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Friday, May 2, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
U.S.-Israel Relations Remain Cool
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Community Calendar
May 4—Temple Beth El
Sisterhood An-'
tique Show, noon-
10 p.m.
5—Temple Beth El
Sisterhood An-
tique Show, noon-
9 p..m.
6—Flint Jewish Com-
munity Council
communal service
committee meet-
ing, noon Council
office.
L Temple Beth El
Sisterhood board
meeting,
12:30
p.m., home of
Natalie Pelavin,
6168 Sierra Pass.
— Hadassah Eve-
ning Group Tal-
ent Auction, 8
p.m., Miller West
club house.
—,Bnai Brith meet-
ing, 8 p.m., How-
ard Johnson's
East.
7—Cong. Beth Israel
Sisterhood meet-
ing and installa-
tion, 12:30 p.m.,
synagogue.
- Flint Jewish Com-
munity Council
Leadership devel-
opment commit-
tee meeting, home
of Dr. and Mrs.
Brian Beck, 3202
Helber.
8—Joint Board of
Education meet-
ing, 8 p.m., Cong.
Beth Israel.
Jewish War Vet-
erans Auxiliary
meeting, 8 p.m.,
River Forest club
house.
11—Flint
Jewish
Community
Council Spec-
trum '75 showing
of film, "I Love
You Rosa," 8
p.m.
Lawrence Kaplan,
Service Co-Owner
Lawrence Kaplan, retired
co-owner of Genesee Cover-
all and Towel Service, died
April 20 at age 57.
Born in Flint, Mr. Kaplan
was affiliated with and ac-
tive in Cong. Beth Israel and
Temple Beth El. He was a
member of BPOE 222, Atlas
Country Club and Bnai
Brith. He was a past com-
mander of the Jewish War
Veterans. He resided at
2020 Hampton Rd.
He is survived by his wife,
Gloria; two sons, Dr. How-
ard of Detroit and Robert; a
brother, Gilbert; and a sis-
ter, Mrs. Marvin (Naomi)
Siegel of Detroit.
Fanny Newblatt,
Ex-Store Owner
Fanny Newblatt, former
owner and operator of the
Hollywood Grill from 1929
to 1957, died April 19 at age
82.
Born in Russia, Mrs.
Newblatt lived 46 years in
Flint. She was a member of
Hadassah and Pioneer
Women. She resided at G-
3540 Rue Foret.
She is survived by a
daughter, Anita Weinstein
of South Bend, Ind.; two
sons, Harry P. and Stewart
A.; six grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Students Sought
for Jobs in Israel
Student Mobilization for
Israel, a New York-based
organization is seeking vol-
unteers to work in Israel in
summer. Students must
provide their own air fare,
and living expenses will be
covered in Israel.
Volunteers are needed for
work on northern border
kibutzim, in security-re-
lated civilian projects, in
Israeli industry, hospitals
and .ports; and with under-
privileged youth in Israeli
cities.
The program lasts three
months. For information,
call the Flint Jewish Com-
munity Council office,
767-5922.
Social Service Section Hears
Wayne State Political Scientist
Flint Honors
Council, UJA
Leadership
The Flint Jewish Commu-
nity Council and Flint
United Jewish Appeal lead-
ers were honored during the
community's recent Israel
Independence Day observ-
ance.
FJCC presidents who
were honored include:
B. Morris Pelavin, Saul Gorne,
Louis Kasle, Louis Rudner, H.M.
Golden, Arthur Hurand, Gilbert
Rubenstein, Jack Shaprow, Joseph
Megdell, Alfred Klein and Michael
Pelavin.
UJA chairmen who were
cited include:
Ellis Warren, Rudner, Kasle,
Gorne, Shaprow, B. Morris Pelavin,
Hurand, Julian Feiler, Golden, Meg-
dell, Marcus Lebster, Klein, Wilbert
Roberts, Rubenstein, Michael Pe-
lavin, Leon Rosky, Murray Moss,
Jack Stanzler, Eli Shapiro and Saul
Syde.
