Four Firms Form
Holding Company
Four Detroit-based firms which
in 1968 did an approximate $40,-
000,000 in gross sales through a
variety of manufacturing services
and processes related to the steel
and metals indus-
try, have been
joined in a hold-
ing company to
do business in the
United State s,
South and Central
America. the Ori-
ent and Europe.
The announce-
ment of the new-
ly-cre ated Key
International, Inc.
Keywell
was made by
Barney L. Keywell. chairman of
the board, and Joel D. Tauber,
president.
The four companies that will
form the nucleus of Key Inter-
national are Samuel G. Key•eil
Co., Towne Robinson Fastener
Co., Hancock Steel Co.. and Bar-
ney L. Keywell Co.
All the firms will continue to
operate as separate manufactur-
ing and service entities under their
current management with Key
International executives providing
consulting and administrative ser-
vices. All four firms will contribute
executive talent to Key Inter-
national.
Leiter Troth
Kushner-
Told, October Date Set
MISS MARLENE KUSHNER
Mr. and Mrs. Max R. Kushner
of Kingston Rd., Huntington Woods,
announce the engagement of their
daughter Marlene Sue to Cary S.
Leiter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
mond Leiter of Oak Valley Dr..
Farmington.
The couple has set their wed-
ding date as Oct. 5.
Bar Kokhba Story
-
in Son of a Star
I
'
Simon Bar Kokhba, named Son
of a Star, by Israel's philosopher
Rabbi Akiba and chosen by him to
lead the Judean warrior bands
against the Romans, is a heroic
figure worthy of any age or people.
The story of the great uprising
which occurred between 132 and
135 CE is the material of epic
drama and author Andrew Meisels
has employed it authentically and
with considerable skill.
"Son of a Star," to be published
by G. P. Putnam's Sons June 30,
portrays the truly extraordinary
battle scenes which brought to-
gether classically-trained Roman
troops and Judean guerrillas led
by Simon. An unorthodox com-
mander, Simon was able to with-
stand overwhelming Roman su-
periority in numbers by deploying
his troops in strategic commando
raids and engagements worthy of
the great military commanders in
history. Only when victory was in
the air did he seriously risk defeat
by refusing to compromise with
the seemingly humbled Romans.
In "Son of a Star," the story has
been given new life.
DID
YOU
KNOW
THAT... ■
Israeli immigration authorities
estimate 1970 immigration will be
50,000?
The United Jewish Appeal has
raised more than $2,000,000,000 for
humanitarian aid to needy Jews ;
overseas and for the transportation
and settlement of Jewish immi-
grants going to Israel and other
free lands since its inception in
1939?
There are more than 200 Jews in
Egyptian prisons who have been
there since the Six-Day War?
Emma Lazarus, the poetess who
wrote the inscription on the Statue
of Liberty, was inspired by news
stories of bloody persecutions of
the Jews in Russia?
In the past year and a half, Is-
rael has suffered proportionately
more people killed by terrorist
activity than the United States has
lost in Vietnam over the past three
years?
There are 4,079 Jewish congre-
gations in the United States?
The United Jewish Appeal has
helped save and rebuild the lives
of more than 3,000,000 Jewish vic-
tims of war and oppression?
Yiddish is approximately 1,000
years old?
Approximately 3,000 Jews who
fled Czechoslovakia, received asses-
' tance from the Joint Distribution
Committee in Vienna between Aug-
ust and December, 1968?
Brandeis University. founded in
1948, is the first Jewish- sponsored
nonsectarian institution of higher
learning in the Western Hemis-
phere?
Jews in Iraq constitute the old-
est Jewish community in the world
aside from Israel?
United Jewish Appeal funds have
helped over 379,000 Jews to emi-
grate to the United States, Canada.
Australia, Argentina. Brazil and
other countries of permanent hav-
en?
Dr. Jonas Salk, discoverer of the
vaccine against Polio, was born in
New York, the son of a garment
center worker?
Your contribution of 10 cents a
day, or $36.50 a year, to the United
Jewish Appeal, would provide an
Israeli child with a hot lunch for a
year?
The defense budget of Israel for
fiscal year 1969 is 20 ('I- of the Gross
National Product, compared to 10
per cent for the United States?
It is estimated that over 80 per
cent of American Jewish children
receive some Jewish education in
!the course of their elementary
school attendance?
The Falashas are a tribe of black
Jews in Ethiopia?
Over 1,000 Jewish newspapers and
periodicals in about 25 languages
appear in all parts of the world?
In Israel, one out of five people
lives in poverty, defined at less
than $115 per family per month?
Hagada, the book containing the
Passover service, is from the Heb-
rew word meaning narration?
Judaic posts in American uni-
versities have increased from
12 in 1945 to 60 in 1965?
Arable . land in Israel has more
than doubled since 1948?
