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VOL. 55 NO. 33
AUGUST 18,1077 - ELUL 4
The Tinger-Lickin'
Food Finally
Arrives In Israel
TEL AVIV - Israel has
been added to the list of Mid¬
dle East countries — among
them Jordan, Egypt,
Lebanon, and Kuwait —
which have received a fran¬
chise to sell "Colonel San¬
ders' ' Kentucky Pried
Chicken" and to use the pa-
. tented slogan— "It's finger-
lickin' good."
. "The only difference be¬
tween our product — and
that of the Arab countries
and forty other .countries
which have been granted
franchises — is that ours will
be kasher," Irving James
Sunday told The Jerusalem
Post, James, 55, a lawyer by.
profession, currently lives in
Long Island.
The first outlet is slated to
open towards $ie, end of the
year. It will be the first re¬
staurant in a chain of 20 to 25
throughout the country.
Dan Halperin, who heads
.the Arab Boycott Warfare
Office of the Finance Mini¬
stry, Sunday told, The
Jerusalem Post that this was
another example of how the
Arab Boycott Office back¬
tracks ,.on*tts. trjrea..ts,+w,h,en:j
ever an American company
takes a firm stand.
James plans to settle here
with his two sons, aged 15
and 22. He has two Israeli ■
partners,' Barry Scop and
Lionel Ron, both of Tel Aviv.
Asked if he knew that the
Supersol chain, headed by
Yosef Geva, was also about
to introduce "southern fried
chicken" to Israel, James
claimed that "the more com¬
petition the better — it will
give customers a basis for
comparison. Nothing can
compare with the secret for¬
mula of spices- we use, nor
our method of cooking which
' keeps the meattender, juicy
andmunchy."
He believed, that the
"Colonel Sanders" chain
would catch on because
"Israel-produces the best
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 11)
Vance Completes Mideast Tour,
Says Differences Still Remain
TEL AVIV — U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance,
right, and Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin
share a joke as they shake hands after talking pri¬
vately during a reception at the home of Foreign
Minister Moshe Dayan in Tel Aviv on August 10. Begin,
who had gone out of his way lo avoid any public appear¬
ance of rift with Washington, told reporters after his
final session with Vance that the talks "were excel¬
lent" and were held "in the most friendly atmo-.
sphere." He ridiculed the press for predicting a-con¬
frontation.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
JERUSALEM (WNS) -
U.S. Secretary of State
Cyrus Vance ended his to¬
day visit to the Middle East
Aug. 11 after telling a press
conference here "fundamen¬
tal differences remain on
key issues of, procedure and
substance."
Vance arrived in Israel
after visiting Egypt,
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and
Saudi Arabia. He left Israel
making whirlwind'stops in
Amman, Damascus and
Alexandria, Egypt before Ar¬
riving in London, all in "one
day. -
The next step will be
separate talks .between
Vance and the foreign
ministers of Israel and the
Arab countries when the
United National General As¬
sembly convenes in New
York in September.
Although Vance told his
Jerusalem news conference
Aug. 10 that there were dif¬
ferences he still said he felt
that the Geneva Conference
could  be  reconvened  this
year. "We have found that in
some cases what appeared
to be irreconcilable dif¬
ferences," have disap¬
peared,' ' Vance said.
"My hope is that if we can
continue to deal more con¬
cretely with the specifics, we
will find it possible to further
narrow these differences,
and isolate those key issues
where it is impossible to nar¬
row the gap."
Israeli Premier Mena¬
chem Begin, on the other
hand, called his two days of
talks with Vance "ex¬
cellent." He said the talks
were "conducted in a most
friendly atmosphere" and
that "the momentum is
going on."
Begin also- claimed that
Vance-had scored "a great
achievement in the cause of
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 11)
Erwin Cohen To Head
Advanced Gifts Section
Agreement Approved In NY. Housing Dispute
Involving Hasidic, Black & Hispanic Residents
By Ben Gallob
' NEW YORK, (JTA) - An
agreement approved "in
federal district court here
Aug. 9 to end a sharp dispute
between whites • — mostly
Hasidic Jews t™, and
Hispanic and Black resi¬
dents in the Williamsburg
section of Brooklyn gives the
Hasidim 49 percent of the 532
apartments in a ' federal
housing project and the
minorities 51 percent, the at¬
torney for the Jews said Aug.
11.
At issue was the formula
for allocation of the apart¬
ments in the two 20-story and
Begin Admits Israel's Aid
to Lebanese Christians
TEL AVIV (WNS) -
Israel is providing military
aid to the Christians in south
Lebanon, Premier Mena¬
chem Begin told 100 Jewish
- leaders from the United
States and .Canada partici¬
pating in the 1977 Jerusalem
.Leadership Conference of
the Israel Bond Organiza¬
tion, The disclosure Aug. 8
was the first public admis¬
sion of this aid by an Israeli
leader.
"We help them mili-.
tartly," Begin told the group
assembled in the Knesset.
"It should not be a secret.
Public opinion in the United
States and the Christian
world should know it. With¬
out our military help' the
Christian minority would,
have been totally wiped out
long ago."
