1111111.10100'' The PG Tfie (Premier Rental Retirement Community 24111 Civic Center Drive • Southfield, MI 48034 (810) 352-0208 Here's a rare opportunity for Detroit to see an extraordinary collection of treasured possessions that immigrants brought from their homelands! BECOMING AMERICAN "WOMEN: Clothing and the Jewish Immigrant Experience 1880-1920 This unique exhibition was created in Chicago and has been seen in only a few cities. This showing in Detroit is the last of the tour, so don't miss it! There is also a special section - a collection of photographs of those who came to Detroit to find a better life: The Jewish Immigrant Experience in Michigan NOW/ OPEN FOR A LIMITED TIME! 120 Detroit Historical Museum 5401 Woodward at Kirby Detroit For hours and information, call (313) 833-1805 Anna Steinberg Prentis. circa 1914. Gun Control Loosened? Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel's in- terior minister has decided to seek a loosening of the country's gun control laws. Under a proposal issued by Minister Eli Suissa, the mini- mum age for requesting a gun li- cense would be lowered to 20 from 21. Israeli civilians who had served in combat units would au- tomatically be granted licenses. Mr. Suissa's proposals would ease restrictions that had been imposed after the assassination last year of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The proposal prompted criti- cism from a former Israel De- fense Force chief of staff and a former police commissioner. `There is already enough vio- lence in Israeli society," said for- mer IDF Chief Dan Shomron, who added that no good would come from "flooding the country with more weapons." Ya'acov Turner, the former na- tional police chief, said that more lenient regulations would put more weapons in the hands of criminals. Dubi Gazit, who headed the ministerial committee that draft- ed the new proposals, cited Is- raeli security concerns as the basis for the change in regula- tions. According to official figures last released in 1993, some 300,000 Israeli Jews are licensed to bear weapons. Court Acquits Neo-Nazi Leader Budapest (JTA) — The Hungar- ian Supreme Court has acquit- ted a Hungarian neo-Nazi leader who was charged with inciting racial hatred. In reading the verdict, the judge said Albert Szabo and four co-defendants had not broken any of the laws under which they had been charged. The court upheld a March nil- ing from a lower court. That rul- ing had prompted the state prosecutor to announce that he would appeal the case to the Supreme Court. Mr. Szabo's trial began in No- vember, after he and his follow- ers were charged with wearing Nazi uniforms and with display- ing Nazi flags and other symbols at public demonstrations. His acquittal in March led the Hungarian Parliament to enact a new, tougher law regarding hate speech and incitement to- ward racial hatred. Legal observers said Mr. Sz- abo might be tried under the new law after he made public pro- nouncements against Hungary's Jews last month. Mr. Szabo fled Hungary in 1956 when the country was un- der Communist rule. When he returned here some five years ago, he founded the World National Popular Rule Party, which was patterned af- ter the wartime Arrow Cross Party of Ferenc Szalasi. Hungary had a prewar Jew- ish population of nearly 1 million. About 90 percent of the Jews fell victim to the Holocaust un- der the Szalasi regime. Mr. Szalasi, a Hitler collabo- rator, was executed after World War II as a war criminal. Jordan, Israel Open Consulates Jerusalem (JTA) — In an effort to promote tourism and facilitate trade, the Hashemite kingdom and the Jewish state plan to open consulates in the Red Sea towns of Eilat, Israel, and Aqaba, Jor- dan, respectively. The decision was made by joint committees formed under the 1994 peace treaty between the two nations. A spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Amman said addi- tional measures were being con- sidered, including free, one-day visas for tourists. Meanwhile, Israeli President Ezer Weizman plans to travel to Amman to meet with King Hus- sein. The visit was to have taken place weeks ago, but it was post- poned at the request of Weizman, who at the time thought that the talks between Israel and the Palestinians were on the verge of a conclusion. Israel Names Egypt Envoy Jerusazlem (JTA) — Israel an- nounced the appointment of a new ambassador to Egypt. Zvi Mazel, a 30-year veteran of the Foreign Ministry, will re- place David Sultan, who re- turned to Israel in August amid reports that there were threats against this life in Egypt. Mr. Mazel previously served as deputy director-general for African affairs and as ambas- sador to Romania. In a separate development, Is- rael and Egypt renewed contacts to locate Israeli servicemen miss- ing since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Israel gave the Egyptians a list of 18 soldiers missing or captured during the war. The decision to renew the search comes after Israeli Presi- dent Ezer Weizman's recent vis- it to Egypt.