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,COUNaL BLUFFS, LINCOLN, OMAHA Omaha, Neb., Fri., OoiotMr 10, IfIB
I^Mdgeon Is DM Chairman n 'Campaign for Survival' ^ DES MOINES - Harold PIdgeon bat been appointed General Chairman of Uie 1978 "AU-In-One" Campaign. "At this time we are engaged in the final stages of organization," Pidgeon announced. "We have recruited •ome fine volunteere who will make sure this campaign, like oUien in the past, will be one the Des, Moines Jewish communfly can be proud of." The campatgn will begin Jan, 1, im and Is tenatlvely for completion by 31. During Ihis month the resources of the comwiUbefunymobUiied. greater threat to Israel's saki. security." The Holocaust. li.oM.Mme reality of a lime dManI and far removed. Its vile elements still hat bi our mMst, ready to l^9adi».a . tttUJAvMcfc strike, he added. "I am fortunate," Pkigeon mrlkmtt sakI, "that I have a family toridMtarlUA who understands and appreciates the importance of Pidgeon basbaen a Board the campaign and will allow member of the Federatkm and PIdgBon, who has worked In me the necessary time to is currently serving on the many campaigns, feels the devote to that task." budget and executive comYom KIppur War marked a HmMa mittees. definite hiniing point In bis Me also parttelpated in one life. "I deckled I owed a I Continued on Page ID M, Uny, % Md imilment to myself, to my lly and to world Jewry. I btfieve it is important that I ghw as much of my time, abilities, and resources OMAHA-Has Shiriey GoMstein "gone too far"? to the campaign effort as i In an effort to'clear up peoples'Meas about what she's possibiy can. Never before October of »73 bad I realized doing," the Omaha Committee for Soviet Jewry has that a serious and concerted scheduled an informal dlscusskxi senion for Oct. 14, approach is necessary to acoonUng to Mbiam Simon, c»diahT«"o<> of U>'P^Mrs. GoMstein recently returned from the Soviet Unkm. make the campaign a truly where sfarwas able to make contact with Jewish and noi)meaningful endeavor." ' Jewish dissklenu who are seeking to emigrate from Pklgeon views the camRussia but who are being heM back by the Soviet paign as more than a mere charitable venture of good bureaucracy. Mrs. Goldstein brought back photographs and tapes will, more than a Iradltknal deUiling the situatkn in Russia - material requested kv response to our Jewish use In rallies bi other American dtles - but her actkms heritage o( taidMi, more have been'questkiped by some in Onuha, saki Mrs. than a humanitarian concern Simon. forourbretheren. "Some poeple have been uying they thhtk she's gotten "The campaign means 'carried away'with this, that she's 'gone loo far,'" saM survival. In our time we have Mrs. Simon. "We want to clear up peoples' kteas about seen the destnictkm and what she's doing and why - particulariy. what elfect her reMrth of our people. The actkms are having. Some people are concerned, (or inHokicaust happened while the stance, that by listing the names and printing the pictures world watched - and It couM of these Soviet actlvisU, we might get them In trouble." have been avoided." To set the record straight, saM Mrs. Simon, there wlU be PtdgMB MM«t aick an open forum - "no neecbes, Just qMestkm and an«> ii tttaf* VMMH»Biilhii—I swers" - at 7:30 p.m. T^iesday, Oct. M, in the Jewish Community Center. Offering nonJewisb opbikms of the situatkm will be IMM mum ii*or." ki special guorts Wally Provost, Omaha WorkkHendd sports otiumnlst, and his wile Irene. They were hosts on the Sovlel trip and Provost's ssries begins this Sunday. •If Israel docs not receive Mr*. Provost is assislant to the papcr's«ncutlv«sdltsr. our full-fledged support, the will bacaiw M even
