Concern Mounts Over U. S. Arms Sale to Arabs
Jerusalem, (JTA) — Con- last week for clarification of weaponry was being negotiated cern continued to mount in of- the arms deals. with the Persian Gulf states. ficial circles hero over reportOne official here, noting that Israeli officials denied that ed massive U.S. arms sales he was getting information in the State Department has more to Saudi Arabia. Israel's Am- "dribs and drabs" from U.S. or less confirmed the press rebassador to Washington, Sim- officials. But they did not con- ports of the extent of the U.S. ceal their surprise and dismay arms sales being negotiated, cha Dinitz, met with presiden- that stories leaked to Ameri- • said Israel was still hoping that tial advisor Henry Kissinger on can newspapers last week re- the reports were exaggerated. the matter Saturday jrnd was vealed that the sale of ever Israel is especially alarmed by at the State Department twice larger and more sophisticated reports that the U.S. plans to
sell F-4 Phantom jets and high speed gun boats to Saudi Arabia. Circles here said that once all the facts are known, the government will try to persuade the U.S. to decrease or decelerate the flow of sophisticated arms to the Saudians. State Dcpt. Assurance , Neither the White House nor
the State Department would discuss details of the visits there by Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dintz. But the State Department said that it has assured the Israeli government that "we will take a further look at Israel's views" on the sale of U.S. arms.
Serving Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Lincoln, Omaha Vol. XII—No, 40
OMAHA, NEB., FRI., JUNE 8, 1979
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. Mrs.'1 Mary Rich: Director or Nursing at the Dr. Philip Sher Home.
Nursing Director Joins Staff at Dr. Sher Home Omaha—The appointment of Mrs. Mary Rich as Director of Nursing for the Dr. Philip Sher Home for the Aged was announced this week by Daniel Sambol, Director of the Home. As Director'of Nursing, Mrs. Rich, a registerd nurse, will be Working primarily in the infirmary section of the J3her Home, serving as administra-' tor of^ a staff of 26 which includes three.registered nurses and 23 hospital aides. Active in nursing in Omaha for the past 25 years, Mrs. Rich received her training at the Nebraska Methodist Hospi-
tal. She was previously employed at the Eppley Care Center Chemical Dependency Unit and has served in the obstetrics and surgical departments of the Nebraska Methodist Hospital and Immanuel Hospital. In an interview at the Home on Monday, Mrs. Rich was enthusiastic about her new position and termed the Home "a cheerful place with great potential." Mr.. Sambol indicated that the addition of "Mrs. Rich to the staff was one of many steps being taken to improve he quality of care for the residents of the home.
. Jerusalem (JTA)—Three Israeli prisoners of war who returned home after three years of captivity in Syria related grim tales of torture at the hands of their captors. The three, all fighter pilots who bailed out over Syrian territory in 1970 after their planes were .shot Jpwn by ground fire, were "exchanged for 46 Syrian and 10 Lebanese PWs held by Israel. . -. :;* The freed Israelis are Captains Gideon Magen and Pinhas Nahmani, both married and each the father of two children, and Lt. Boaz Eitan,'who is unmarried. ':•'•• The fliers said the Syrians had subjected them to the same methods" of torture used by the Turks before World War I with some modern refinements in-
cluding electric shock. They ly beaten by his captors during said their captors used wet that interval on his fractured branches to beat the soles of leg and on his head. He said their feet and their fingertips. that as a result of his head inLt. Eitan said the Syrians ad- juries, he permanetly lost the mitted there was a Geneva hearing of one:ear. Convention barring the misCapt. Magen gave a similar, treatment of PWs but said, account of his treatment. He "That is notf6r^ou. You are said they were not visited by Israelis:" He said the statement .Red Cross representatives for .was accompanied by repeated 4M> months affer their capture, blows to his head and body. and that period was the worst. 'According to the returned But even l a t e r , when their prisoners, broken l i m b s and treatment had improved, it was • '•• fractured rite were a daily oc- still far from what the Geneva currence during the first few^ Convention required. months of their captivity. They •Nevertheless, Capt. Magen said they were examined-by a said that while a prisoner he ' doctor but only to see if their . was,able to take a correspondhearts were strong enough to- ence course in mechanical enbear further torture. gineering from the Haifa TechCap. Nahmani, who broke a nion. He said textbooks in Heleg when he balled out, said he brew and English were supplied received no medical treatment through the facilities, of the Red for five days but was repeated- Cross.
Sher Home Open House Sunday
Fund MsQGig Policy '
Omaha — Charles Monasee, Mrs. C. M. Newman and Mrs, > H a r o l d Zelinsky have been ' named to the Executive Com' mittee. of the Omaha Jewish ' Federation. Announcement of their appointment was made by f Morley Zlpursky, president, at ,' the Executive Committee meeting last week. <
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Among the actions taken by • the Executive Committee wes* ' the adoption of opollcy rcgnrd. Ing fund raising campaigns. ' Recognizing #ho legitimate needs for funds by various Israeli Institutions, fund raising guidelines were recently established by a joint committee of the Israeli government, United !' ' ;JDwish'Appeal,dHd, the; iCouncil i of Jewish Federations and Wei-. v
fare Funds, tho latter representing the individual Jewish community Federations. It was agreed that' UJA had top fund raising priorities and that no other campaigns would be conducted during UJA cam t palgns (January 1 through June The policy adopted by the Omaha Federation was devised by the Committee on Overse s Services of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, and relates to the following institutions: American Committee for the Weizmann Institute American Friends of An Open House wlllbe held at the Dr. IMri!"! Sher Home, SuncJjj, June 10 from 2 to i p.m. HOBand1 Mrs. Is the uew H a i f a University, American orccs will be •Mr/---" - - ' Daniel " - - 1 - 1 Sambol "'-"-' and —* Mr,.>pnd.Mrs. " - ~ A " " Ben ° ~ ¥Laub. " u "Mr. - nSambol " • Friends of Hebrew University, Director at the home, , me. Mr. Laub'ls;tlie Assistanttiirectdr. Pictured above in tho kitchen a t i h e , 1 'American Friends of Tel Aviv home baking j strcddel; talglacb'ah'cl sweet' rolls for the Open House are home resident Mrs. Mll«|!; (Continued•;on, Rage itbuij^jdrcd;Fpgel,( and.Mrsv JakerWine,AndiMrs.sDavldiPotnsh, LO¥E>nnda5ikunCholim volunteetsiW-tsi;