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TEL “AVIV (JTA)—Israeli and
foreign investors are going
atfS&d 'With plang^to develop
ShaKn el'-Skeikh in the southern
Sinai as a resort area despite
the' government’s acceptance of
American peace proposals which
may. lead to Israel’s withdrawal
froth at least part of the Arab
territories occupied during the
Six-Day War. A contract was
signed for the construction of
an air terminal and hotel ac
commodations at Sharm el -
Sheikh. The contract went to
Arkia, Israel’s domestic airline,
which wiji build the “Ophir”
Airport at the former Egyptian
strongpost. The contracts contain
a special clause providing com
pensation for the investors
should Israel be forced to evac
uate the area.
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Is
raeli Institute for Planning and
Development waif '“awarded a
$600,000. contract for the devel
opment. .of,a 65,000 square mile
area in northern Thailand. The
region is. more than twice the
size l qi Ts&aeT including all the
Axab^wcijtprifis occupied- in the
JunftJ’gOF war. The announce-
mentUff the . contract said that
$150,000 of the fee will he con
tributes' by the United Nations
Development Program and the
Agr the Thai govern-
nanced by the Smithsonian In
stitute of Washington,.'is head
ed by Professor Robert Bull of
the Albright Institute of Jem*
salem and Dr. Eric Meirs of
Duke University, Durham.
There was one confrontation
between members of the ex
pedition and religious zealots
who believed burial caves in the
area are sacred—the daughter-
in-law of the Sage Shathal is be
lieved to have been buried in
one of them. - ~
After being reassured that the
caves would not be desecrated
by use as storage areas for tools
and supplies, the zealots, led by
Rabbi Amran Bloy of the Ne-
turei Karta group, left and the
excavations continued.
. In the south of Israel, the
Hebrew University Archaeolog
ical Department announced
excavations in Beersheba have
uncovered pots on which re
ceipts for goods are inscribed.
In ancient times, Beersheba was
a district capital and trade cen
ter.
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Amer-
frUniversity Archeeol-
icflfi,'"8%ing at the
, on-Mount Meron
Safed, announced it had
unttfeered- what is believed to
have been a Jewish settlement
dating book to Talmudic times.
Several buildings, including
aoe believed to have been a syn
agogue, coins and artifacts were
The 80-man,. expedition, fi
JEWISH CALEHDAR
•BOSH HASHANA
Oct. 1-2
Thursday-Friday
♦TOM KIFPUR
Oct 10, Saturday
•SUKKOT
Oct. 15-16
Thursday-Fri^ajt..
♦HOSHANA
Oct 21, Wedr
•SHEMINI A1
Oct 22, Thursday
•SIMHAT TORAH
Oct 23, Friday
•HANUKA
Dec. 23-30
Wedneeday-Wedneeday
•HOLIDAT BEGINS
SUNDOWN PREVIOUS DAT
By George Friedman
What is Gunnar Jarring really like? After
all, Senator Jay its says he lack* charisma, “Who’s
Who in America With World Notables” doesn’t list
him, and Once, after replying to newmen’s ques
tions repeatedly with “no comment’ an observer
remarked; “That’s the longest statement I’ve ever
heard him matte,” Yet this quiet mysterious Scan
dinavian Is probably the most important cog in
the Mideast wheel—Ralph Bundle won a Nobel
Peace Prize for effecting the Rhodes agreement
and two decades later there |s still no Arab-
Israeli peace.
After diplomatic duty in Turkey, Ceylon, India,
Iraq, Iran and Ethiopia, Dr. Jarring served as
Swedish ambassador to India, Ceylon, Iran, Iraq
and Pakistan^ He was chief of his Foreign Min
istry’s political section from 1062 to 1956, and his
country’s United Nations envoy from 1956 to 1952.
In the midst of that latter service, the Security
Council sent him to mediate the Indian-Pakistani
hostilities, pe produced a report in which he
admitted his inability to come up with substantive
solutions, but he phrased it all so diplomatically
that both sides praised him. From 1958 too 1964,
Dr. Jarring was Swedish ambassador to Wash
ington. Since Nov. 28, 1967, the day afer passage
Of Council Resolution 242, he has.been Mr. Thant’s
man on the Midjeast, on leave from his formal'post
as Sweden’s ambassador to Moscow. He. will be
83 On Columbus Day, Oct. 12.
The man behind the diplomat was bom Gun
nar Valfrid Jonssen, but later changed hte sur
name tor one less ordinary. (Interestingly, Dr.
Bunche’s middle name is Johnson, and the,current
cease-fire began at 6 p. in., EST on his 66th birth
day.) Dr. Jarring received a Ph.D. in East Turkish
phonetics froirh Lund University—at the age of
For a whilst he lived on a lotuscircled house
boat on Lake Srinagar in Kashmir. In 1932 he
married the linguist daughter of an astronomer.
