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It included some 350 persons from Is- rael, France, England and the U.S. Israeli President Ephraim Katzir will be hon- orary chairman. Dr. Freid, who is partially sighted, said he hoped the conference would be the start of "a revolution in the status and opportunities of the blind in Israel so that BET WE'VE GOT THE BEST Selection of Backgammon Sets in town!! (at a price that's nice) You already know we have the best selection of jewelry! DIAMONDS • FINEJEWELRY • GIFT BOUTIQUE 0/ Orictinal Ill anu/a, anal 74,...,1 el. 614 lions s Suite 109 Farmington Hills 851-7333 DUTY REFUNDED I LAZARE'S FURS LTD (Entering Our 51st Year In Windsor) AUGUSTductRi Of SALE 15% TO 33Y3% From Our Regularly Lowest Prices . • • Some Items At 1 /2 Price Our Selection Of High Quality Beautifully- Styled Furs . . . The Largest In Western Ontario, Will Impress The Most Discrimi- nating Fur Buyer. 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According to Dr. Freid the problems of the Israeli blind are three-fold: Firstly, due to the financial strin- gency of the Israeli econ- omy, the government cannot subsidize courses of study to train professionals in spe- cial education, rehabilita- tion and vocational guidance for the blind. Secondly, the blind in Is- rael don't have an equal say in the agencies that affect them. Dr. Freid said he didn't know of any blind persons who are board members of agencies for the blind. Thirdly, there is little acceptance of the blind in Israeli society, many of whom are "fixated at the level of switchboard oper- AUTHORIZED APPRAISERS ESTATE LIQUIDATORS JEWELRY DESIGNERS 31313 Northwestern Hwy. they can be fully sustaining members of Israel's econ- omy and positively contrib- uting citizens of the state of Israel." LTD WINDSOR FREE PARKING Open FRIDAYS To 9 p.m. DUTY and SALES TAX REFUNDED ator." Dr. Freid was pri- the status of the blind was marily referring to a "a quarter of a century be- switchboard training pro- hind the U.S. as far as train- gram set up for the blind ing and opportunities." The by Dr. Nissim Higel which blind in Israel are now Dr. Freid said was "suc- barred from government cessful" but at the same positions, foreign service, time unfortunate because and the army where, Dr. "many of the blind can do Freid said, he felt the blind much better than this level could serve in a back-of-the- line capacity." of employment." In Israel there is still a Attempts are being made certain residual of the tradi- for the universities in Israel tional belief that blindness to make available courses of "is a penalty or curse of study in rehabilitation and God," Dr. Freid said. Also, special education for tht throughout the Middle East blind. Echeverria in Israel for Talks JERUSALEM (JTA) — "Bienvenido Senor Presi- dente," "Bienvenido Senora de Echeverria," say the red- green-and white-placards on the streets of Jerusalem in a greeting to Mexico's President Luis Echevveria and his wife, Maria Esther, who are here for a three-day visit. Israel is the 14th port of call on the Echeverria's cur- rent world tour which will end next week in Jordan. Since Israel is not abun- dantly blessed with visits by heads of state, and since Echeverria is considered here a warm friend of Is- rael, Jerusalem is making every effort to give the guests a sincerely hearty welcome. Officials here say they expect tough and frank talks with the Mexican leader — who does not hide his deep differences of out- look with Israel on matters of fundamental importance in the Mideast conflict. will argue forthrightly with his Israeli hosts on behalf of self-determina- tion for the Palestinian people, a cause which he has consistently sup- ported. (Self-determination as a political principle of univer- sal application is almost a part of the Mexican ethos, say observers of Mexican politics.) He will argue, too, against the acquisition of territory by force — a cardi- nal and consistent plank of Mexican political philoso- phy. Mexico itself had vast areas of fertile land taken by forCe by the U.S. — (Cal- ifornia, Texas, New Mexico) — and partly as a result of that it firmly opposes such phenomena in others parts of the world. Meanwhile, Mexico's Ambassador to Israel, Dr. Benito Berlin, reiterated Echeverria's statement in KuWait that Mexico will oppose Arab attempts to Thus, Echeverria has oust Israel from the already indicated that he United Nations during the meeting this month in Lima, Peru of foreign min- isters of 70 non-aligned na- tions. Dr. Berlin said that al- though Mexico will be only an observer at the Lima con- ference, Mexico will exert its influence to prevent the adoption of any resolution calling for Israel's expul- sion. NY Regents Board to Review CUNY Admissions Poicy NEW YORK — Charging that admission to the City University of New York's medical training program last year was "unfair, dis- criminatory and based o: - racial categories and quo-• tas," the American Jewish Congress has called on the State Board of Regents to launch "a through and im- mediate review of the 1974 admissions process" to pre- vent future abuses. In response to charges that racial preferences had been employed in choosing the September 1974 enter- ing class, an independent in- quiry ordered by the New York City Board of Higher Education and made by CUNY Chancellor Robert J. Kibbee found that racial lists of candidates had been used in the selection proc- ess. Dr. Kibbee's report was issued on June 18, 1974.