NEWS im•••••"°•••"•• 'Orphaned' Parents rphaned Workshop Sunday, November 4, 1990 aren'ts The Birmingham Temple 28611 W. 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Helmsley To Hussein: Hostages Aren't Guests "Orphaned" Parents are mothers and fathers who RON OSTROFF desperately miss their children who live far away. "Orphaned" Parents feel left out on holidays and other special days when most families are together. "Orphaned" Parents are referred to as "my other grandparents" by grandchildren who are not part of their daily lives. "Orphaned" Parents are people for whom conversations filled with the intimacy of smiles and hugs have been replaced by conversations through telephone wires. Editorial Coordinator F If you are on "Orphaned" Child and live for from your parents, we would love to have you join us as well. If you feel like an "Orphaned" Parent, please join us at our workshop. $15.00 per person (including lunch) For reservations and information contact: Fiorentino Rimoi 561-4429, Nino Schneyer 354-1080 or Sandy Altman 851-1519 Supervised Apartment Living for the Elderly The group apartments are for people who need more sup- portive care and can live comfortably sharing an apartment with two other individuals, each person having a separate bedroom. If you or someone you know desires a family-like, non- institutional setting, please call Zeno Baum or Jan Bayer AT 559-1500. • , • • • • • • 1\ Limited space is currently available. Group Apartments for the Elderly A Jewish Family Service Program 1=rizn ri= riinv5 Lenore & Phil Salomon of Salomon Roofing Co. would like to wish their family, friends and customers a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. ( 22 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1990 Exercise regularly. WE RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE American Heart Association Ge , irst Saddam Hussein took over Kuwait. Then he demanded that all embassies in Kuwait move their staffs to Baghdad. And finally he refused to allow thousands of foreigners to leave Kuwait and Iraq. The world called them "hostages." Mr. Hussein called them "guests." But that was too much for Leona M. Helmsley, the Helmsley Hotels president who, in scores of adver- tisements, has boasted about how much respect she has for her guests. She took out a full page ad in The New York Times this week, in the form of an open letter to Saddam Hussein, calling him on the carpet for his actions in general and, specifically, for calling his hostages "guests." "As your troops terrify in- nocent men, women and children; as your occupation forces loot Kuwaiti cities; as your security forces smash down the doors of apart- ments looking for foreigners to intern, you keep referring to these victims as 'guests,' " she wrote. "I know something about how one is supposed to treat guests, Mr. Hussein. I have been inviting guests from around the world into my hotels for 18 years. "The people held in your grasp are not guests. They are hostages .. . "In your bizarre world where detention centers have become hotels and hostages have become guests, I can make one rec- ommendation that I have never made in all the years I have been welcoming people: Mr. Hussein, it is time to check out." She called on the Iraqi leader to release the hostages at once. Mrs. Helmsley, who is ap- pealing a conviction on fed- eral tax evasion and is under indictment by a New York state court on similar charges, told The Jewish News that she took out the ad because she wanted to do something patriotic. She said she got that inspiration after hearing President Bush's speech on the crisis. Then she wrote the ad —which a Helmsley spokes- woman said cost $36,540 — but had it checked by her lawyer and her public rela- tions man. "I was inspired by how he felt about the hostages," she said of the president. "We should show him that we are patriotic and do care as well." She said she has had American flag pins distributed to Helmsley employees. As an added touch, she said the Helmsley building at New York's 230 Park Avenue will be topped with a flag of red, white and blue electric lights, 148 feet tall by 104 feet wide. Mrs. Helmsley said she is sending American soldiers in the Persian Gulf "our con- fidence and our love. If (any- one) comes up with some- thing better, tell them to call me.' The ad was a one-shot deal, she said, and only in The New York Times. Why not run additional ads and include other news- papers? "How could I afford it all?" Mrs. Helmsley asked. William Adler, a spokes- man for The New York Times, said, "The Times is not one to shy away from carrying issue-oriented ads." And the Helmsley ad "was definitely attention- getting," he said. ❑ Soviets, Vatican Discuss Mideast Paris (JTA) — A Soviet delegation will open talks with the Vatican soon on the possibility of convening an international peace con- ference on the Middle East, Communist sources in- dicated. The talks will start before the end of the month, the Italian Communist Party newspaper L'Unita reported in Rome. The views of the Vatican and the Kremlin on this subject "are very close" and need only to be clearly formulated, L'Unita said. Israel opposes an interna- tional conference, and while the United States will not rule one out, its stated pre- ference is for direct negotia- tions between Israel and the Palestinians. According to the Commu- nist sources, the Soviet dele- gation in the Vatican will be headed by Igor Andropov, a diplomat who was a member of the Soviet delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.