Unit 'Renamed
The Jewish Social Serv-
ices Committee of the Flint
Jewish Community Council
has been formally renamed
the Jewish Family Services
Committee by direction of
the committee, announced
Saul Gorne. chairman.
Jewish Welfare Federation director of social plan-
ning Alan Kandel, shown left, chats with other Federa-
tion and social agency workers at last week's meeting of
the 1975 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency
Fund's Social Service Section of the Professional Divi-
sion. Gathered to hear Wayne State political science
Prof. Max Mark, second from right, were Section chair-
man Albert I. Ascher, AJC-IEF Division Director Mrs.
Max Chomsky and Jewish Family and Children's Serv-
ice executive director Samuel Lerner.
Day School Body Holds Convention
NEW YORK — Torah
Umesorah, the National
Society for Hebrew Day
Schools, will hold its na-
tional convention through
Sunday at the Pineview
Hotel, Fallsburg, N.Y.
Topics to be discussed in-
clude "Teaching the Holo-
caust to Jewish Children in
North America," "The
Meaning of the State of Is-
rael," "Recognizing the
Signposts of the Messianic
Period" and "The Rebel-
liousness of Youth."
Rabbi Joseph Shucha-
towitz, principal of Akiva
Hebrew Day School of
Detroit, will chair the ses-
sion on "Codes and Prac-
tice" and co-chair the
seminar on "Ediicational
Leadership Appraisal."
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Defense Secretary James R.
Schlesinger and Israeli
Ambassador Simcha Dinitz
conferred privately for
nearly two hours at the Pen-
tagon last week.
No details of their talk
were disclosed but both
American and Israeli
sources indicated that there
seemed to be no change in
the cool attitude the U.S.
had adopted toward Israel
since the break-down of the
Israeli-Egyptian bilateral
negotiations conducted by
Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger last month.
A high U.S. official de-
scribed as an "over-
statement" a report pub-
.lished in the New York
Times that Schlesinger had
"assured Israel that the
Ford Administration's reas-
sessment of Middle East
policies will not diminish
continuing American sup-
port for Israel's security."
U.S. officials referring
to the Schlesinger-Dinitz
meeting, said the Defense
Secretary only repeated to
the Israeli envoy his pre-
viously stated position
that America continues to
have as its objective the
provision of Israel with a
defense capability that
will maintain the balance
of power in the Middle
East and assure it against
destruction as a state.
The officials referred back
to Schlesinger's remarks
on a CBS television inter-
view two weeks ago that
"The U.S. continues to
have as an objective the
security of Israel."
The Israeli source de-
scribed the Pentagon meet-
ing as a "good one" held in a
"very friendly atmosphere"
and said that Schlesinger
showed understanding of
the points Dinitz expressed
to him. They said the two
men had discussed develop-i
ments of the past month
and "bilateral matters" but
the sources refused to com-
ment or speculate on the
actual content of their talks.
The State Department
categorically denied • that a
decision has been made,
under the President's reas-
sessment of U.S. Mideast
policy, to reduce U.S. assist-
ance to Israel. There have
been contradictory reports
on the subject.
The Israelis are under-
stood to have asked for $1.5
billion in military assist-
ance and $1 billion in eco-
nomic aid.
Department spokesman
Robert Anderson said that
the question of aid to Israel
has not yet been reached.
Meanwhile, Sen. John
Sparkman (D.-Ala.), chair-
man of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee told
the Bnai Brith commission
on community volunteer
services that the United
States increases "the risk of
open conflict" in the Middle
East if it falters in giving
continued aid to Israel."
He said any uncertainty
about U.S. assistance "will
invite uncertainty and inde-
cision in the Arab states.
We would create a psycho-
logical and material vacuum
that will be filled by the
Soviet Union," he said.
Sparkman and Sen. Rich-
ard Stone (D.-Fla.), who
addressed the meeting ear-
lier, agreed that Congres-
sional support for Israel re-
mains strong.
Stone, however, said he
detected "a possible weak-
ening in support by the
White House." He added:
"Congress will approve any
request for assistance to Is-
rael President Ford asks.
