THE DETROIT 'JEWISH 'NEWS Cable Plant Due TEL AVIV — Tadiran Israel Electronic Industries >Ltd. will be investing $2.5 million in the erection of a cable plant in Beit Shean. Scheduled for completion in 1 about 18 months, the enter- prise is expected to export 20 percent of its production. Israel's Miss Universe Holds Press Conference in U.S. NEW YORK (JTA) The first army sergeant to be- come Miss Universe, Rina Messinger of Israel, held her first press conference in America Tuesday. Wearing a green dress and her Miss Universe Amin Plans Israel Pilgrimage NEW YORK — Uganda President Idi Amin is re- portedly going to Israel on a pilgrimage, according to 1, Uganda radio, amid reports that some of his army units have mutinied against his ) dictforship. Daily Nation newspa- , pe_ ...Nairobi, Kenya, said the Uganda radio broadcast that Amin would inform ;Israel three to five days in advance of his visit and that "the only persons in Israel to whom he is prepared to ' talk" are former Premier Golda Meir, former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and Foreign Minister Yigal Al- ) Ion. Amin's announcement comes less than three weeks after Israel raided Entebbe Airport in Uganda to rescue more than 100 Jewish hos- tages held by hijackers. Is- >rael charged Amin with complicity in the hijacking, and the British charge that I Amin's men killed hostage ) Dora Bloch. The Daily Nation said the mutiny of Ugandan troops came after they were ordered to prepare for an invasion of Kenya. Relations between the two countries have been strained after the Israeli rescue planes landed in Nairobi following the En- tebbe raid. This message can help save you from cancer. 1 2 Have your doctor give you a complete health checkup every year. II you're a man or woman over 40, make sure that checkup includes a procto exam. 3 II you're a woman make sure it includes a simple, CaSY Pap test. 4 II you're a woman make sure you examine your breasts once a month. r > 9 / 6 k your dentist to check Our mouth when he checks teeth. When you're out in the sun cover up and use screening lotion. 7 Don't smoke cigarettes. 'These seven safeguards are saving lives every day. They're easy to lollow. - lhe next life they save could be your own. American Cancer Society Friday, July 23, 1976 53 In a related development Wednesday, Amin promised to release the hijacked Air France jet "without condi- tions," and asked the French ambassador to have the plane flown out of Uganda. Amin impounded the plane after Israel's July 3 raid and demanded pay- ment for the plane's release. crown, which she won July 11 in Hong Kong, Miss Mes- singer said: "I am so sur- prised by New York City. I thought New York must be ugly and unpleasant, you know, I saw all those movies about New York . . . but New York is beautiful and the people here are really nice." Miss Messinger, who is the first Israeli ever to cap- ture the title of the "world's most beautiful woman," said that she does not see her future as a movie star. "All I want is to continue to study . . . I want to learn about everything, about people, about life," she said. "I am representing my country," the 5'7 1/2" beauty with light brown SUEZ CANAL Red navy danger It was a grey chilly morning at the beginning of May that the 162 km-long Suez Canal actually opened. Two rusted West German freighters, Munsterland and Nordwind, raised their long- embedded anchors from the Great Bitter Lake and, with sirens sounding full blast, began a seven-hour journey to Port Said at the Mediterranean end of the waterway. Both had been trapped in the canal along with 12 other vessels since the 1967 Six Day War. The official opening of the canal on June 5 had almost as much pomp and ceremony as marked its official inauguration by an Egyp- tian Viceroy by the name of Ismailia in 1869. Then, half the crowned heads of Europe were present to mark that opening of the man-made waterway joining two oceans and two worlds. So, when the modern Egyptian Viceroy, ,Anwar Sadat, re-opened the canal last week he was reviving a symbol of an independent and modern Egypt. Strategic point for Russia Western strategists fear that a powerful Soviet ambush could await ships at the southern end of the canal. Britain has vacated its bases East of Aden and the Americans, at least so far, have been slow to fill the void. In encroaching on the Horn of Africa the Russians have secured port facilities in Houdeida, Aden, and Socotra. Berbera, in Somalia, is under construction for Soviet use as a powerful base for their fleets and air force. The French magazine LE POINT has pointed out that the Soviet bomber, Bear 20, can fly non-stop from the Soviet Union to Somalia. A full Soviet naval squadron has been operating independently in the Indian Ocean. Top ranking US naval offices have warned that the Suez Canal will allow the Soviets to operate their Black Sea Fleet in the Indian Ocean, thus cutting their lines of com- munications from 12 000 to 15 000 kms down to 3 000 k ms. The canal, which celebrated its centenary six years ago, silent and empty, has always been at the centre of Egypt's historical stage and a focus for nationalism. In 1882, when Arabi Pasha rebelled against the Khedive and his British overlords, it was near the canal that he chose to fight. It was at Tel El Kebir, close to Ismailia, that he was defeated. Anti-British revolts When anti-British revolts broke out after