Massachusetts To Try Gas Chamber Maker Boston (JTA) — Fred Leuchter, who manufactures gas chambers for states with capital punishment but claims the Nazis never used them to kill Jews, was or- dered to trial May 9 to face charges of violating a Massachusetts statute that bans the practice of engi- neering without a license. Malden District Court Judge James Killian re- jected a motion Feb. 19 for dismissal filed by Mr. Leuchter's attorney, Texas lawyer Kirk Lyon, whose other clients include the Ku Klux Klan and assorted white supremacists and neo- Nazis. The dapper 47-year-old Mr. Leuchter came to court under heavy security guard. It was his fourth appearance and, as on the previous occa- sions, it turned into a con- frontation between Holo- caust deniers and outraged Holocaust survivors and their friends. About 30 Leuchter fans sporting "free speech" arm- bands carried signs reading "The Holocaust is Dead" and "The Jewish Sataniza- tion of America." They sang German na- tionalist songs, hurled taunts at the Holocaust sur- vivors and scuffled with about a dozen members of the local Jewish Defense League. Three men were arrested when someone tried to burn an Israeli flag. One was a JDL member charged with assault and battery and disorderly con- duct. The other two, Leuchter supporters, were hit with the same charges. Leonard Zakim, regional director of the Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, said he was troubled by the circus atmosphere. He called the Leuchter sup- porters the "anti-Semite Hall of Fame." Although the charges against Mr. Leuchter, which carry a maximum three- month jail sentence and $500 fine, have nothing to do with his revisionism, Mr. Zakim is convinced the trial will be a history lesson about the Holocaust for many peo- ple. "The eventual verdict will be less important than the messages the case has brought to the surface," he said. German-born anti-Nazi ac- tivist Beate Klarsfeld of Paris agreed, saying said the issue is not simply whether Mr. Leuchter practiced en- gineering without a license. "The issue is to demolish his image as a so-called ad- viser to American prisons, and to show him as the man who is the denier of the Holocaust," said Ms. Klarsfeld, who helped track down Klaus Barbie and other Nazi war criminals. "He has to understand that in denying the Holo- caust he cannot remain un- punished," she said, adding she hoped to attend the trial in May. The Klarsfelds live in France. EBEL the architects of time have increased their retail prices up to 20% as of February 15, 1991. Robert Alexander Jewelers has the largest selection of EBEL watches in the Detroit area AT THE OLD PRICES!! Which, at Robert Alexander Jewelers, have always been a bargain! Now is also the time to come in and talk about upgrading your existing EBEL- adding a new dial, diamond dial, diamond bezel. SALE ENDS MARCH 2nd Sale on current stock only for the length of the sale. No special orders. Robert ALEXANDER Jewelers AWARDED CERTIFICATE BY GIA IN DIAMOND GRADING Saudi Envoy Predicts Ruin Of Pro-Iraqi Arabs Los Angeles (JTA) — Arab leaders who sided with Iraq will go under with Saddam Hussein, according to Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States. Taking off his diplomatic gloves, Prince Bandar ibn Sultan described Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasir Arafat as a "clown," King Hussein of Jordan as a "goner" and Yemen's President Ali Ab- dullah Saleh as "an illit- erate man." Signaling a radical change in Saudi Arabia's longtime policy of building an Arab consensus, the diplomat said that all of Saddam Hussein's supporters would share in his defeat or be stripped of all influence in the Middle East. The one exception, Prince Bandar said in a luncheon interview with the Washing- ton bureau of the Los Angeles Times, was the Pa- lestinian people. They, though not their leaders, would be forgiven, because "they are not against me," the prince said. He excused their support of Iraq by say- ing, "they are just frustrated, and they want anything to happen that could move something." He added that he was convinced the Palestinians are "sobering up." 32419 Northwestern Highway Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334 Located between Middlebelt and Fourteen Mile Road 313.855-0040 Hours: Monday-Saturday 10.5 Thursday 10.8 A Third Generation of Quality and Tradition in Diamonds and Diamond Jewelry, passed down from Norman Allan •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • BOOKS We Buy and Sell : SPRING CLEARANCE • • SALE! • • • Good Used Books • ALL WINTER YARNS LIBRARY BOOKSTORE • • 30% OFF • 5454300 Open 7 Days Books Bought In Your Home M. Sempliner CLASSIFIED GET RESULTS' Call The Jewish News 354.5959 • • • • • • • • EVERYTHING ELSE IN STOCK • 20% OFF including • • SAMPLE SWEATERS • BOOKS • ACCESSORIES :JULIA KNIT STUDIO • • • 32800 Franklin Road Franklin. MI 48025 Phone: (313) 626-3150 • • • HOURS: hies-Fri. 10-5. Sat. 10-4 • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •