Facing the realities of business in the 1990s leads

to the inevitable conclusion that the independent

haute couture retailer is becoming an endangered

species. This reality coupled with an overwhelming

Rabbi Discussed
Missing Soldiers

(-- Jerusalem (JTA) — The self-
proclaimed "foreign min-
ister" of the anti-Zionist
_,- Neturei Karta sect said he
L has had contacts with Ira-
nian officials over missing
Israelis in Lebanon.
Rabbi Moshe Hirsh said he
met with an Iranian diplo-
mat in Washington at the
_ request of the family of miss-
ing serviceman Yehuda
Katz.
Mr. Katz and two others
were reportedly captured
during a battle with Syrian
forces at Sultan Yakoub in
June 1982.
His parents and the
parents of Zachary Baumel
and Zvi Feldman were in
New York last week for a
meeting with the Secretary
General of the United
Nations in an effort to de-
r termine the fate of their
I> sons.
Optimism about another
-, missing Israeli serviceman
was voiced by a top U.S.
government official last
week.
National Security Adviser
Brent Scowcroft told Jewish
- leaders in Washington there
_ were indications that Israeli
navigator Ron Arad, shot
down over Lebanon in 1986
was alive.
Rabbi Hirsh returned this
week from the American
capital, where he attended
the peace talks as a member
of the Palestinian advisory
_ team, a position he or one of
his aides has held since the
Madrid peace talks were
launched a year ago.
Rabbi Hirsh told reporters
he met with the Iranian dip-
? lomat at the Pakistani Em-
bassy in Washington. He
said he would continue con-
tacts with Iran with a view
to helping ascertain the fate
> of the missing soldiers.
The fervently Orthodox
rabbi apparently travelled
home by way of Tunis, where
i > <, he said he addressed a Pales-
tinian gathering celebrating
the fourth anniversary of a
, proclamation of Palestinian
independence by Palestine
Liberation Organization
leader Yassir Arafat.
He said his speech em-
phasized the prompt recog-
nition accorded the Palestin-
ian state four years ago as
an alternative to what he
called the Zionist conquest of
the Holy Land.

desire to "smell the roses along the way" had led to

my decision to close Anna Bassett's Claire Pearone

as of December 31, 1992.

For more than 15 years I have owned and operated a business that has

contributed to our local economy and served the many people who

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appreciate the beauty, elegance and distinction of women's fine clothing.

It has been my pleasure to be a part of the Detroit business community,
and I am looking forward to future opportunities. I look to this Holiday

Season as a happy ending to this phase in my retail career.

Thank you Detroit for 15 excellent years and best wishes for Health and

Prosperity for 1993!

Holiday Closing Sale
December 10th to December 31st
All merchandise 50% off and more
Cash • Visa • Mastercard

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Yitzhak Navon, who became
Israel's fifth president in
1978, was the first Sephardi
Jew to attain that post.

ANNA BASSETT

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