'
criminal Pieter Menten
which.", opened* ' in
magistrates court here May
9 is expected to hist at least a
year Nearly Too witnesses
Irom eight countries • are
scheduled to testify but those
from the SovieJ Union and
Poland'Will'nqt be available
before October. •'
' The initial phase-of, the
'trial   'will   consist. of; six
' sessions held "on1 Mondays.
Wednesdays ' and-- Fridays
Howard Banchefsky To Head
Center In Oakland, California
.    Dr., James Tennenbaum,
.president   of   the   Jewish
"Center, has announced that
Dr.   Howard   Banchefsky,
assistant , director   of   the
physical education. Ban¬
chefsky worked (o bring to
fruition the Center's four
: lighted ' tennis courts,
diamond pi and the Olympic
^Center, has,been appointed', outdoor pool. He introduced
■executive director .'of the physical education into pre-
Jewish- Center of Oakland.-
, Cal. He will assume his new,
post on July 5
Dr. Banchefsky has served
the,-Columbus   Jewish
community - for J8 years" In
•the capacity of director of
health   and , physical
education, progra.rn director
'and assistant director,-
t"   During his assignment in
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school, and developed a
program that is recognized
throughout ;the Jewish
Center field.     - •"/
> As program director, he
opened- Cubhage, Corners
with; the new Tween Camp
and developed the concept of
Pioneer Camp. He was also
responsible for diversifying
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ttmtmn
during the next 14 days. The
court will then adjourn until
late summer or early tall, -
.Menten. 77. a millionaire
Dutch art-dealer, was lor-
mally charged with having
killed Or having ordered the
killings ol more, than "2(10
Polish citizens, mostly Jews,
in .the' Lemberg  area  of
/ Galicia in July .and August.
1941; when he allegedly
served as-an SS ollicer. The
charges, read- by Puhlic
Prosecutor Frans Haber-
mahi. said the killings took
'place oh July 7 and August
27. 1941 in the Ukrainian
villages ol Podgprotsky ami
Urich which .were then
Polish territory. .  .
Ttie chargelshcel said that' .
on  the earlier' date', 20r3»
persons ty'ere killed directly '
, or on orders from Menten
and on.Jhe later.date.'230.
mostly ,Jews, were kijled. R
accuseds Menten ,of having
solicited "these' killings "by
gilts or promises-or'abuse of
-authority:, or giving in¬
formation . leading : to the
identification of the victims.
.The charge sheet named'19 v
victims,   including /.several -
" families/' ''."'*
■ The,. first. prosecution
witnesses to take Ihe stand
were" Hayiv " Kanaan.-' an
Israeli journalist whose ■
articles over the past year
were credited* with having
exposed.Menfen's.Nazi past.
and. his cousin. Minna
Cygelsreich ol Tel Aviv.
The court also heard from
Johan Van Den Leeuw. ot the
Netherlands State Institute1
for War Documentation, who
described Ihe ethnic com¬
position in Galicia belore
<ind alter the outbreak ol
World W;ir Hand the ac¬
tivities , of Ihe .various
"Einsatztruppen" and
"Efsatzcommahdo" i special
commando troopsi which
operated in the Lemberg
area under the command of
Oberl'uerer Erich
Schoengarth.,Testimony was
also taken Irom two Dutch
police officers who have
been in charge ol.the Menten
,case since last summer.   ,
r ICONT1NUEDONPAGE71
"Summit the Jiabbit.' the Sammies' resident
bouncing expert, gives some prolessional pointers to
his lfaternity brothers in preparation lor "Bounce lor
Beats." In the back row areJohn Levin. Newark. Ohio:
Mark Feitlanger, Berwick: Andy Derrow. Berwick:
and Alan Miller., Reading. Pa. In Iron! are Mark
Hackman. Reynoldsburg and Mark Tanenbaum.
Bexley.
Sammies To 'Bounce For Beats' This Weekend
Sigma Beta Chapter, of
Sigma'Alpha Mu Fraternity
i Sammiest at The Ohio-State
University will hold its 15th
annual ^Bounce for Beats,"
a fundraising event for the
Central Ohio Heart Chapter.
Members of the fraternity
Will" begin ' a ..basKetball-
bouncing marathon*on "]tha
OSU OVal on Friday. May 20.
and^will move lo\the Ohio
State House Friday evening,
The marathon'will ^con¬
tinue through the night and
the next day. ending jate
Saturday night. While some
of the Sammies are bouncing
halls, others will be
collecting "donations from
passers-by. and selling heart-
shaped -balloons, and
lollipops.
, A new feature added this'
yeaV.ta the Sammy event is
"Sammit the Babbit." the
■ Sammies', mascot. Sammit
am)-his fraternity brothers
will tour-campus locations
Friday' night • to solicit
contributions to the Heart
. Fund. All Sammies working!
on the fundraiser will weafr-
special purple and white T-
shirts bearing the "Bounce
for Beats" logo.
This year's marathon, a
part of Sigma .Alpha Mu's
national philanthropy, is.
'chairqd - by Alan Miller."
assisted - by v. Robert Gold-
wasser. Funds collected in
the event will be used, in'
hear.t research and
professional and public
information, all aimed .at
-lighting ,the death 'and
disability caused by heart
disease. , ,,