They have a daughter, 21. He has
the Knight Commander Order of the North Star.
Known in school as “The Lucky Turk for hb
ability to sell articles on Turkish etymology, his
published writings bear such titles as ‘The Con
test of the Fruits—An Eastern Turki Allegory,
“The Uzbek Dalect of Qilich, Russian Turkestan,
“Uzbek Texts From Afghan Turkestan,’ "The
Distribution of Turki Tribes in Afghanistan,’
“Materials for the Knowledge of Eastern Turke
stan” and “An Eastern Turk-English Dialect Dic
tionary.” He is said to be fluent in almost as many
tongues as can be heard at even an average Gen
eral Assembly debate.
This bicyde-riding 8-foot Swede may or may
not win the Nobel Peace Prize. But at least he
won’t bill the UN for interpreters,
~ 1970,
Copyright 1970, JTA
Urban Renewal Help from Center
CM Jewish—Black Relations
NEW YORK (JTA)— Estab
lishment of an Information Cen
ter on Jewish-Negro Relations
that will funnel details of co
operative efforts between the
two groups nationwide to an ex
pected 1,000 institutions, organ
izations and individuals working
in intergroup relations has been
announced by the American
Jewish Congress. Richard Ra-
vitch, chairman of the Congress’
Commission on Urban Affairs,
made the announcement concur
rent with publication of the
Center’s first newsletter. The
Information Center is located in
provide information on current
programs, activities and studies
involving Negroes.' and Jews,
especially little-known efforts in
communities that may lend
themselves to duplication in
other parts of the country. Mrs.
Adelman said that more than
300 organizations, responding to
an initial questionnaire^ indi
cated their desire to partidpate
in the Information Center and
receive material from it.
They include government
agencies on a national and local
level—particularly human re
lations commissions in 20 cities
and states; national organizations
in the fields of housing, educa
tion and civil rights; local groups
engaged in similar activities, and
universities. About a third of
these, she said, responded that
they are now or have recently
engaged in programs in which
Blacks and Jews have worked
together.
Black Meat Cutter Buys
Mrs. Libby R. Adelman. -
Mr. Ravitch said that ip co
ordinating information on Jew
ish-Negro relations on a national
basis, the Information Center
would “seek to play a role not
only in strengthening under
standing between the two groups
but in forging the working part
nership necessary to revitalize
the dties, where the majority of
Blacks and Jews live.” t,
He added: “The need fot such
a central repository of informa
tion has long been fell It is
our hope that the Information
Center will help the many
groups working in this field to
share and profit from each
other’s experiences and serve
as a resource library for
scholars, social scientists and
other professionals in the human
relations area.”
The new center is expected to
Los Angeles
History Is
Published
NEW. YORK (JTA)—A history
of the Jews of Los Angeles,,
based on contemporary docu
ments, has been published sim
ultaneously by the Jewish Pub
lication Society and the Hunting-
ton Library, the second in a
regional history series sponsor
ed by the American Jewish His
tory Center of the Jewish Theo
logical Seminary of America.
Authors Max Vorspan and
Lloyd P. Gartner trace the de
velopment of the Los Angeles
community from a handful of
Jews" in the mid-19th century
to its present more than
a million Jews. The Seminary
said they had the full coopera
tion of such organizations as the
Jewish Federation-Council of
Loe Angeles, the Southern
California Jewish History So
ciety and the Huntington Li
brary and Art Gallery.
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — A
“business marriage” was ar
ranged by the Jewish Commun
ity Relations Council when a
kosher meat and grocery busi
ness was sold by its Jewish
owner to a black meat-cutter.
The “marriage” was an accom
modation -for both parties.
This was the second such sale
arranged by JCRC since the re
lease of its survey “Jewish
Businessmen Operating in Se
lected Inner City Areas of Phil
adelphia.” Three more sales are
pending. The former owner,
Harry Band, and his father had
come to America in 1949, the
sole survivors of a Polish-Jew-
ish family that had been exter
minated by the Nazis in World
War II.
Because of his father’s ill
health and the changing neigh
borhood, Mr. Band had decided
to sell and approached JCRC
for help. Wilbert G. Saunders,
the black meat-cutter, was in
terested in buying but needed
help in securing the necessary
financing. Mr. Band referred
him to JCRC. A loan was se
cured through the Job Loan
Corp. with the aid of the Small
Business Administration.
Mr. Band will work with
Saunders for six weeks until he
becomes accustomed to the store
operation. Mr. Saunders said he
would continue the line of
Kosher foods now carried in the
store since there is a lot of de
mand for Jewish rye, bagels,
smoked fish and kosher salami
even though the neighborhood
was now 90 percent black.