THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday; filcirth 22, 1974- ,-25
Egypt OKs Proposal for Study
of Violations of Conventions
GENEVA — Egypt has ac-
cepted a proposal that a
special commission be estab-
lished to investigate charges
of violations by both sides of
the 1949 conventions protect-
ing war victims during the
Arab-Israel conflict.
The Egyptian Ambassador,
Abdullah el-Erian, called his
government's decision a
"positive step of goodwill."
The international commit-
tee of the Red Cross made
the proposal last December
to Egypt, Syria and Israel
as the two Arab States and
Israel charged each other
with failure to abide by the
international rules for insur-
ing humane treatment of
prisoners and other war vic-
tims.
A spokesman for the all-
Swiss international commit-
tee said that neither Syria
nor Israel had yet replied.
The Egyptian reply had been
forwarded to Jerusalem for
study, a committee spokes.
man said
The Egyptian ambassador
said that in its reply Cairo
had insisted that the investi-
gation extend back to the
Mrs. Sadat Answers Letter
I From
Sister of Missing Israeli
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — An
exchange of letters between
the wife of Egyptian Presi-
dent Anwar Sadat and the
sister of an Israeli soldier
missing in the Yom Kippur
War, was published here.
The exchange was initiated
by Mrs. Ophira Telem, an
Acre school teacher, who ap-
pealed to Mrs. Gehan Sadat
to help determine the fate
of her brother, Sgt. Eli
Kimche, missing after an Is-
raeli commando raid in the
Port Said area last Nov. 17.
The letters were sent through
the Red Cross.
Mrs. Telem's was dated
Dec. 23, 1973 and Mrs.
Sadat's reply, dated Feb. 14,
1974, was widely published
in Egypt and Lebanon,
though it has not yet reached
Mrs. Telem.
The president's wife re-
proached Israel's leaders for
allegedly forcing on Egypt a
"war that we tried by all
means to prevent." But she
observed that there are no
true victors or losers in any
war. "Whoever was killed in
the October war is our son
and part of our soul," Mrs.
Sadat wrote.
start of the Six-Day War in
June 1967.
Under the proposal each
side would name one mem-
ber of the projected investi-
gating commission, with the
committee naming a third
"neutral" member. How-
ever, the Egyptian ambassa-
dor said that Egypt was pre-
pared to have the Red Cross
appoint all three members
of the commission.
Kansas U. Presents
Prize to Sulzberger
NEW YORK — Arthur
Ochs Sulzberger, publisher
and president of The New
York Times, was presented
Tuesday with the William
Allan White Award at a
luncheon at Kansas Uni-
versity.
The award, given annually
by the university's journal-
ism school and named for
the late editor 'and columnist
is presented to an American
journalist "who exemplifies
William Allan White's ideals"
and has given service "to
h i s profession, community
and nation."
New higher
interest rate on
U.S. Savings Bonds.
Now U. S. Savings
Bonds pay 6% interest
when held to maturity.
Here's how it works:
The higher interest
rate applies to all new
Bonds purchased since
December 1, 1973,
raising their rate from
51/2% to 6% when held
to maturity. And the
maturity period on
Series E Bonds is
shorter, too. Now
E Bonds mature in 5
years, with a first-year
rate of 41/2%.
Series H Bonds, with
a 10-year maturity,
will earn 5% the first
year; 5.8% for the next
four years; and 61/2%
for the last five years.
Thisigives you an
average 6% yield over
the 10-year period.
It works for Bonds
you now hold, too.
There's no reason to
redeem your older
Bonds to buy new ones.
Their yield has im-
proved, too.
All outstanding
E Bonds will receive
a 1/2% increase in yield
for each semiannual
interest period
beginning on or after
December 1, 1973,
payable upon
redemption. This
also applies to any
Freedom Shares you
may still hold.
All outstanding
H Bonds will receive
a 1/2% yield increase
for each semiannual
interest period
beginning on or after
December 1, 1973.
This is payable in
the form of increased
semiannual interest
payments.
It all works to your
advantage.
Now, more than ever,
el
it makes sense to buy
higher-paying U.S.
Savings Bonds and
hold them to maturity
or beyond.
Sign up now to buy
Bonds through the
Payroll Savings Plan
where you work, or
buy them where you
bank.
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Mrs. Telem's letter re-
flected the agony suffered by
Israeli families who don't
know if their sons are dead
or alive.
"As a sister of a missing
soldier I am writing to you
because my parents swing
from hope to despair," she
said. "Now that his name
was not on the POW list, they
have lost all hope and have
changed their way of life.
Their sufferings are great ...
I call on you, as an Egyptian
mother, to try and find my
missing brother."
Mrs. Telem, whose father
is the Mapam representative
on the Acre Labor Council,
noted in her letter that she
was brought up in a mixed
Jewish-Arab town "where
we know how to live to-
gether" She was not brought
up to hate Arabs, she wrote,
or to glory in war and kill-
ing. "We in Israel do not
teach our people to kill," she
wrote.
Mrs. Sadat said- in her
reply, "My husband believes
in the call for peace and
love." She said Egypt fought
to free its occupied lands
"but we do not wage war for
the sake of war. We want
peace, but the Israeli leaders,
who are the leaders of the
army too, have closed all
doors . . ."
Meanwhile, in Geneva, the
Israeli representative to an
international conference on
labor organizations and world
health agencies, Hemda Ish-
Shalom, had a strange en-
counter with the Egyptian
delegate, the Zionist Informa-
tion News Service reported.
She said the woman went
out of her way to be friendly,
and her public display of
warmth became the main
topic of conversation for all
of the other conference
guests, the Hebrew daily,
Davar, reported.
The Israeli delegate said
she couldn't understand why
the display was made "be-
cause on previous occasions
she had always acted quite
differently."
JNF Stamp Honors
David Ben-Gunton
JERUSALEM — A stamp
honoring the memory of Da-
vid Ben-Gurion has been is-
sued by the Jewish National
Fund as part of its series
commemorating great lead-
ers of the Jewish people.
The stamp bears the por-
trait of Mr. Ben - Gurion
against the background of
the desert, near the site of
his grave at Kibutz Sde
Boker.
The upper corner of the
stamp contains a quotation
from Mr. Ben-Gurion's pro-
phesy on the settlement of
the Negev: "We will make
the wasteland fruitful and
turn the Negev into a source
of strength."
The stamp is intended for
school children in Israel and
abroad and for collectors of
stamps specializing in Juda-
ica, heads of state and world
leaders.
ZOA Seder Planned
TEL AVIV .(ZINS)—Some
500 American tourists are ex-
pected to attend this annual
Passover Seder at the ZOA
House in Tel Aviv.
Four Convicted of Arson
to Christian Institutions
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Three young adults and one
minor were convicted of
arson Tuesday after confess-
ing in a Jerusalem District
Court that they had set fire
to two Christian religious in-
stitutions here on the night
of Feb. 11. -
They are Feige Teomim, a
19-year-old student originally
from New York; Pefi Traub,
19, who is of Chilean nation-
ality; and Shmuel Gedz, 18,
of Ashdod. The name of the
minor, a male, was not dis-
closed.
A fourth suspect, Shimon
Zadik, was severely burned
and is still hospitalized. Two
other persons, one of them
age 42, are awaiting trial in
connection with suspected ar-
son at another Christian in-
stitution the same night. .
According to Tuesday's
confessions, the two girls set
fire to the Baptist center in
downtown Jerusalem while
the two boys and a third per:-
son not yet indicted put torch
to the Swedish Theological
Institution. The defendants
claimed that the institutions
were centers for missionary
activities.
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