Euromart Executive
Relaxes Stand on
Holiday Party Ends in Tragedy
Import of Oranges
BRUSSELS (JTA)—The execu-
tive commission of the European
Common Market proposed a reduc-
tion in the minimum price for im-
ported oranges, which will ease a
crippling threat to Israeli citrus
sales in the six Euromart coun-
tries.
At the insistence of Italy, the
only Euromart country selling cit-
rus fruit to other Euromart coun-
tries, a reference price system was
set up which would have boosted
retail price substantially on citrus
fruits imported from Israel, Spain
and Morocco. Israel'and the two
other non-member countries had
protested the plan strongly.
The commission's new proposal
goes to the Euromart Council of
Ministers, the key decision-making
body of the six-nation bloc, which
is expected to approve it.
Israel citrus growers and eco-
nomic circles received the de-
cision with considerable satis-
faction.
Under the original proposal, the
six-nation trade block set a price
on imported oranges which would
have forced Israel to pay about $20
per ton on its orange exports to
a -European fund to support the
A lone fireman leaves the Jewish Community Center in Yonkers,
development of Italian agriculture. N.Y., after the city's worst fire snuffed out the lives of nine chil-
It also would have forced retail dren and three adults trapped on the top floor during a holi-
prices up for Israeli oranges in the
day party. One of the victims was a mother who rescued her own
six nations. Under the new ar-
daughter and then rushed back into the building in an attempt to
rangement, the minimum price save other children.
will approximate the real price
of Israeli citrus fruits in the Euro-
mart countries.
The change was credited here to
a large extent to the coordination
of Israeli protests with Spain and
YONKERS (JTA) — Police who are heading the major investi-
Morocco, two countries with which
here
continued to investigate the gations, said they would release no
it does not have diplomatic rela-
possibility that last week's fire at more information until their probes
tions.
the Jewish Community Center were completed.
Offers of help from Jews and
here, which killed 12 persons in-
non-Jews from all parts of the
cluding nine children, may have
country poured into the offices
For Some
been set deliberately.
Officials of both the municipal. of the Yonkers Jewish Center,
of the
ity and the Jewish Center, who the National Jewish Welfare
best buys
would not permit their names to Board reported.
Sanford Solender, executive vice
on new
be used, said that the tragedy
president of the JWB, said that in
appeared to be a case of arson.
Pontiacs
Last weekend, police released Yonkers, the Young Women's
and
two teen-agers who were ques- Christian Association had provided
Tempests
tioned about the fire for 12 hours. space to the Jewish Center for a
One of the youths was reported temporary office and the Young
ASK
to have confessed, but later with- Men's Christian Association had
drew his confession. The names offered its facilities for Jewish
FOR
of the youths, who are reported Center programming.
Synagogues, churches, women's
to be under surveillance, were not
disclosed. Both are believed to organizations and fraternal orders
have been employed at the Jewish in Yonkers offered help and the
local Junior Chamber of Com-
Center.
Officially, however, city authori- merce announced it was eager to
ties declined to confirm suspicions conduct a community-wide fund-
of arson in the case. City Manager raising drive to restore the Jewish
18650 LIVERNOIS
block South of 7
Frederick Adler and County Dis- Center building, he said.
UN 3-9300
At the same time, the JWB dis-
trict Attorney Leonard Rubenfeld,
tributed to its 800 affiliated cen-
ters and YW - YMCAs a special
listing of safety guides as a step
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF THE HEBREW
to help avert similar tragedies.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS
The JWB memorandum to t h e
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WILL TAKE PLACE ON
centers throughout the country
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1966, 8:30 P.M., AT
said that "a life-consuming fire
THEIR BUILDING, 26640 GREENFIELD ROAD, OAK PARK,
MICHIGAN.
has been virtually unknown in
Jewish Community Center his-
THE FOLLOWING ARE IN NOMINATION:
tory" and that the safety guides
Samuel S. Portner
Hyman Karp
Hillel L. Abrams
list had been prepared to assure
Benjamin J. Poss
Samuel A. Kayne
David Anbender
that "never again will such a trag-
David Richman
Nathan Korby
Jacob Arbit
Louis Rose
edy occur."
Philip Langwald
Jacob Bacow
Isadore Rosenberg
Louis Langwald
David I. Berris
JWB-affiliated centers through-
Nathan P. Rossen
Joseph Lee
Sen. Charles S. Blondy
out the country had offered to
Solomon Rubin
Louis Levine
Samuel Brezner
Nathan
Samet
Sam Levine
Nathan Brightman
hold fund-raising drives and to
Ben Schneider
William I. Liberson
Barney Citrin
loan equipment and supplies to
Harry Schumer
Hyman Lipsitz
Harry E. C,itrin
Abraham Schwartz
Dr. Hugo Mandelbaum
Isadore R. Cohen
the stricken Yonkers Center.
Renovated Center Brightens Life
for Montmartre Jews From N. Africa
Yonkers Probes Suspicions of Arson
in Fatal Fire at Community Center
Packer Pontiac
Meyer I. Cooper
Morris Dorn
I. Irving Feldman
Jacob Foon
Joseph Franovitz
Leo B. Furst
Joe Gorman
Ben Grant
J. Irving Grant
Paul Jacobs
Abe Miller
Edward Miller
Solomon Miller
Hyman Mitnick
Mayer Mitnick
Sam Nelson
Isadore Niss
Jacob Nosanchuk
Abraham Paull
Harry Portner
Isadore Sherr
Isadore Silverman
A. M. Silverstein
Samuel S. Simmer
Mrs. Ida Solomon
Isadore Sosnick
Fred H. Stocker
Philip Stollman
Harry Weingarden
Meyer Weisberg
OTHER NOMINATIONS CAN BE MADE IN THE FORM OF
A PETITION, SIGNED BY 30 MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING,
and PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT AT LEAST 3 DAYS
BEFORE THE MEETING.
Nasser Invited to Cyprus
CAIRO — Abdel Nasser was *
officially invited to visit Cyp- *
rus, according to "El Ahram,"
official organ of the Egyptian gov- *
ernment. The invitation to Nasser *
was presented by L. Kalridas.
speaker of the Cyprus parliament.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
6—Friday, December 31, 1965
of the Merkaz community and
representatives of the cooperating
organizations, the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee, the Conference on
Jewish Material Claims Against
Germany, the Fonds Social Juifi
and the Central British
Fund for Jewish Relief and. Re-
habilitation.
PARIS—The once-dreary, drafty
inadequate Day and Night Shel-
ter, the youth and community
center of the North African
Jewish "Casbah," was rededicated
recently as a cheerful haven for
the deprived youngsters of this
area.
In this section of the 18th ar-
rondissement, in the labyrinth of
Montmartre, transplanted children
from Algeria had to play in the
streets because there was no room
in their overcrowded tenements.
Now the youth and community
center, at 12 rue des Saules,
known as the Merkaz de Mont-
martre, will be able to provide
enlarged facilities for Talmud-
Torah classes, recreation and
study space.
Attending the dedication were
the mayor of Montmartre, the
grand rabbi of Paris, the chairman
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