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EVERYTHING 40% OFF! *Some accessories not included SPECIAL SALE HOURS: Wed. 10 to 7, Thurs. 10 to 8, Fri. 10 to 7, Sat. 10 to 5:30, Closed Sun., Dec. 30. Sale Ends New Year's Eve 10 to 5:30 PHONE: 354-3393 JOIN US DEC. 26 THRU DEC. 31 AND SAVE 40% DURING OUR AFTER HOLIDAY SALE! BY REV. FRANKLIN M. LITTELL Special to The Jewish News Create Video —Our Holiday Hours- Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday 12 noon to 5 p.m. IN-TIMATE Reagan role in Iran FOR THE BEST VIDEO & STILL PHOTOGRAPHY CALL As Americans were being mur- dered in cold blood by pro- Khomeini terrorists, the Chief Executive of the United States of America was finally moved to voice some mild criticism of the way the Iranian rulers handled the situation. Carefully padding his remarks — "I have no evi- dence . . . that there is actual col- laboration of the Iranians" — lest some sharp corners might prot- rude, Reagan went on to say, "They have not been as helpful as they could be . . . or as I think they should have been." The hijackers were then hold- ing 50 hostages, said to include two surviving American citizens. The airplane was sitting on the apron at the Teheran airport. Ac- cording to reports of threats al- ready made and carried out, the terrorists had singled out and kil- led Americans and Kuwaitis first. They were demanding that the Kuwaitis release 17 terrorists held in Kuwait prisons. In the end the Kuwaiti hostages showed up alive. The terrorists were obviously alert to opinion in the Islamic world if "brothers" were victimized. No such factor inhibited their murder of Charles Hegna and William Stanford and their announced plan to kill other Americans. The statement that there was no evidence of actual collabora- tion by the Iranian authorities is as shocking as the American President's mousey response to a situation where carrying an American passport was poten- tially a death warrant. It is shock- ing because it shows that Reagan is ignorant of the most basic rules of the terrorists' game. More than anything else, ter- rorist strikes are aimed at using the media. The acutal victims are totally unimportant, although there was in this case a certain fillip in flaunting the murder of citizens of a paper-tiger govern- ment. Without the media's coop- eration, any terrorist strike would be useless. The hijackers in fact had the complete cooperation of the Ira- nian regime in broadcasting their demands and in setting up maximum media coverage, in- cluding assistance to photo- graphers from the Associated Press and other wire services. And it was done willingly, for all the Iranians had to do to abort the strike was to have enforced air si- lence and a media embargo. In- stead, they assisted the terrorists to achieve their first goal: to con- vey their demands with a maximum of media exposure. The final goal of a terrorist strike is to "de-stabilize," to make people uneasy and insecure be- cause of the breakdown of firm and dependable social patterns. The terrorist strike exposes the snarling visage of the raw jungle, and the ordinary person — the more civilized he is, the more re- moved from the primal chaos — is made anxious and mistrustful of Claymoor Bldg., 29260 Franklin Rd., Suite 118, Southfield, 354-3393 The Rev. Franklin H. Littell is president of the Anne Frank Institute of Philadelphia. those responsible for maintaining law and order. The terrorist strike gnaws at the trust and confidence which are the foundation of all or- ganized and civilized society. The intermediate goal, in this case to achieve the release of fellow-terrorists, may not suc- ceed. In the first days, at least, the Kuwaitis were "hanging tough" — refusing to capitulate to the Arab terrorists' demands. For this they were denounced as "reactio- nary lackeys of America." If the charge be credited at all, one can only comment that they deserved a higher calibre of leadership from the America they were blamed for following. After the incident had been exploited of all its anti-American potential, and after the Iranian authorities finally acted to call it to a halt, a State Department offi- cial did find courage to point out the obvious. He gave, of course, the weakest kind of implied criti- cism. Said Robert B. Oakley, "We feel that there is a great deal of sympathy, if not support and active collusion, on the part of the Iranian government, judging from the treatment which they have given to this particular inci- dent." But other State Depart- ment officials, more completely in tune with the prevailing atmos- phere and policy of appeasement, warned against criticism of Iran. And where, in all this, was the Chief Executive of the most pow- erful nation on earth? LOCAL NEWS Classes set for expectant The Oakland County Health Division will offer a series of six expectant parent classes begin- ning Jan. 8 in the Southfield office of the health division, 27725 Greenfield, Southfield. Classes will be held at 7:30 p.m. and will be taught by public health nurses. There is no charge but pre-registration is required. To enroll, call the health di- vision, 858-1280 or 424-7101. New president Sue Shifman of Bloomfield Hills has been elected president of the Michigan Speech Language and Hearing Association. She is the supervisor of Audiology at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac. Teacher cited Jerome Stasson has once again achieved special professional recognition by the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) as a nationally certified teacher of violin.