Senator Jacob K. Javitz grew up
in New York's lower East Side,
the son of immigrant parents?
Tel Aviv, the largest city in Is-
rael, means in Hebrew "Hill of
Spring?"
There are 6,000 Iraqi troops sta-
tioned in Syria, part of a unified
command against Israel?
Over 45 per cent of the people in
Israel live in non-profit-making
housing, jointly owned by the Jew-
ish Agency and the government?
It is estimated that 3 per cent of
the population of Israel is in uni-
form and on active service, all
year round, a figure almost double
to America's military conscription?
Emile Zola, French novelist and
founder of the naturalistic school
of writing, was instrumental in un-
covering and rectifying the anti-
Semitism inherent within the Drey-
fus Affair?
In Israel, one out of four people
lives in overcrowded, substandard
conditions?
Your contribution to the United
Jewish Appeal finances vast wel-
fare. medical, reconstruction and
immigration programs on behalf of
850.000 destitute Jewish men, wo-
men and children throughout the
world?
Rabbi Ben Joseph Akiba, the
great talmudic scholar and leader
of his people, was an ignorant
shepherd until 40 years of age?
At the beginning of 1969, the
Jewish Agency Absorption Center
in Haifa housed 347 immigrants
from 29 countries?
Rembrandt was the first master
to artistically show Jews not as
caricatures, but as individuals en-
dowed with human dignity?
Jews comprise approximately
2.95 per cent of the total population
of the United States?
Randy Heller Betrothed
to Barry Alan llitnick
When they come downstairs
from their ivory towers, idealists
are apt to walk straight into the
gutter.—Logan Pearsall Smith.
Larry Freedman
Orchestra and Entertainment
647-2367
Herb & Marilynn Shapiro's
BEL-CREST STUDIO
33195 Grand River
MISS RANDY HELLER
at Farmington Road
WEDDINGS • PORTRAITS
BAR MITZVAS
474-7762
Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Heller
of Stahelin Ave. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Randy
Louise to Barry Alan Mitnick, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mitnick
of Scottsdale Rd., Farmington.
The bride-elect currently is a
student at Wayne State University.
FOR THE BEST IN
MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
SAM EMMER
PERSONALIZED
PARTY FAVORS
China & Boutique Items
Novelty Pens
The newest invitations and
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358-0938
646-6138
Great Lakes Yacht Club
Launches Sailing Season
for
elegance
everyday . • •
Don Snider's Pearson 43 sloop,
Flying Jenny II, bested more than
200 sailing yachts in the Great
Lakes Yacht Club's fourth annual
Early Bird Distance Regatta last
weekend on Lake St. Clair.
Other Great Lakes Yacht Club
sailors who won trophies are Eug-
ene Mondry's Leading Edge, first
in Cruising B; Dr. Dave Levin's
Ingenue, second in Cruising E; and
Sanford Rossen's Spindrift, sailed
by son Jim Rossen, second in the
Ensign Class.
New this year at the club are
an extensive harbor with new
boat wells, additions to the club's
men's and women's locker rooms
and enlarged kitchen facilities.
Great Lakes has instituted a
junior sailing program to teach
the art of sailing to sons and
daughters of members.
For information regarding this
program, which is open to non-
members as well, call Dr. Ray
Jacobs, DR 1-8600.
The club also features a swim-
ming pool and boat wells for mem-
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 30, 1969-27
allen's
salon
Coolidge at 9 Mile
LI 2-1398
Oak Park Center
GENUINE _
FUR PILLOWS
Largest Selection in the City
ber-owned sailboats and cruisers.
Father's Day Gift
-Trees in Israel
The planting of trees as a tribute
to father on Father's Day, June
15, again is recommended by the
Jewish National Fund. Certificates,
bearing the names of those honor-
ed , (or memorialized) and the
names of the donors, will be mail-
ed to the honored fathers, or to the
relatives of those who are deceas-
ed.
David P. Zack, JNF president,
stated that "There is no more dig-
nified way of honoring father than
the planting of trees in. Israel. A
tree is a symbol of life. A grow-
ing tree is a living tribute to him."
Zack cited the importance of
trees to Israel's economy, con-
tinuing that "The trees planted,
in addition to serving as a sym-
bol of life, or as a perpetuation
of the memory of a loved one,
also help the state of Israel
greatly in its ever growing eco-
nomic structure,"
Certificates can now be ordered
froin the Jewish National Fund
office, 399-0820, or through JNF
tree chairmen of affiliated organ-
izations.
The JNF office, 22100 Green-
field, Oak Park, will be open 10
a.m.-2 p.m. June 15, for the con-
venience of those who may want
to pick up certificates on-their way
to visit with their fathers: '
NEMETH BROS. DRAPERIES
Interior Decorating
8520 W. NINE MILE ROAD
546-0930
Oak Park,
Mich,
546-2080
MICHIGAN BANKARD HONORED