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Reagan's And Kohl's Visit To Bitburg
'Lifted The Scab On Dark Corners
Mayor Dana Rinehart (left) is pictured with Mayor
Teddy Kollek (center) of Jerusalem at the International Conference of Mayors in Israel. Columbus Jew-
• ish Federation President Jack L. Wallick (right)
accompanied the mayor, who will be giving his impressions of Israel at a Federation Open Board Meeting on
June 11.
Mayor Rinehart To Address
Community On Israel Trip
"Mayor Dana Rinehart
will address the Columbus
Jewish community on his
impressions of Israel at an
open Federation board meeting on June 11," announced
Jack L. Wallick, Federation
president.
"Seeing Israel's dynamism, the beauty of the
country, the warmth of the
people, provided the mayor
with an inspirational experience that he wants to share
with us," said Wallick.
"From Columbus to Jerusalem" — the Mayor's Impressions will be presented
at 8 p.m. in the Schottenstein
Auditorium of the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center. A dessert reception will follow the
meeting.
Joan and Jack Wallick accompanied the mayor, his
wife, Carol, and his mother,
Kay, to the Sixth Jerusalem
Council of Mayors from
April 29-May 3. The mayor
was one of 30 participants at
the Conference, which was
held under the aegis of the
U.S. Conference of Mayors
and the American Jewish
Congress. Funds for the Israel trip were raised privately.
The meeting is free and
open to the entire Columbus.
Jewish community. It is
sponsored by the Board of
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Trustees and the Community
Relations Committee of the
Federation. Reservations
may be made by phoning the
Federation, 237-7686, ext. 24.
NEW YORK (JTA) - The
visit by President Reagan
and Chancellor Helmut Kohl
to the Bitburg military
cemetery on May 5 "lifted
the scab on dark corners of
recent German history" revealing vindictive anti-Semitism just beneath the surface
in that Bavarian town,
according to a first-hand
report by NBC News correspondent Marvin Kalb
which confirms the worst
fears of Jews and others who
had protested against Reagan's visit.
Kalb, in an op-ed page
column in the New York
Times last week, said he
visited the cemetery the
morning after Reagan and
Kohl were there and talked
to Germans, young, middle-
Bank One To Receive
Anti-Defamation League
Civic Commitment Award
Bank One, Columbus will
be presented with the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith's Civic Commitment
Award. Robert H. Potts,
chairman of the board, will
accept the award at a tribute
dinner on June 20 at the
Hyatt Regency Columbus.
J. Patrick Ross of Rax
Restaurants, Inc.; and
Herbert.H. Schiff, chairman
of the Board of SCOA Industries Inc., are dinner chairmen. The event will begin
with a cocktail reception followed by dinner.
The Anti-Defamation
League honors Bank One,
Columbus with the Civic
Commitment Award in
recognition of its service to
all sectors of society and its
accomplishments in enriching community life. Under
Potts' leadership, during the
past year Bank One has provided financial support to
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He wrote that the cemetery which had been "largely ignored" for years, has
become "an instant shrine."
He saw "small flower pots
marking many flat graves,
49 of them honoring Waffen
SS troops. By the end of my
visit, many hundreds of Germans and occasional'Americans from the nearby Air
Force base paused before
the wreaths. Some took pictures. Mothers hushed children. A religious air seemed
to saturate the place."
Kalb reported, "Six feet to
the left of the President's
wreath stood an equally
impressive one. Across its
banner: 'To the Waffen SS
who fell at Leningrad.' No
more than a foot to the right
of the Chancellor's was another wreath: 'For the fallen
comrades of the Waffen
SS.' "
He disclosed that both
wreaths "had been placed in
the chapel, out of sight,
hours before the President
over 150 civic or community
non-profit organizations involved in human services,
education, health, community development and
culture. Established in cooperation with the City of Columbus, the Bank One Marathon has continued to grow
since its introduction in 1980.
This annual event draws several hundred thousand spectators as well,as over 4,000
runners from across' the
country and many foreign
countries. '
According to Schiff, "Bank
' One of Columbus truly de-
seves this award for its outstanding achievements in
improving the quality of life
in our community."
The event, which will
benefit the Anti-Defamation
League Foundation, is being
coordinated by Alan S.
Katchen, regional director of
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arrived. They wei;e restored
to their original places of
honor only hour.s after he
left.
Most disturbing was
Kalb's report of a conversation with natives of Bitburg.
One, "who looked to be in his
20s," is quoted as saying,
" 'We Germans and Americans had been cooperating
very well' — he lowered his
voice—'until the Jews began
to make trouble.'
"Another Bitburger
zeroed in on Elie Wiesel.
'Imagine the nerve of a Jew
lecturing President Reagan.
I saw him on television
making trouble the way they
all do.'
"An old woman complained that Mr. Reagan had
spent only eight minutes at
the cemetery. 'You know
why the visit had to be cut
back? Because of the Jews.'
She stalked away to join a
group of friends nodding in
agreement.
"A man with a cane stopped and said: 'If they don't
like it here," the Jews," let
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them go away. We were better off without them in Germany.' There are only 28,000
left, he was reminded. 'Too
many,' he replied."	
Three Countries To
Coordinate Efforts
To Capture Mengele
JERUSALEM (WNS) -
Representatives of the attorney general of Israel, the
United States and West Germany met for two days in
Frankfurt several weeks ago
to coordinate their activities
in the worldwide search for
Josef Mengele, the notorious
Auschwitz death camp doctor.
Dennis Goldman, of the international affairs division
of the Israel Attorney General's Office, disclosed that
the three countries had
reached an agreement on
opening direct communications between them for exchange of information both
„on the legal and investiga-
..   "   '(CONTINUED ON PAGE 11)
Pictured are last year's Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center Sports Spectacular chairman
Ron Feerer (front row, third from right) and this year's chairman Dr. Bruce Meyer
(front row, fourth from left) with last year's committee and guest stars.
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center Sports Spectacular
Scheduled For Monday, Aug. 12, At Winding Hollow
Chairman of the Fourth
Annual Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center's Sports Spectacular Dr. Bruce Meyer announces that this year's
event will be held on Monday, Aug. 12, at Winding Hollow Country Club.
Dr. Meyer, who replaces
Ron Feerer, chairman for
the past three years, comments that this year's event
will continue with the
legends format.
In the past, the,specta
cular has had such celebrities as Red Auerbach, Al
McGuire, Jim Valvano,
Byron Nelson, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Donna Caponi and
Fred Stolle participate
during the day-long event.
"This year's guest will also
be very special," says
Meyer, "and the official announcements will be made
shortly."
The Sports Spectacular
will once again be sponsored
by Sig and Rita Munster. So
far, the event has raised
over $30,000 for the New
Building and The Health and
Physical Education Endowment Fund.
The committee working together on this day include:
Hal Block, Myrna Brand-
wein, Stan. Dritz, Ron
Feerer, Irv Flox, Harvey
Handler, Sue Harmon, Tom
Kaplin, David Madison, P.J.
Maybruck, Sig Munster, Bill
Roth, Gary Schottenstein,
Sandy Schwartz and Sandy
Solomon. ■
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