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theorieS and promotion of similar
Sydney (JTA) — Consumer pro-
writings of Arthur Butz, Robert
tection legislation was invoked in
Faurisson and others.
a novel way here to halt distribu-
The back cover of the booklet
tion of a book which included the
contained ten extracts from re-
allegation that the Holocaust is a
views of earlier editions which
hoax, the World Jewish Congress
had not contained the author's
reported.
current Holocaust denial views.
The legal case, reported on by
These included endorsements by
the WJC research arm, the Insti-
respected Australian newspapers
tute of Jewish Affairs, involved a
and well-known journalists, as
publication by a known right-
well as the present Australian at-
wing anti-Semitic group which
torney general.
presents itself as a civil liberties
In addition, the booklet was de-
organization. According to the
scribed on. its front cover as a
WJC, such right-wing anti-
Semitic groups in Australia have - "civil liberties publication" and
the author was described on the
generally operated under the
inside front cover as secretary of
guise of some form of civil liber-
the Victorian Council for Civil,
ties organization.
Liberties and president of the Au-
The unusual case grew out of a
stralian Civil Liberties Union.
book written by John Bennett,
Proceedings were brought
who had previously circulated the
against the author for using false
Writings of "revisionist" histo-
endorsements on the back cover of
rians, including that of the Insti-
the booklet, charging he was in
tute for Historical Review, based
violation of the Australian Trade
in California, which alleges that
Practices Act of 1974, whfch pro-
documentation about the
hibits the representation that
Holocaust is a hoax.
"goods or services have sponsor-
Bennett had published a
ship approval, performance char-
number of editions of a booklet
entitled Your Rights, which con-
tained innocent chapters such as
"Where to Get Help," "Buying a
House" and "Tenants' Rights."
Prior to 1984, the booklet had
been favorably reviewed in var-
ious newspapers and journals,
and was widely distributed.
In March 1984, the 11th edition
of the booklet, entitled Your
Rights 1984 included a new Chap-
ter 14 under the heading "1984 —
Was Orwell Right?" This chapter
contained a discussion of the so-
called "rewriting" of history, and
included a restatement of the
author's Holocaust denial
acteristics, accessories, uses or
benefits they do not have."
Among the witnesses protest-
ing the use of their names in the
endorsements were the Attorney
General of Australia; Senator
Gareth Evans; Andrew McKay,
the Melbourne Bureau chief of
Rupert Murdoch's The Australian
newspaper; and Yvonne Preston,
the editor of the books page for the
Sydney Sun-Herald.
Each of them totally dissociated
himself or herself from the con-
tents of Chapter 14 which they de-
scribed as "totally anathema,"
"totally abhorrent . . . a pernici-
ous perversion of history" and
"racist slander," respectively.
Before final judgment, the re-
spondents, including Bennett,
agreed to consent to orders that
they be enjoyed from distributing
any copies of the booklet, unless
all the words appearing on the
back cover were obliterated. As a
result of this order, the booklet
was withdrawn from all news-
stands and bookshops by the dis-
tributors.
Israel Saves Rare Vulture
Tamarack
Camps
Annual
Jamboree and Reunion
1:00-4:00 p.m.
At The
Jewish Community Center
6600 West Maple Rd., West - Bloomfield
• 40 Carnival Booths • Craft Projects
• Cotton Candy
• Popcorn
• Camp Slide Show and Movie
• Games with Prizes
All Activities and Refreshments are Tree
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LOCAL NEWS
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Liver Foundation
To Host Public Forum
Sunday, January 27
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The Michigan Chapter of, the
American Liver Foundation will
hold a public education meeting
on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in
Classrooms D and E on the 10th
floor of William Beaumont Hospi-
tal in Royal Oak.
The public is invited to hear
guest speaker Dr. Neil Talon,
psychiatrist, who will discuss
"How To Cope With Chronic Ill-
ness." For information, call
Beaumont Hospital, 288-7226. or
288-8425.
Arthritis Seminar
At Woodland Medical
Woodland Medical Group will
present seminars on "Arthritis
and Its Treatment" at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday at the, medical center,
41935 W. 12 Mile, Novi.
Dr. Raymond Weitzman, inter-
nist and rheumatologist, will con-
duct the seminar. Dr. James Les-
ser, also an internist and
rheumatologist, will conduct a
seminar at 1 p.m. Feb. 13.
Admission is free, but pre-
registration is required. To regis-
ter, call the medical center, 855-
3222.
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Rosa, one of the last lappet-faced vultures of the Negev Desert, with her
long-time keeper Yaacov Segal of Tel Aviv University.
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Vultures, the
winged scavengers of desert
regions, may be un-loved by most
humans. But Yaacov Segal,
keeper of the Tel Aviv University
zoo, is not one of them. He is try-
ing to arrange a love-match be-
tween two of the creatures in the
hope of reversing the near extinc-
tion of a rare species, the lappet-
faced vulture, a habitue of the
Negev.
The prospective mates are a
33-year-old vulture named Rosa
and a nine-year-old male, both
members of a breeding group at
the univesity's Canadian Center
for Ecological Zoology.
The age difference apparently
is no problem. But Segal's
presence at the mating is essen-
tial. He has cared for Rosa since
she was brought to the zoo as a
chick and she apparently regards
him as her "mate." Rosa has laid
eggs for Segal. But a male vulture
is required to fertilize them.
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The center's academic super-
visor, Prof. Heinrich Men-
delssohn, hopes that Segal and
the male vulture will induce Rosa
to produce a chick. If she does, it
will be the first lappet-I: led vul-
ture to be conceived am horn in
captivity.
The lappet is a strong p dator,
with powerful curved sharp
claws and nine-foot wi .gspan. Its
name is derived from distinc-
tive skin folds (lappet, . on its
neck. Once a familiar sigk t in the
Arava valley south of th Dead
Sea, there are now said to Le only
two or three of the birds left in the
region. Other subspecies are
found throughout Africa but their
numbers are rapidly dwindling.
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