Rahamim Freed, 3 Arabs Sentenced
WINTERTHUR, Switzerland
—Three Arab commandos, one of
them a woman school teacher,
were sentenced by a Swiss court
Monday to 12 years at hard labor
for attacking an El Al airliner
and killing the Israeli pilot.
The El Al security guard, Mor-
dechai Rahamim, who was on trial
for killing a fourth terrorist, was
acquitted.
Court president Dr. Hans Gut an-1
nounced the verdict at the end of
a month-long trial of Rahamim and
the three Arabs—Mohammed Abu
El Heiga, 24; Tawfik Ibrahim Yous-
sef, 34; and Ahmina Dahbour, 22.
The three were credited with
307 days already served since the
machinegun attack on the El Al
jet at Zurich Airport Feb. 18
Rahamim 23, was found innocent
of killing Abden Mehsen under ex-
tenuating circumstances. The court
accepted his contention that he shot
the Arab in self-defense. Contend-
ing that Mehsen had thrown down
his gun before Rahamim shot him,
the prosecutor had demanded a
two-year term for Rahamim.
The three Arab defendants were
found guilty on six charges, includ-
ing premeditated killing, causing
grievous bodily harm and endager-
ing and disturbing public air traffic
and the lives of many persons.
The evidence showed Youssef
was the only one of the three who
actually fired at the plane with
his submachine gun. The other
gunman was Mehsen, while Heiga
and Miss Dahbour were supposed
to blow up the plane with explo-
sives after the passengers had been
removed. They were arrested be-
fore they could complete their
task.
Meanwhile three armed Arabs,
all alleged terrorists, were ar-
rested at Athens Airport Sun-
day as they were about to board
a TWA airliner which they ap-
parently intended to hijack, it
was reported here. The three
were seized after a TWA employe
found hand grenades in the lug-
gage of one of them.
The Arabs were identified as
Miss Abou Jhalil, 22, Issan Dou-
mit, 20, and Sami Abdoul 18. Police
said they were carrying forged
Lebanese passports. The three car-
ried tickets for Rome and Milan.
They were among 13 passengers
perparing to board TWA flight 841,
which originated in Tel Aviv and
was bound for New York via Rome.
The flight was delayed three hours
while police searched all luggage
and cargo aboard.
Police said that Frixos Serveto-
poulis, the TWA baggage master
Kraus-Kaplan Nuptials
to Be Exchanged in July
in Athens, spotted the grenades two terrorists threw a grenade
concealed among personal belong- into the El Al ticket office in
ings in Sami Abdoul's bag. Athens Athens last month killing a two
Airport officials have been examin- year-old Greek boy.
ing the luggage of passengers car-
Athens Airport was the scene of
rying Arab passports because of a grenade and machinegun attack
a recent series of hijackings and on an El Al airliner last Dec. 26
other incidentX by Arab com- which took the life of an Israeli
mandos.
passenger. The three Arabs ar-
Palestinian Arabs have been rested arrived in Athens from
banned from entering Greece since Beirut on Friday.
Panamanian Pledges More Aid to Israel
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Pana- contributions made by Panama's
manian ambassador pledged that Jewish community to the coun-
his country will continue to support
try's economy and thanked Israel
Israel without reservations in the
future as it has done in the past. for the technical aid it has ex-
Ambassador Elio Ortiz spoke at a tended to Panama.
luncheon given in his honor by the
Israel-Latin American Chamber of
Commerce. His words had parti-
cular significance in view of the Allen Verbal Spanking
abortive coup which briefly over-
MIAMI—Allen Ginsberg, radical
threw Panama's ruling military
poet whose style of dress—and un-,
junta last week.
dress—has been known to shock
The coup was organized by a the more conservative types, got
group of rebel colonels during the a dressing down from his father
absence in Mexico City of Gen. at a public lecture last Sunday in
Omar Torrijos, commander of the Temple Israel here.
