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…UP FRONT Midwest Consul General: Israel Closer To Talks AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer itzhak Shamir's government is close to agreeing to Secre- tary of State James A. Baker's proposal for a peace conference, said Israeli Midwest Consul General .Yitschak Ben-Gad at a Detroit press conference this week. The peace talks, to be jointly sponsored by the United States and the Soviet Union, call for a single open- ing session to be followed by direc...…
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…King Of Comedy Returns To Detroit LESLEY PEARL Jewish News Intern T he incidents which make Alan King mad are the same events he finds funny. "It's like when someone loses his money in a pay phone and starts pounding on it. It's maddening. But it's so stupid that it's funny," the actor-comedian said this week. Mr. King will bring his humor of everyday life to Pine Knob Aug. 7. "My show is about my life," Mr. King said. "I talk about my par...…
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…FOCUS The iVeffsf Goes Alicilo IF SCOTT GREENBERG Special to The Jewish News Hakol's Judy Pasternak reads a feature article. or Shirley Goldin, who has been legally blind for several years, information concerning - the Jewish community had come sporadically at best. She only knew what her family told her. But in April, everything changed. Mrs. Goldin, a subscriber to the Oakland County Reading Library for the Blind and Physically Han- di...…
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