World War Two, the canal again w as the cen- tre of the action. Anwar Sadat, then a young army officer on the retired list, took part in the 1952 revolution, which ousted King Farouk. and in the following guerrilla actions leading to complete British withdrawal. The Sue/ crisis in 1956 w as ostensibly sparked off 1-w President Gainal Abdel Nasser's decision to nationalise the waterway. But the decision MISS UNIVERSE hair and dark blue eyes de- clared. "As Miss Universe I can reach people who are usually not interested in politics and are not famil- , iar with the problems of the Mideast. In that way I can make a modest contri- bution to peace. And an- other thing: as Miss Univ- erse I can show the world that life in Israel is not all war . . ." After mentioning that she considers former Israeli Premier Golda Meir to be the greatest person in the world today, Miss Messin- ger said: "I believe that men and women should be equal. I believe in equal pay for women . . . but I must ad- mit, I like men to open doors for me or letting me first out of the elevator." Asked if she is given extra security because she is an Israeli, Miss Universe said: "I am guarded as any other Miss Universe would be guarded. I don't have extra guards and I don't feel it is necessary." Security, in fact, was not strict at Tuesday's press conference. Corre- spondents walked in with- out being asked to identify themselves. Although Miss Messinger said she has no extra guards, the JTA correspondent spot- ted at least one Israeli se- cret service man watching her very closely — more reasons of security than beauty. Miss Messinger said that she is contributing part of her $10,000 cash prize, for her winning the title of Miss Universe, to the fund of Is- raeli wounded soldiers. meant more to Egyp- RK SOVIET UNIO tians as a gesture of Egypt's final break with colonialism than as a takeover of a lucrative'source of in- come. PAKISTAN The canal, although only 160 metres wide, was to save Egypt from an Israeli invasion after UNION OF: the disastrous rout of ARAB EMIRATES the Six-Day War in 1967. For the next six- and-a-half years, it was Aden SOCOTRA the front line in the smouldering war. Then came October 6, Berbera 1973, and the "miracle" that saw the Egyptian army sweep INDIAN OCEAN across the canal. It was the start of an 18-day war that was later to DIEGO GARCIA see an Israeli recovery and Arab reversals. Of- ficial Egyptian history mentions only the first victorious 24 hours. The Nile and • the 2anal are Egypt's two sole waterways and it is lot absurd to call the MAURITIUS 0 canal a river since ANCHORAGE there is a current. It REUNION was never a simple ANCHORAGE matter to sail through BUOY SOUTH AFRICA the Suez Canal and un- til 1967 the Canal :Authority used to Anchorages are shallows where the Russian fleet anchors to divide the waterway efuel and take on supplies. In other places there are buoys on into four sections, each which ships can be fastened. with its own specialist pilots. The enormous Canal Authority, an Before the canal was closed, about 20 000 organisation employing 100 000 people direct- ships used it each year. They were divided into ly or indirectly, started working fulltime. The three convoys at a time, one sailing inhabitants of the canal zone are returning northwards, two southwards. All northbound home and will again participate in the Egyp- convoys loaded with oil had priority and were tian economy. And finally, the canal re- allowed to sail straight through to Port Said, opening will bring a considerable amount of, while the southbound ships had to stop, one foreign investment. Iran is ready to spend convoy at Ballah, the other in the Bitter RI 400 million on various projects. Iran, 4 800 Lakes, to allow the tankers to pass. kms from Port Said, wants to use the waterway Passage through the canal takes about 15 to become a modern Mediterranean power. hours at speeds of eight or nine knots. In 1967, Nevertheless, Egypt faces great difficulties. the largest ships that could navigate the The Canal Authority has been stagnant for w aterway had a maximum-draught of 38 feet. eight years. Of its 250 pilots, at least 100 are in- At the time, ships of that size made up three experienced. Above all, the reopening will quarters of the world's merchant fleets. But create problems for the Egyptian Army: it is now all but 30 per cent are larger. one thing to wage war in a deserted area, but Ben so. the new Canal Authority hopes to quite another to prepare for war in a region in- make R315 million from next year's canal habited by a million and a halt- people and with charges as against only R175 million in the last more than 100 merchant ships of all flags sail- y'ear the canal was operating. Four inter- ing through the waterway at one time. national research bodies have assured the The canal zone of the Nasser-Kremlin axis Authority it can count on 120 million tons of has all but disappeared. The propaganda solid cargo, 1(X) million tons of oil and 250 machine, w hich until % . er\ recently was aimed million tons from unladen oil tankers each solidi\ across the Suez at Israel. now faces year. But Lgy pt know s the w orld has changed w est to I a with equal hatred. since 196 7 and the c;iril mint chanac too . 4 (Editor's Note: The facts presented here are as valid today as they were when first released by the International Information Center a year ago.)