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Lebovitz was a pharmacist at store No. 2244 in Scottsdale from July 13 through Dec. 11, 1987. Lebovitz, who now works for another pharmacy, alleges that "codes had been entered" reflecting "adverse, profane and derogatory comments regarding the customers." In addition, Lebovitz's suit claims, pharmacist Carolyn Smith "repeatedly used numerous anti-Semitic ex- pressions, ethnic and racial slurs, and made derogatory and demeaning remarks regarding Jews" in Lebovitz's presence. He also claims that her supervisor, pharmacist William Weatherby, "had ac- tual knowledge that Smith was engaging in anti-Semitic activities" and that Weather- by also "participated in anti- Semitic activities." Smith said she was un- aware that a suit had been filed and that she had no com- ment, either on the suit or on the accusation that she was involved in anti-Semitic activities. Thomas J. Walter, chief labor lawyer for OSCO, reached in his Chicago office, said he would reserve com- ment until receiving a copy of the suit. Walter acknowledged famil- iarity with the charges because of correspondence he had in September with the Arizona office of the Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith regarding Lebovitz's assertions. In his Sept. 2, 1988 letter to Joel Breshin, head of the Arizona ADL regional office, Walter said Osco's policy "specifically prohibits religious discrimination." He also wrote that the Osco phar- macists accused of the anti- Elaine DeRosa is a reporter for the Greater Phoenix Jewish News. Semitic activity were advised "that any act of discrimina- tion is illegal, against corn- pany policy and may result in discipline, up to and including discharge." Earlier Arizona ADL cor- respondence was with Richard George, then presi- dent of Osco Drug, Inc. He has since left the company. George acknowledged in a let- ter to Breshin, dated July 5, 1988, that "anti-Semitic and other inappropriate com- ments were discovered in our pharmacy computer." He said the company subsequently made "programming changes" in all Osco stores' computers to eliminate the comments section from customer records. Shomron Says Al Fatah Quiet Jerusalem (JTA) — Yassir Arafat's wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization has not engaged in any guerrilla acts in more than two months, according to an Israeli army official. The New York Times reported this week that Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Shomron told the defense committee of parliament that Arafat's wing, Al Fatah, has halted violent operations since November. In early and mid-December Arafat made his first state- ments renouncing terrorism and recognizing Israel's right to exist. According to The Times, Shomron told the committee, "We know of no specific orders to Fatah members from the command to desist." Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir reportedly called Shomron's comments "super- fluous" and did not agree with his assessment of the situation. 4 Soviets' Switch No Aid To Fans Tel Aviv (JTA) — After re- neging last week on a pro- mise to issue up to 400 visas for Israeli fans who wanted to accompany the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball to Moscow, the Soviets once again chang- ed their mind. But it was too late. By then, the last plane from Israel able to connect with a Vienna flight to Moscow had departed. Subsequent flights would arrive in Moscow too late for the game. UI