May 25, 1973

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Waldheim Releases Report on Mideast UNITED NATIONS, (JTA)~ Secretary General-Kurt Waldheim released his report to the i t Council i on the UN S Security Middle East. The 64-page do-

cument, containing 41 pages of background material and observatlons, and 23 pages of appended establishes d d documents, d tblih tho framework of the Security

THE JEWISH PRESS Serving Council Bluffs, Des Moinesf Lincoln, Omaha Vol. Ml—No. S8'

OMAHA, NEB., FBI., MAY 25, 1073

Israeli Plane Crash Destroys Synagogue

Council's general debate on th" various instrumentalities set salem;" and the "PalestlnO p by the Security Council and refugee problem." Middie East scheduled «-iX> •e General Assembly, "played June 4. *«'"» Waldheim found that the UN important role in limiting truce o b s e r v a t i o n teams I n i t , ••"' 'Xiict and in preserving the "proved to be useful as an in"Althout IOUS truce which has pie- dependent and impartial source has in th tf in the area for most of of information" on tho ceasewith a nu the time." fire situation despite certain pects of tl lem, it hat W a l d h e i m observed that "shortcomings" including tho problem as u whole since the "The Security Council is, as fact that they have no enforceadoption of Resolution 242 far as I know, the only forum ment power and are able to on 22 Nov. 1957. In its forth- where all the parties to the observe only those violations coming meetings, the Council conflict have been able to meet that occur along the borders will, therefore, in a sense, be together in the same room," on which they are stationed. taking up the consideration of and expressed hope "that this Dealing with the situation in the Middle East question where advantage may be used for the occupied territories, Waldit left off at that time." constructive moves toward a heim referred to adamancy on The "Secretary General em- settlement." the part of I s r a e l and the phasized that the UN "and in Elements Of The Report Arab states which prevented particular the Security Council, The first section of the report UN agencies from carrying out has had a major and univer- deals with four major aspects on-the-spot investigations of sally recognized responsibility of the Middle East situation: conditions in those territories. in relation to the Middie East "Status of the ceasefire;" He mentioned Israel's insist* question," and that while it "Situation in the occupied ter- ence that such investigations "has not proved able, in this ritories;" "Question of Jeru(Continued on Page ,3) very difficult situation, to bring about a just and lasting settlement," the UN has, through its

Yuri and Yuli face Dim Future

us. Accused of Job Bias

TEL AVIV (JTA)-An Israeli Air Force plane crashed into an empty synagogue at Kiryat New York (JTA)-The U. S. plaintiff, thereupon, absented , Tivon east of Haifa, this week Postal Service, successor body" himself whenever he was . destroying tho building but in- to the U.S. Post Office, was scheduled to work at a time . juring no one. The pilot bailed charged last week in a suit which was in conflict with Sabout safely before the c r a s h . filed in a federal court with un- bath observance and was fired. The type of plane and the na- lawful discrimination w h i c h The complainants, representture of its mission were not barred observant Jews from ed by COLPA volunteer attordisclosed. neys Sidney Kwestel and Naemployment. than Lewln, charged that the ' The synagogue building was The civil suit against the failure to accommodate was a gutted by flames before the fire brigade could- put out the public agency was brought in violation of Title VII of the otos which have now reached the Student Struggle for Soviet blaze.' Tho interior, including the U.S. District Court for the Civil B i gh t s Act of 1964. as Jewry show Yuri Poch (right), a 23-year-old Odessa economics the Ark and Torah scrolls, was Eastern District of New York amended by the Equal Em- student sentenced to 3% years after asking to leave' for Israel, totally destroyed. Tho Town by attorneys of the National ployment Opportunities Act of and engineer Yull Tartakovsky (left), a Kiev activist of the Council announced immediate Jewish Commission on Law 1 9 7 2 . -•'• same age', facing possible trial after the Brezhnev U.S.A. visit. plans to rebuild the synagogue. and Public Affairs (COLPA) on behalf of a religious Jewish •,, A supermarket some 20 yards from the synagogue postal worker who was fifed .,J>J4MngJsa3.fuU otcustomers from his job because of his in-., at the tlme'antTpoUce said it ability to work from sundown was miraculous that no one Friday to sundown Saturday. • was hurt. The action arose when the Mrs. Rachel Szigetti, who plaintiff, a new employe at the ' lives opposite the synagogue, Long Island Post Office, re., suffered only m i n o r bruises quested that he be assigned to Omaha—June 3 and June 10 Eisen, a Geneticist and Proare perfectly healthy, ' caused by stones falling from a tour of duty that woutd not are important for at least 600 fessor' in the department "of riers people since the dis, • the synagogue walls. She said require him to work on his members of the Omaha Jewish Pediatrics at the University normal ease is not expressed in' the she saw the plane coming down Sabbath. According to COLPA, community,'The 600 will be of Nebraska Medical Center, carrier state. A child will not almost vertically and thought the postal authorities refused tested on those dates to deter- Tay-Sachs disease is a genetic be affected if only one parent ' at first that It was a helicopter. and cited a collective bargain- mine whether they' are carriers, abnormality which is 10 times is a carrier. If both parents - She said she threw herself to ing agreement that all work of the mutant gene responsible more common among Jews of are carriers, however, t h e the floor seconds before the assignments be made in ac- for Tay-Sachs disease. Eastern European origin than chances of their child having plane crashed and exploded cordance with a formula based any other group. A treatment the disease are one in four. on seniority on the job. The Betting fire to the synagogue. According to Dr. James for the fatal disease has not \ A child afflicted with Tay« ^et been found, however, a Sachs Disease appears normalw simple blood test can identify until about 6 months of age. "carriers." Then there is a general and The testing program In Oma- rapid deterioration leading to ha will be held at Temple Is- death, usually by the fourth rael, June 3 and June 10, from year. Dr. Eisen urges all Omaha 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program has been arranged on a coop- Jews between the ages of 16 erative basis between the. Ne- and 35, married' and single, to braska Health Department's participate In the screening Birth Defects Prevention Pro- program. "The simple blood gram, the University of Ne- test takes just a few minutes," braska Medical Center and the he said, "and can. prevent 1 , Omaha-Douglas County. Health years of needless suffering and tragic deaths." Department. Coordinated by the Omaha Jewish Federation, Those who have not yet indiassisted by the Omaha Chap- cated their desire to be part of ters of B'nai B'rith Women and the screening program are the Omaha Synagogue Council. urged to complete the coupon Dr. Eisen stressed that car- below and return it promptly.

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Jay-Sachs Screening Program

Please include Ihe following members of my household ' in the Tay-Sachs Screening Program. Preferred date for testing • Name ' "" Age June 3 June 10

Mrs. Edwin E. Brodkey, chairman of the Mollle Schlmmel Fund of the Omaha Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, presents a check for $2,600 to Mr. Ell Znlkln and Mrs. Don Greenberg, of the Home Committee, for renovation of the Nurses Station In the Medical Wing of the Dr. Philip Shcr Home for the aged In Omaha. This Is one of many projects Council has pro* vlded to the Slier Homo over the years, such as .redecorating and refurnishing a room, purchasing Of a commercial size food freezer, decorating the auditorium, and the Council room in the lower level,of the Home. Chairmen ol the Mollie Schlmmel Fund ore Mrs. Edwin E..Brodkey and Mrs. >WFriedman. .-,....' , ' ; » •':,,. ,{^.'..:. . (Mii.i

''•Your name, please print. Home phone - Address (To be eligible for testing, members must be between ' 101 N/orth.'20th Street, Omaha; Neb'.'681O2' l ' ;, .'

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