THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 6 January 9, 1976 -1 Across, 10 Down— by Iry Brechner Echeverria Would Rather Die than Apologize (Continued from Page 1) session of the Mexican Con- gress last week. His remarks, which de- parted from his pre- pared text, received a standing ovation. They came in the wake of the unexpected resignationof Foreign Minister Emilio 0. Rabasa, which may have been triggered by the storm of criticism in. the Mexican press that he went too far in trying to mollify Israel. But some observers at- tribute Rabasa's sudden de- parture to a basic trend in Mexico's foreign policy to- ward the Third World and away from the United States which, sources' say, was responsible in the first place for Mexico lining up with the Arab-Communist- Third World bloc to identify Zionism as a form of rae- ism. Rabasa, a close friend of U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, an- nounced his resignation without giving a reason but said his decision was "ir- revocable." Government sources said he had not been dismissed. His successor, appointed immediately 'after Rabasa's announcement, is Ambassa- dor Alfonso • Garcia Robles, Mexico's permanent repre- sentative to the UN and the diplomat who cast Mexico's controversial vote in the General Assembly. Observers cite Mexico's desire to become the leader of Third World forces in Latin America and Echev- erria's personal ambition to be President of the Gen- eral Assembly at its 31st session next year as the reason for its UN votes. Mexico, along with many tion business alone is esti- Third World countries, is mated at $750,000. In addi- not considered to be anti- tion, non-Jewish groups Israel or anti-Zionist but have cancelled conventions increasingly anti-American. in deference to Jewish parti- By supporting the Arabs in ciPants. their drive to isolate Israel diplomatically, these coun- tries are striking at the beginner & strategy United States without run- ning the risk of a direct af- front to the U.S. whose eco- nomic assistance they aft. or eve. classes sorely need, observers said. Mexican officials report that tourism, Mexico's sec- ond largest foreign currency earner, is off 25 percent, largely as a result of the American Jewish boycott. Backgammon More than 120,000 cancel- sets lations were received for the Christmas week in Mexico City and Acapulco. The loss of Jewish conven- BACKGAMMON LESSONS 20% OFF 626-4643 New Sensational Game From Israel RUMMIKAUB * ACROSS 2. group needed for start of services 3. "IC in Hebrew means 5. melody. chanting of services 7. Hassidic leader 9. object of 10 Commandments 10. Hebrew word for house 11. "Let my people —" 13.ancient monetary unit 14. Eve was taken from Adam's 15.Israeli ambassador 17.Shir Hashirim — of Songs 18. "fleishig" means what 19.Hebrew word for "I" 1. late U.S. Ambassador to Israel (2 wds) 3. Yiddish for "well. what's new?" The Lord is —" 4. " 6. Purim noisemaker 8. prayer made over congregation 12. Mount of —s. 15.to bring, to pass 16.at close quarters Solution on page 15. This puzzle cannot be reproduced without permission of the author and The Jewish News. Border Incidents Increase TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is- raeli forces conducted a dragnet operation inside Lebanon Dec. 29 following an upsurge of terrorist ac- tivity along the border. A checkpost was estab- lished by Israeli troops on the Adasiyeh-Marjayoun road to screen possible ter- rorists and collaborators. Three Lebanese suspects were taken to Israel for questioning. that incidents The XXXXXXXXX>000( x v FOUND IN se K. x. ',. x DETROIT THE LOST ART x X' OF TAILORING X Where? At Steve Petix, the home of the immaculate fit in custom, tailored-to- measure or quality brand X clothing. X , ' '>< Open 9-6 daffy (to 5:30 Sat.) V 9-9 Thurs. & Fri. " "'s ‘. SteAV Wl' .? Art:tie parking y< Credit cards A. / accepted , A. . X _ 31455 SOUTHFIELD ROAD / 645-5560 )< )C A . .. -.-.- • Between 13 8.14 Mile xx)o