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OMAHA - Edward Zorlnsky, mayor of the City of Omaha, will be honored Wednesday, Oct. S, as recipient of the B'nai B'rith Americanism Citatkm (or Meritorious Service.' Announcement of Mayor Zorinsky's selection as lt7S honoree was made by Joseph Erman, president of Henry Monsky Lodge No, 354, which annually presents the award. Presentatton will be made during a noon luncheon in the Hilton Hotel Ballroom. The hmcheon and ceremonies are open to all men and women, non-members as wi^ as members of B'nai B'rith. Tickets are 16 per person. Zorinsky, who became mayor of On\aha in 1973, is being honored for his servkx both to his community and his country. As mayor, he has led the city through two natural disasten this year - a blizzard In January and a tornado in May. In day-to-dav governmental txisiness, he has prevented tax increases thnxuib three taxable pertods, has expressed firm belief In the city's youth and also sought benefits for the city's ekieriy in the form of 10oent bus rides and tow real estate taxes. The United States Conference of Mayors recognized Zorlnsky by selecting him to represent the State Department on a European goodwill tour and alto as a member of the U.S. Mayors Economic Devek>proent Committee. Prior to becoming mayor, Zorinsky was appointed to the Nebraska Judicial Qualltlcatkms Commisshm and was elected to the Omaha Public Power District board of directors, both in 1968. While working as an executive in the family-owned tobacco wholesaling business, he was made president of the Nebraska Asaociation of Tobacco Distributors. In 1966 he was named the outstanding U.S. busineu executive in the industry. Bom in Omaha on Nov. 11, 1928. Ed Zorlnsky padu^ed from Central High School, attended the University of Minnesota and Creighton University, receiving his bachek>r's degree In chemistry and zoology from the University of Nebraska. He studied
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business in graduate schools at Harvard and Notre Danje. He served as an officer In the U.S. Army Military Police Corps and put in another 14 years In the reserves, being honorably discharged In 1952 at the rank of captain. Zorlnsky. who is the 24th recipient Q( the Americanism Otatkm since its inceptkm in 19S2, is only the fourth Jewish person to be so honored. The others were Morris E. Jacob* in 1963, Harry Trustin In 1965 and Samuel Greenberginl974. He is the second Jewish mayor of Omaha. Johnny Rosenblatt was mayor from 1964 to 1961.
Past Redpiants OMAHA - Past recipients of the B'nai B'rith Americanism Citatkin fpr Meritorious Service: W.O.Swanson
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MorrisE. Jacobs 1963 Edward F.Pettis 1964 Roh^H.Storz 1965 Clarence LLanden 1966 V.J.Skutl 1967 A.F,Jacobaon 1K8 Leo A. Daly.... 1K9 A.W.Gordon 1910 FrankP.FOgarty 1961 Rev.CM.Reinert.SJ. 1962 A.V.Sorensen 1963 J, Gordon Roberts 1964 Harry TnisUn 1965 Msgr.N.H.Wegner 1966 WiUis A. Strauss 1967 MorrisF.MIIIer 1966 J.D.Anderson 1919 EddH. Bailey 1970 JohnD.DIesbig 1971 Harold W. Andersen 1972 Thomas S. Numberger... 1973 Samuel Greenberg 1974
HarltMM AMMNI • NEW YORK - H«l C. Davis, president of the American Federation of Musicians, will receive the Democratic Heritage Award of (he American Jewish Committee. Announcement of his selectkm was made here l>y Andrew Goodman, patkmal general chairman of the Committee's Appeal for HunuwRalaUaaB.
Announotnwnt TrtgQ9fs 'Rood' OMAHA - After leading Omaha through a blizzard and a tornado Ihis year, a (lood would be the furthest thing from Mayor Zorinsky's mbtd. He may not know it, but that's what the announcement of (be B'nai B'rith Americanism Citatkm ceremony honoring him triggered - a flood of phone calls to Reservations Chairman William Wolfe. And Wolfe coudn't be more thrilled. "I don't know whether I've got enough telephones here," he laughed from his offkx in (he Plaza of The Americas building. The announcemenls had barely reached Omaha mailboxes eariy (his week when the deluge hit Wolfe's''of(ice. "I've been answering calls Almost all day. "1 had one (ellow call and say he was going (o buy (ickeis (or 60 priests." said Wolfe. "One club said l( was planning to come to the luncheon Instead o( holding its regular meetbig and I heard (rom another, bigger organiutkm that is thinking o( doing (he same thing." With (he (remendous Inierest already indicated, Wolfe is hophig to prevent ]am-ups at the Hilton Hotel Ballroom door by having as many advance re^rvatkms mailed into him as pMSible before the Oct. 22 luncheon. ReservatkNis - a( 16 per person, man or vraman, B'nai B'rith member or not - should be mailed with a check nude out (o B'nai B'rith, AtteMkM William Wolfe. Suite 3S5, Plaza of The Americas Building. 7171 Mercy Road, Omaha, Neb 68106. And If anyone has any questkms, Wolfe urges them to call him at 397-2229. Evenjf he has to put In more (hones.