sitlE PROM IFYIISH NEWS RErida!, -10011 11 1er • 18,31983 3 Record Inflation in October Stuns the Israeli Public . (Continued from Page 1) the declining demand for apartments and housing. Contractors forecast a sharp rise in unemployment in the building trades as building starts would be re- duced immediately. The Histadrut trades union federation is pressing for the payment to all JUST IN TIME FOR HANUKAH EARRINGS The Earmark Of Elegance If your ears show, show them off . . . by studding them with 14 kt. earrings. We have an exciting line of earrings finely crafted of solid gold and precious stones. A flash of fire that says you're daring, exciting and full of life. Priced from $20.00 . Just Arrived! Collection of Precious Stone Jewelry. (Rubies, Sapphires and Emeralds) 40% OFF . SUGGESTED PRICE George Ohrenstein Jewelers Ltd. Certified Gemologist HARVARD ROW MALL Lahser & 11 Mile Rd. 353-3146 salaried and employed per- sons, within the coming weeks, of an interim cost- of-living increment at least equal to the COL rise, in ad- vance of the next regular COL index payment in January. Iiistadrut Director Gen- eral - Yeruham Meshel warned that if the in.ariufac- With's, employers and gov- errithent failed to pay such in interim award, the coun- try would be beset by in- diistrial unrest which the Histadrut could not or Would not oppose. Sobial workers in JeruSalem reported a 50 percent increase in the number of families apply- ing to the municipal so- cial* welfare offices for aid in getting through the Month. They said that for the first time they noted that many of the new applicants, ask- ing for aid for their chil- dren's food or schooling, were from the lower middle class who had until now re- frained from requesting such aid. The social workers report an increase in violent be- havior on the part of applic- ants unready to accept exp- lanations that no funds were available in municipal treasuries, as the definition of needy was in the hands of government ministries. Israeli hospitals and versities are facing severe cash shortages. Some uni- versity presidents have predicted that some schools will be forced to close next month. The director- of a Tiberias hospital said Israel Shrinks Lebanon Force SAY IT WITH TREES JEWISH NATIONAL FUND ' 18877 W. Ten Mile Road Suite 104 Southfield, Michigan 48075 Phone; (313) 557-6644 Monday thru Thursday, 9 AM to 5 PM Friday 9 AM to 4 PM KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL JERUSALEM (JTA) — Premier Yitzhak Shamir said that Israel may be nearing the end of its pre- sence in Lebanon but re- fused to say just when this would be. Rejecting the view that Israel is somehow trapped in Lebanon, Shamir said in a television interview that the end was in sight. "How- ever, there are some obsta- cles which must be over- come." He stressed that Israel has achieved its main objec- tives in Lebanon, destroy- ing the Palestine Liberation Organization's infrastruc- ture in that country and keeping the terrorists far from its borders. "We have no interest to continue the war but we must make sure that we are not attacked by the terrorists once we leave," he said. Shamir noted that there already has been a substan- tial reduction of Israel's presence in Lebanon. The Israel Defense Force oc- cupies a smaller territory and is deploying smaller forces. He expressed hope that in the near future, the Israeli presence could be reduced even more." - anyone who broke a leg next week would have to limp to the hospital, and bring his own bread, bandages and headache pills. "We won't have any to give him or her," he said. The Ata textile complex, which employs some 6,000 Workers in Haifa and the Galilee, said it may be forced to close next month because of delays in gov- ernment aid. The anticipated 180 per- cent inflation for 1983 is double the rate forecast by 3 former Finance Minister Yoram Aridor who had claimed that his "correct economic policy" would re- duce inflation to below 100 percent. Now, for the first time, economic reporters are beginning to talk of "hyperinflation" on the lines of the German catas- trophe of the 1920s. A sign of the times is the issuance of a new 1,000 Shekel banknote, bearing the picture of the Rambam. The largest banknote at present is the 500-Shekel denomination. Bank of Is rael sources disclosed that a 2,000-Shekel note has been prepared for cicrulation. 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