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VOL. LI One Section, 12 Pages Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, August 29, 1975 25c A Copy NO. 35 Haile Selassie Dies at 83; Solomon Descendant? ADAS ABABA — Death Wednesday claimed the life of Ethiopia’s former Emperor Haile Selassie at age 83. He has been dethroned in 1974 after a 57-year-old rule as “King of Kings, Elect of God, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah.” Selassie first won international admiration in the 1930’s when an invasion force of Benito Mussolini swept through his tiny and militarily unsophisticated country. The injustice was similar in many respect to the deluge of innocent countries which w'as to follow soon throughout Europe by the un stoppable Nazi forces. Yet, somehow Selassie withstood the invasion. His stand won the admiration of Jewish individuals and groups the world over. The Ethiopian ruler laid claims to being a direct descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The Falashian Jews of his land periodically have attracted attention to the uni queness of their ancestrial and religious practices. Rabin Calls on U.S., Canadian Jews For Increased Financial Aid itiated at the three-day conven tion and which brought its sessions to a close Sunday afternoon. He said that the Israel Bond campaign was vital to strengthen Israel ecqnomical- ly in the qiidst of critic^ negotiations for peace and provide “a decisive and construc tive answer to intensified Arab economic warfare fueled by in credible oil wealth.” In response to Rabin’s call for greater economic assistance, the conference launched a two-pronged program to broaden campaign activities in the Jewish com munity as well as in the business and financial world. Arnon said that the opening of the fall campaign will have its most important phase through - TURN TO PAGE 28 Kissinger Shuttle Nears Success CHICAGO (JTA) — Premier Yitzhak Rabin called on Jewish communities in the United States and Canada Sunday for increased large-scale financial aid to help solve Israel’s serious economic problems. In the midst of his negotiations for a new interim agreement with Egypt, Israel’s Premier cabled an urgent re quest to 000 Jewish leaders meeting here at the Inter national Fall Planning Conference of Israel Bonds asking for help to “lighten the burden of our people.” He said they were hard pressed by “serioW economic problems” resulting largely from Israel’s enormous defense burden. Israel Bond funds are needed, Rabin said, “to maintain our economic stability and the momentum of our economic development.” Referring to the latest disengagement negotiations, he emphasized that despite its strong commitment to peace, Israel “would never agree to peace at the expense of our vital security.” Ral|in attributed the present difficult economic situation to "overwhelming defense needs,” a continued high rate of inflation and the gap in the balance of payments. The message from the Premier was addressed to Sam Rothberg, general chair man, and Michael Arnon, presi dent of the Israel Bond Organization. Rothberg sounded the keynote of the fall campaign for the sale of Israel Bonds which was in- New York Cabbies To Speak Ivrit NEW YORK, (JTA) - Next time you step into a cab in New York City, don’t be surprised if the cab driver speaks Hebrew or identifies himself as an Israeli. This is very likely to happen, considering the fact that presently there are bOQ^to 700 Israeli cab drivers in NYU. by DAVID LANDAU JERUSALEM, (JTA) - The “Kissinger Shuttle” appeared more certain than ever of success this week as Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger took off for Alexandria after spen ding two nights and a day here in Israel. A major breakthrough which Kissinger made known to the Israeli negotiating team seems to have cleared a major obstacle on the path to full agreement on the territorial aspects of the accord. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Kissinger told the Israelis, was no longer pushing for an Egyptian ad vance beyond the present buffet zone into land presently held by Israel. The Israeli ministers had ex plained during the shuttle’s first round that this was an especially sensitive issue for them, since it was linked to the “principle of Sinai demilitarization.” They ex plained that in an eventual final would be demilitarized. If Egypt were to advance beyond the pre sent United Nations Emergency Force lines, this, they contended, would prejudice the principle of future demilitarization. This Egyptian softening, in addition to Sadat’s agreement to Israeli manning of the Umm Hasheiba warning stations, gave grounds for hope here that the shuttle was steadily moving to its successful conclusion. However, reports by reporters from Alexandria that a “senior U.S. official” expected Egypt to advance beyond the UN buffer zone into Israeli-held land under the new agreement caused some consternation here in Jerusalem. Sources here had said that Sadat had foregone his demand to ad vance beyond “Line Beta” — the eastern side of the present buffer. But officials soon regained their composure and explained that what the “senior U.S. of ficial” apparently had in mind was a 1.5 kilometer advance across a 4-kilometer stretch at the top of the Gulf of Suez coastal strip. Technically this would mean Egyptian entry into the present UNEF buffer. But Israeli officials stressed that the overall principle that the buffer remain demilitarized and under UNEF remains in force in the vital areas from the Mediterra nean all the way down to south of the Mitle Pass. Sadat had earlier demanded significant advances by his troops at several crucial points along this line. But Israeli had consistently rejected this de mand, the officials here explain ed, and this rejection was still - TURN TO PAGE 27 RUSSIAN WAY: Roitburd Trial Continues NEW YORK, (JTA) — The trial of Lev Roitburd, which opened Aug. 22 at the Odessa Airport resumed Monday after the judge declared that testimony by prosecution barred Roitburd’s relatives, ex cept for his wife, mother and one other relative. The main prosecution witnesses were not present, including the policeman who had allegedly been beaten National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported Aug. 25. The 39-year-old engineer and “refusnik” from Odessa is being charged with “resisting arrest.” According to the NCSJ, reports from the Soviet Union indicate that the trial is being held in the open in an effort to arouse public sentiment against Roitburd. At the opening of the trial a lecture was given to the airport workers about international problems which, the NCSJ said, amounted to a vicious attack on Zionism, comparing it to fascism. At the end of the lec ture, the workers were asked to remain for the formal trial itself so as to prevent “Zionists” out side the airport's trial room from making provocations dur ing the trial. Police outside the trial room Those prosecution witnesses who did speak gave muddled and contradictory testimony, the NCSJ reported. Roitburd’s lawyer asked for a postpone ment and a thorough investiga-. tion of the charges which alleged that Roitburd had beaten a policeman when the defendant was prevented from leaving Odessa to go to Moscow in June. When Roitburd was allowed to speak he was continually in terrupted by the audience. The judge then declared a three-hour recess. When the trial resumed Friday, no relatives of Roitburd were permitted into the trial room but airport workers were allowed in. The judge then an nounced that the testimony was not clear and ordered the trial postponed until the afternoon. .9&P