The premier also said
"when the barrage is opened
on the Christian villages we
train our fire on the origins
' of the hostile fire and then it
quiets down."
,   Meanwhile,     Lebanese
Christian.. .officers   visiting
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 10)
four six-story buildings
making up the Roberto
Clemente Plaza, according
to GabrieT Kaszovitz, at¬
torney for the United Jewish
Organizations of Williams¬
burg (UJO), an umbrella
agency for more than 100
Jewish organizations' in
Williamsburg.
Kent Village, the Hispanic-
domihated sponsoring or-'
ganization for Clemente
Plaza, initially, proposed to'
(he federal Housing and Ur¬
ban Development depart¬
ment and to the city Housing
and Development Ad¬
ministration, a plan for allo¬
cation under which apart¬
ments would be offered on a
75-25 ratio, with the minori¬
ties getting the 75 percent.
The two housing agencies
approved. ' \
Kaszovitz said he went into
New York Southern District
Federal Court to stop, the al¬
locations which he said were
actually being made on a,
basis of, 87-13 ratio.
Williamsburg Jews testified
in the trial that followed be¬
fore Judge Charles Tenney
that they would not accept
apartments as a 25 percent
minority in the housing pro¬
jects.
Tenney halted rentals last
•Dec. 23, describing the allo¬
cation plan as vague and or¬
dering all parties to come up
with a more clear-cut plan to
conform with the ethnic
/■
make-up of the community.
The attorney said that
between 60 and 75 minority
families had moved in by the
time Tenney issued his stay
but that he did not order
their eviction. After more
legal maneuverings by agen¬
cies for the minorities,
serious negotiations began
about three months ago
which ended in agreement
on a consent degree and a
stipulation by Tenney lifting
his stay on rentals, permit¬
ting renewal of apartment
' allocations' on the basis of
the 51-49 formula, which will
give Williamsburg Jews
about 250 apartments.
Kaszovitz said UJO offi¬
cials saw no problems as the
allocation was resumed in
the now completed six
buildings. He praised Mar¬
vin Schick, a political scien¬
tist-and former assistant to
Mayor Lindsay,~ and Lloyd
Deutsch of the city HDA for
their help in settling the dis¬
pute,  •
.Schick, who said he aided
the UJO in his capacity as
board, chairman' of the
federally-funded Legal As-
■ sistance for the Jewish Poor
project, citad the "precau¬
tions being taken" under the
agreement to insure the sta¬
bility of the project and the
surrounding neighborhood"
' and said he was "pleased"
he had been able to help in
the settlement.
"The success of the United
Jewish Fund Campaign is
dependent in large measure
bn the results of the Advance
Gifts Section. This year we
are fortunate that Erwin
Cohen, a dedicated leader in
the community and a worker
in our campaign for many
years, will be heading up this
section," Ernest Stern presi¬
dent -of The Columbus
Jewish Federation, has an-
'-nnunced.,:—>•"—•* - •
'*' "Under Erwin's leader¬
ship I am confident that the
1978 campaign will success¬
fully achieve its goal,1' Stern
commented on Cohen's-ap¬
pointment as chairman of
the Advance Gifts Division
for the 1978 United Jewish
Fund Campaign.
Cohen has been an active
worker in the United Jewish
Fund Campaign for many
years and has served as an
associate chairman of the
L
Erwin Cohen
Advance Gifts Section./He
has also served as a member
of the Board of Trustees of
the Columbus Jewish Feder¬
ation.
Assisting v with the many
duties of the section will be
vice-chairmen Bernard Yen¬
kin and Jack Wallick.
TEL AVIV (WNS) — Defense Minister Ezer Weiz¬
man said the IL 1.4 billion cut in Israel's defense bud¬
get will not harm the army's development and pre¬
paredness. He said that Chief of Staff. Gen. Mordechai
Gur, who had earlier indicated it woud, agrees with the
cuts. Weizman's remarks were made as he explained
that the budget decrease would mean that the army
would buy IL 622 million less from Israeli industry, and
cut construction by IL 153 million. The new budget
would also rediice purchase abroad by IL 550 million.
WASHINGTON (WNS) — Two Congressmen have
charged that the Carter Administration's proposal to
sell 60 F-15 warplanes and related equipment to Saudi
Arabia will threaten the "Fragile Balance of power" in
the Middle East, In a letter to President Carter, Reps.
Robert F. Drinan (D. MASS.) and Benjamin S. Rosen¬
thal (D. NY) said the planes "can only serve to destabi-
. lize the military balance, escalate the regional arms
race and violate the principles of the President's new
policy to restrain arms sales." The congressmen also
said they feared that if there was another Mideast war
Saudi Arabia might become involved.
NEW YORK (WNS) — Eleven of the 66 Vietnamese
refugees given asylum by Israel are planning to settle
in Iran, according to Uzi Narkiss head of the World
Zionist Organization's immigration'department. The
Vietnamese are living and studying Hebrew at an ab¬
sorption center at Ofakim, near Beersheba.
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