Arabs Invite Thant
to Visit Mid East
for UNRWA Talks
NEW YORK (JTA) — Prime
ministers of four Middle East coun-
tries have invited United Nations
Secretary-General U Thant to visit
the Middle East, ostensibly in con-
nection with budgetary problems
of the United Nations Relief and
Works Agency, a World-Telegram
and Sun correspondent reported
from Beirut, Lebanon.
The correspondent reported that,
if the secretary-general is per-
suaded to visit the Middle East,
hope has been expressed by "ob-
servers" in Beirut that he might
succeed in breaking the deadlock
in the Middle East crisis.
The invitations from the prime
ministers were extended on a
"personal visit" basis, the corres-
pondent reported, to avoid the
"acrimonious debate that would
surely erupt" if Thant asked for
an official mandate from the Se-
curity Council or the General As-
sembly.
The correspondent quoted "dip-
lomatic sources" in Beirut as as-
serting that the UN official should
spend at least two days in the
capitals of each of the four "host"
countries in which UNRWA con-
ducts its activities for Palestinian
Arab refugees — Jordan, Lebanon,
Syria and Egyptian-administered
Gaza Strip.
(No mention was made in the
dispatch of a possible visit by
Thant to Israel. But it was pointed
out at the United Nations that,
if the secretary-general were to
go to the Middle East, he could
not avoid including Israel in his
itinerary.)
ell your wife
to stay home
for a chat' e.
Here's a good
excuse for you to
go to Northland.
Singer Describes
His Early Years
in Newest Book
"Things so fantastic happen in
life that no imagination could have
invented them."
Isaac Singer, author of many
noteworthy works of fiction opens
one of the incidents in his new
book "In My Father's Court," to
be published by Farrar, Straus and
Giroux on May 2.
Though it reads like fiction, "In
My Father's Court" is actually a
collection of remembrances from
Singer's childhood. His father, a
rabbi whose "court' was held in a
teeming Jewish quarter of Warsaw,
heard disputes, performed mar-
riages, issued divorces, and settled
questions of religious law while the
young Singer eagerly listened—
and remembered.
Among the characters he recalls
is a man who, insisting he would
soon die of an incurable disease,
came twice each year to revise his
will until its terms, some 20 years
later, were too long and compli-
cated to be carried out.
Then there is the ancient wash-
erwoman whose sense of duty to
her employers was so intense that
she would not allow herself to die
until the last piece of linen had
been returned to its owner. For
sheer incredibility, this story is
surpassed only by that of a mar-
ried couple who were extravagant-
ly in love, even in advance old age.
To the dismay of the Singers and,
indeed, the entire neighborhood,
the devoted wife railroaded her
husband into divorcing her and
marrying a younger woman. Her
explanation—he could still become
a father and she wanted only his
happiness.
If yod need an excuse, here's a fine one :
Phillips Men's Store. Park in Lots "G" or "H" at the south side of the center, near
Best & Co. Go ahead.
Take a look at what probably is the most complete selection of Florsheims and Hush
Puppies® anywhere in the area. And besides that, take a look at what probably is the
most unusual shoe store you've ever been in.
Unless, of course, you're used to a shoe store that has exceptionally comfortable
captains' chairs, a fireplace, luxurious carpeting, and the relaxing feeling of a gentle-
men's club. (If you're not used to it, it's not hard to get used to !)
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But don't think you have to pay for everything . . . Florsheims start at just $19.95,
Hush Puppies® at just, $10.99.
Say . . . now you've got lots of excuses.
PHILLI
NY Gallery to Auction
Collection of Judaica
Astor-Birnbaum Galleries, 754
Broadway, New York City, will
auction off an important private
collection of Judaica noon April 21.
Silver ritual objects, pointers,
Spice containers, amulets, Hanuka
and Sabbath lights, Esther Scrolls,
esrog boxes and Hebrew texts are
to be sold and will be on exhibi-
tion at the gallery 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
April 18 and 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• April 19 e ti..-1Pliqe
NORTHLAND CENTER
Use Lots "G" or "H" at south end of center
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