Beats Peak Year of 1967

Detroit Bond Sales Set All-Time Record

David Pollack, general
chairman of the Detroit Is-
rael Bond Campaign, an
nounced that the official fig-
ure released by the national
Israel Bond office showed

Detroit with $5,603,150 in
cash sales for the year end-
ing Dec. 31. This amount was
$1,080,000, or 24 per cent
higher than in 1971. It was
also $500,000 higher than the

Firings Expected in the Wake
of Bangkok Embassy Seizure

JERUSALEM (JTA) -
Knowledeable sources said
that "heads will roll" here
as a result of the seizure of
the Israeli Embassy in
Bangkok Dec. 28 by four
armed Arab terrorists, who
held six Israelis hostage for
. 19 hours before they were
persuaded to release them
unharmed.
The sources said that re-
signations would be demand-
ed from certain officials
responsible for the security
of Israeli missions abroad
because of the ease with
which the terrorists entered
and took over the embassy.
Gen. Aharon Yariv, Pre-
mier Golda Meir's special
security adviser, reported to
the cabinet on measures that
have already been taken to
tighten security at Israeli
legations abroad. There were
n o indications, however,
what those measures were or
what lessons were learned
from the Bangkok incident.

tippers. As a result, the Am-
erican Hotel is not taking
any more bookings from
Arabs, said the manager,
Somnuk Sinhabaedya.
According to newspaper
reports here, Arab terrorists
planned to attack the Israeli.
Embassy in Bucharest last
month, but the plot was
foiled by Romanian secret
police.
It wz,s to have been made
simultaneously with the
seizure of the Israeli Em-
bassy in Bangkok.
Foreign ministry sources
confirmed Wednesday that
the Bucharest authorities
took special precautions be-
fore and during the Bangkok
incident on the basis of a tip.

1967 Six-Day War year peak
figure of $5,100,000.
Pollack said that while the
recent world population cen-
sus report in the Jewish
News showed that "Detroit is
tied for 12th place among
Jewish communities" it is
ninth in the amount of Israel
Bonds sold and well over $1,-
000,000 ahead of neighboring
Cleveland, the other com-
munity which, like Detroit,

Rabbi Sees Threat
in Evangelical Effort

BOSTON (JTA) - The ag-
gressive campaign to "call

the continent to Christ" by
the Christian evangelical pro-
gram Key '73 was called a
threat to the concept of
American pluralism by Rabbi
James A. Rudin of New
York, assistant director of
the interreligious affairs de-
partment of the American
Jewish Committee.
Addressing 1,300 high school
teen-agers at the 22nd an-
nual convention of the United
Synagogue Youth, Rabbi Ru-
din said:
"If evangelical Christanity
were to become de facto
American religion, Jews and

Judaism would be seen as
less than equal within the
American community. A
Christian missionary move-
ment based upon the nega-

tion and denigration of Juda-

DAVID POLLACK

has a Jewish population of

ism as a living faith, as a
complete religion, can de-
stroy the very existence of
the Jewish people."

10-Friday, Jam. 12, 1973

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80,000.
Pollack reported that De-
troit's 24 per cent increase
contrasted with the over-all
national increase of about
7.5 per cent from $251,476,-
000
to $270,400,000. Pollack
The sources declined to
comment on the Romanian also noted a 10 per cent
role but hinted that it had growth in individual sales as
against the over-all rise of
been very effective.
According to reports, the less than 1 per cent in indi-
terrorists in Bangkok boast- vidual sales.
The community's Israel
ed to their six Israeli host-
ages that "at this very mo- Bond record from the year of
its
inaugration in 1 9 5 1
It is believed that In ad- ment" the embassy at Bu-
through 1972 is• as follows:
dition to the forced resigna- charest was under attack.
tions of some officials, oth-
Israel meanwhile has 1951, $2,041,700; 1952, $1,-
ers may be in fine for of- agreed to a request from the 214,750; 1 9 5 3, $970,200;
*
ficial reprimands.
Thai government to return 1954, $1,001,200; 1955, $858,- *
850;
1956,
$963,550;
1957,
One of the latter is said the bodies of two Arab ter-
*
to be Israeli's ambassador rorists killed in a gun battle $965,250; 1958, $782,150; *
to Cambodia, Shimon Avi- with Israeli security forces 1959, $902,350; 1960, $1,037,- *
mor, who was visiting the after they seized a Sabena 900; 1961, $1,233,950; 1962, *
Bangkok embassy when it airliner at Lod Airport last $1,287,300; 1963, $1,736,200;
1964, $2,250,150; 1965, $2,-
was seized and became one May 8.
528,550; 1966, $2,366,100;
of the hostages.
The return of the two
Avimor is expected to be bodies was one of the de- 1967, $5,100,700; 1968, $3,-
called on the carpet for leav- mands made by the terror- 004,850; 1969, $3,325,750;
84,-
ing Pnompenh for Bangkok ists. The Israeli announce- 1970, $4,508,600; 1971,
without informing Jerusalem. ment said Israel accepted 523,250 and, 1972, $5,803150. *
The Metropolitan Detroit
According to unconfirmed Thailand's request "in ap-
reports from Damascus, the preciation of the stand adopt- Israel Bond Campaign office,
four terrorists who failed in ed by the Thai government located in the Greenfield
their mission have been tried in the case of the Bangkok North Building, 24611 Green-
field, two blocks south of
in absentia by a revolution- hostages."
10 Mile Rd. in Southfield, in- *
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cludes Detroit and all sur-
sentenced to death and one
$2.5 Million for PLO rounding suburbs up to Pon-
to 20 years' imprisonment.
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Demanded
in
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The terrorists, given safe
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hostages - Embassy First
Secretary Nissan Hadass and
his wife, Ruth-returned to
Israel on leave and were to
meet with Foreign Minister
Abba Eban.

Due home shortly are
Pinhas Lavie, who was head
of the consular section at
the Bangkok embassy, and
Dan Beeri, an attache, and
his wife, Sara.
In Bangkok, it was learned
that the four terrorists left
behind a hotel bill for $324
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