Panamanian National Guard who
Dr. Louis Ginsberg, 71, a poet
is the "strongman" of the junta. and high school teacher, criti-
Gen. Torrijos returned to Panama cized his son for advocating legal-
on Tuesday and promptly quashed ization of marijuana and LSD. Dr.
the rebellion. He Was reported to Ginsberg arose at the session,
have the overwhelming support of shook a finger at his son—in his
the military and apparently of 40s—and said "Shame on you. I
most Panamanians. He has been can't condemn or push the use of
in power since his junta overthrew drugs, but I don't want the young-
President Arnulfo Arias in Octo sters to get in trouble with police,"
ber, 1968.
he said. Young Ginsberg squirmed.
But fathers will be fathers. Af-
Ambassador Ortiz praised the
ter the verbal exchange, they
kissed, and the congregation ap-
Pentagon Criticized
plauded.
In a subsequent Miami appear-
for Hike in Grape Buying
NEW YORK — An American ance, young Ginsberg was support-
Jewish Congress protest to the De- ed by his father, who deplored at-
fense Department on its policy of tempts by Marine Stadium officials
increased grape purchases brought to drown out Allen's poetry read-
a note of thanks from Cesar Cha- ing. "I don't approve of profanity,"
vez, director of the United Farm the elder man said, "but it's a
Workers Organizing Committee. greater evil to stop it."
There was continued silence, how-
ever, from the Pentagon.
In a letter to the Defense Secre-
tary Melvin R. Laird, Rabbi Arthur
J. Lelyveld of Cleveland, AJC
president, urged reconsideration of
"a policy that plainly favors the
grape growers in their present ef-
fort to defeat unionization of their 1
employees."
Rabbi Lelyveld noted that the
Defense Department's 1969 pur-
chase of grapes was up nearly
4,000,000 pounds from its 1968
level. He said, "The practical re-
sult of increased Department of
Defense purchases is to shore up
the price of grapes and permit
many growers to stand firm, in
their refusal to negotiate with the
workers."
Meanwhile, the U.S. Depart-
ment of Commerce said it has
under "serious investigation and
consideration" a protest lodged
by the American Jewish Con-
gress against a federal grant of
$181,500 to enhance a project
sponsored by Gerald L. K. Smith,
a professional peddler of racial
hate propaganda since the early
1930s.
The grant is for roads leading to
the "Christ of the Ozarks" statue
and the "Passion Play" at Eureka
Springs, Ark., where Smith has his
headquarters.
Some Hippies in Atlanta
Are Jewish but Most Not
ATLANTA (JTA) — There are I
Jewish youth among members of
%Aso
MISS CHERYL KRAUS
Mrs. Betty Kraus of Greenfield
Rd. announces the engagement of
her daughter Cheryl Beth to Alan
Gary Kaplan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip Kaplan of Adrian Rd.,
Southfield. Miss Kraus is the
daughter of the late Louis Kraus.
The prospective bride and bride-
groom, graduates of the University
of Michigan, attend Wayne State
University's school of medicine.
A July 12 wedding date is
planned.
the hippie community in Atlanta I
but "they are primarily not Jew-
ish in religious background," ac-
cording to a report by Dr. Jerry
Zaitlin, a pediatrician who has
been working with adolescents for
the past two years in a Hippy
Clinic in Atlanta, Dr. Zaitlin re-
ported on the young people to a
meeting of the Women's Commit-
tee of Temple Sinai.
Dr. Zaitlin described the young
users of the clinic as mainly
white, 17 to 22 years of age com-
ing from homes ranging from
middle class to well-to-do.
up to
Mister
• MARVIN
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Holiday Inn, Investors
From Norway to Build
Friday, December 26, 1969-27
Tourist Facilities in Israel
TEL AVIV — New developments
in tourism have been announced
here by U.S. and Norwegian in-
vestors.
Holiday Inn, Inc. will build two
luxury hotels of 500 to 600 rooms
each; wholly owned by a local
company set up by the corporation.
The total investment has been esti-
mated at $22,000,000.
Meanwhile, Norwegian investors
have finalized plans for the con-
struction of a "vacation village" at
Michmoret, on Israel's Mediter-
ranena coast, about half way be-
tween Tel Aviv and Haifa. The
total investment during the first
stage has been estimated at. $2,300,-
000.
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