The problem is to get a de-
cent request out of the
White House."
Stone called the Admin-
istration's current reas-
sessment of its Middle
East policies as an "in-
dication that U.S. foreign
policy is bankrupt."
But Sparkman saw "no
conflict" in the Administra-
tion's "examining the op-
tions" following the failure
of the Kissinger shuttle and
simultaneously assuring "as
much as we can that Israel's
security and economic needs
are satisfied."
Continuing, he said, "It
may well be that Israel,
Egypt and the State Depart-
ment erred in judging what
was possible" and that "the
time is not ripe" for Egypt
to sign a non-belligerency
agreement, or for Israel to
withdraw from strategic
territory."
Sparkman added: "There
is time to.try again,and e
refocus the effort.
At the same conference,
Rep. Claude Pepper (D.-
Fla.) declared that "the only
way we can prevent war in
the Middle East is to let the
world know that the United
States is not going to permit
Israel to become vulnerable
to attack by the Arab
states."
Montreal Boosts Olympics Site
Security Following PLO Visit
MONTREAL (JTA) — A
Montreal police official said
that security measures for
the 1976 Olympic games
here had been changed after
news was leaked that sev-
eral Palestine Liberation
Organization members vis-
ited Montreal recently and
had a good look at the site of
the games here.
Normand Toupin, assist-
ant director of the Montreal
Police Force, in issuing a
warning to newsmen to re-
frain from leaking informa-
tion on security measures
for the 1976 Olympics, said
"We have learned enough
from the Munich tragedy so
that under no circumst-
ances will that kind of thing
be repeated here." Eleven Is-
raeli athletes were mur-
dered in an Arab terrorist
attack during the 1972
Olympic games in Munich.
According to the news
report, the presence of the
PLO members had been de-
tected by Montreal police.
The PLO members left the
city after their actions had
been recorded by police se-
curity forces, Toupin said.
He said the entire security
system "is going to be
changed following these in-
discretions."
In Bonn, the Palestinian
terror organization, Black
September, which was re-
sponsible for the 1972
Munich Massacre, will
establish bases in West
Germany and France, Die
Welt reported.
Quoting security service
sources, the paper said
three units would be infil-
trated into Europe to carry
out terror attacks on indus-
trial concerns and various
institutions to wreck the
coming Geneva conference,
if ordered to do so by Pales-
tinian leaders.
One group has been or-
dered to smuggle arms into
West Germany, a second
group is to be infiltrated
into West Germany via
Spain, and a third group is
to lie low in the south of
France.
In Tel Aviv, a parcel bomb -
exploded at the Herzliya
post office when it was
opened by a Herzliya youth,.
killing him and injuring his
mother. It was the first such
bomb in Israel in many
months and police renewed
a standing warning to the
public to be alert to suspi-
cious-looking letters and
packages.
The police said the bomb
could either have been sent
by a terrorist or might have
been an attempt at revenge.
The names of the victim and
his mother were not imme-
diately ascertained.
In another incident, an
Israeli patrol was at-
tacked by terrorists in
ambush from across. the
Lebanese border after two
weeks of relative quiet on
that border. The patrol
was moving along a road
near the border when a ba-
zooka shell was fired at its
vehicle but missed. Sev-
eral small arms bursts
also were fired. Officials
said there were no casual-
ties and no damage to the
vehicle and the patrol con-
tinued its mission.
Later it was learned that
the attack came from ter-
rorists in a car waiting on a
Lebanese road near Co
Zarit settlement. The
rorists drove away at top
speed after making the at-
tack. Officials said this was
the first time terrorists
used a mobile ambush.
Meanwhile, in Jerusalem,
a cautious bus driver who
inspected his vehicle at the
end of his run Sunday found
a small explosive charge
under a seat which police
were able to dismantle in
time. The incident occurred
on a Number 12 bus at its
terminal in the Bayit Vegan
quarter. On March 28 a
charge exploded in another
Number 12 bus injuring a
dozen persons and wrecking
it.
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