Clashes Continue on All Mid East Fronts: Numerous Is r neli Casualties Are Reported TEL AVIV (JTA) — At leas Bank Leumi Announces Rise in Aggregate Assets THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, May 9, 1969-11 NEW YORK—An increase of 23 per cent aggregate assets has been t Syria demarcation line. Israeli forces on Irbid the duel three Egyptian commandos were announced by Bank Leumi le- believed to have been killed Toes ' In Cairo, the semi-official news- lasted several hours and was Israel, Tel-Aviv—parent company Vefrzco ELECTRONIC paper Al Abram again repeated broken off by the Jordanians when of First Israel Bank and Trust day night while trying to cross the - its GARAGE DOOR forecast that Israel would Israeli Air Forces jets appeared. Suez Canal, Israeli officials re Company of New York. - launch a "major blow" against OPENER ported. An Israel patrol spotted Egypt. The paper said that it was Ashdod .Yaacov came under In addition, a dividend of 13 per the boat which the raiders were imminent because of the "failure" shell fire soon after sunset. cent was announced at the annual using in an apparent attempt to of the April 30 Israeli commando Esther Yacobson, 77, was seri- general meeting of Bank Leumi land on the canal's East Bank. The raid on the Upper ously injured and was flown to a Tel Aviv. Nile Valley. patrol opened fire and later three Bank Leumi le-Israel is the larg- at hospital for surgery. Katya Lurie, Israeli Air Force jets struck bodies were seen floating in the saboteur bases in the Araba wild- 72, was hurt but was treated in the est banking organization in the en- water. tire Middle East, with 176 offices kibutz infirmary. Settlers rushed erness region of Jordan south of children to bomb shelters when the in Israel, and subsidiaries and of- The incident occurred at the the Dead Sea. CeR Evenings Until 9 fices throughout Europe and in shooting began. northern shore of the Great Bitter 353-3284 Two Israeli soldiers and two North and South America. Earlier in the week, six Israeli Lake. The officials said that corn mandos are equipped with life - Arab guerrillas were killed in a jets blasted guerrilla bases in Jor- brief but fierce gunfight in the re- dan in two separate raids as Is- jackets which keep them afloat sort town of El Hamma near the raeli and Jordanian ground forces when they land in the water. They southeast shores of the Sea of fought with artillery, mortars and reported also that commando boats Galile e on ri ay . Th ree Israelis tank guns south of the Sea of Gal- are linked to shore by a rope which makes it possible to pull the boat and two Arabs were wounded in flee. One Israeli soldier was fatally the fray which lasted three wounded in the counter. Five other back after it is -hit. soldiers were wounded. The tar- The Egyptians opened a day long , minutes. Last week an Israeli worker was gets of the jets were reportedly Friday, Aug 29—Monday, Sept. 1 cross canal barrage Tuesday morn- killed and 20 others were injured Wadi Al Yabess, Tel Al Sukkar and ing, using small arms, artillery, guerrillas detonated a mine Mashareh, all located in the north- mortars and anti-tank guns. The when ✓ New York Hilton ✓ Dinner Show — under a bus bound for El Hamma. ern Jordan Valley. Israelis returned the fire and ap- ✓ Round Trip Jet — Copacabana parently caused damage to Egyp- The Israel government began work Detroit-New York ✓ Radio City Music Hall tian canal positions. There were no four months ago on a modern spa ✓ Round Trip Transfer ✓ Boat Cruise around Casualties on the Israeli side and at El Mamma. Israel has another ot Airport-Hotel spa directly across the Sea of Gal- Manhattan no damage, except to one tractor ilee about two miles south of which was hit and pulled out for Tiberias. 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Near the Lebanese border, from which echoes of explosions and shooting exchanges were heard. through the night, appar- ently from clashes between Finally, fresh-ground percolated cof- Lebanese army regulars and fee freeze-dried into concentrated saboiuers. officials reported find- ing documents on two sabotuers form. And the most amazing part is it's killed on the Mount Hermon 97% caffein free. Add boiling water slopes, indicating the guerrillas were Syrian army regulars. One and the golden brown crystals turn document indicated that the back into the fresh-perked coffee they bearer, Mahmoud Yussuf Al Mouhamed. had permission to en- were formed from Took 20 ter any Syrian army base. It years to perfect. But It was bore: an official Syrian armed worth it. forces stamp, as well as a skull and crossbones imprint. It was reported by Beirut Radio that Syrian backed guerrillas at- tacked a Lebanese army base; Wednesday in the second day of such clashes. The commando raid on the Lebanese base came amid indications that the guerrillas might be Syrian army regulars seeking to open a new front against Israel from Lebanon. The fighting Wednesday reportedly was in the I town of Hasbayeh about six miles from the Israeli frontier and west of the occupied Golan Heights. In a related development, an Israeli army spokesman ridiculed a Damascus report that the "front for the liberation of Eritres" had f captured three Israeli officers al- legedly training Ethiopian com- mandos. The front is supported by Syria. Jordanian regulars fired rockets and mortars at three Israeli set- tlements in the Jordan and Beisan valleys Monday night. A military spokesman reported. He said the targets were Tel Katzir, Hamdiya and Neve Urr. Israeli return fire silenced the Jordanian batteries. . Clashes occurred in the Suez Canal zone and along the Israel- 4 DAY LABOR DAY NEW YORK WEEKEND MORIS HUPPERT — $140 BOOK COUZENS TRAVEL after 20 years, Loss Turned to Profit JERUSALEM (JTA)—Koor Ltd.. the industrial holding company of Histadrut, converted a $5,100,000 loss in 1967 to a $2,500,000 profit in 1968 and expects - to have a sur- plus by the end of this year, ac- cording to its managing director, Maj. Gen. Meir Amit. There are 34 companies in Israel wholly owned or partially owned by Koor. Among them are Solel Boneh, the building cooperative, and the Mekorot Water Co., both giants by Israeli standards. The total turn- over last year was $160,000,000. . Sanka is a General Foods brand name for 97t, caffein free coffee.