22 Friday, February 15, 1980
NE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Aid for Egypt Challenged in House
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
The Carter Administra-
tion's optimistic reports of
funds and only $1 million in
Food for Peace, or $340 mil-
lion less than Egypt is to get
in economic aid.
In addition, Egypt is to
get an extra $350 million to
complement the $1.5 billion
in credits for military
equipment agreed to after
Camp David. "Other donors
who participate with us in
the Egyptian Consultative
Group are providing about
$1 billion in additional de-
velopment assistance each
year," Wheeler said. The
other donors include in-
stitutions such as the World
"Bank.
But the subcommittee,
led by its chairman, Rep.
Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.),
challenged the tenor of the
assertions by the Adminis-
tration officials that pro-
vided the basis for the more
than $3.5 billion in U.S. as-
sistance for Egypt during
this year alone.
Probing Egypt's agricul-
tural problems and rapid,
population growth, Hamil-
ton reminded Wheeler that
he had said last week that
there was no malnutrition
and hunger in Egypt. "What
then is the policy basis of
providing Egypt with 40
percent of the total U.S.
Food for Peace program
when the need across the
world is so desperate? he
asked. When Wheeler ac-
knowledged that "political
requirements" is the basis,
Hamilton retorted, "When
you make decisions like
that you are denying food to
people who need it more."
Wheeler replied, "I ap-
preciate that."
levels and its justification to
provide the Cairo govern-
ment with the latest models
of aircraft and tanks in
America's arsenal, were
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brought out that the U.S.
has agreed "in principle" to
provide an unspecified
number of F-16 aircraft and
M-60 tanks to Egypt. In
addition, a Defense De-
partment official, Richard
Violeto, of its Security As-
sistance Agency, acknowl-
edged that the U.S. has
agreed to support weapons
production in Egypt by an
Arab consortium. A de-
tailed list will be provided to
Congress.
Saunders said the U.S.
has agreed to provide
fuel for a planned Egyp-
tian nuclear power plant
but has not yet decided
whether to finance the
plant. Wheeler testified
that AID programs for
Egypt in the coming fis-
cal• year that begins Oc-
tober 1 will be $750 mil-
lion in economic support-
ing assistance and $274 2,580 Russians
million in Food for Peace,
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Soviet and East European
military technicians in
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CAIRO — The Egyptian
Parliament last week ap-
proved a law ending Egypt's
participation in the Arab
boycott of Israel. The voice
vote was not unanimous.
Bomb Explosion Injures 10
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Ten car arrived, Barda got in
persons were injured, three and directed the officers
seriously, when a bomb to the Gaza road where a
exploded at a crowded bus taxi carrying the Arab
stop in Petah Tikva early was stopped and the sec-
ond suspect was de-
Sunday morning.
A second bomb discovered tained. The subsequent
in the immediate vicinity police investigation re-
was safely dismantled by sulted in the arrest of
sappers before it detonated. several other suspects.
The object placed in the
The Petah Tikva blast oc-
curred several minutes be- trash can turned out to be a
bomb.
fore 6 a.m. local time when
commuters were lining up
to board buses for their jobs.
Meanwhile, an alert taxi
HAIFA — Dalia Atlas,
dispatcher in Ashkelon was founder of the Pro Musica
credited by police with av- chamber group and the
erting a terrorist bombing Technion's orchestra, has
in the center of that town been awarded the first
and assisting in the capture Eugene Ormandy Prize by
of two suspects.
the Philadelphia Orchestra.
The incident occurred
Atlas received the prize in
last Thursday when Gas- Philadelphia this week and
ton Barda, the dis- conducted four concerts
patcher, noticed an Arab with the orchestra, sharing
depositing an object in a the podium with the 80-
trash can near a bus stop. year-old Ormandy.
He and several cab driv-
ers seized the Arab and
held him under guard in
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A
the taxi office while
summoning police. At the proposal to raise the
same time, he spotted an- salaries of Knesset mem-
other Arab fleeing the vi- bers was rejected last
cinity. When the police Thursday.
Conductor Cited
Raise Rejected
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