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Page 4-THE NEWS-March, 1986 WORLD BEAT edited by Marta Garelik Israel Returns $51 M To U.S. JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel returned last month to the U.S. $51 million of the $1.2 billion economic aid grant it received in a lump sum last October 1, the beginning of the 1986 fiscal year. The refund was voluntary on Israel's part. It was made to help the Reagan Adminis tration meet the budgetary constraints imposed by the recently legislated Gramm- Rudman law. All recipients of U.S. economic £uid military assistance are affected as a result of the across-the-board 4.3 percent reduction in for eign aid mandated by Con gress. Forest For Seven Dead Astronauts JERUSALEM (JTA) - The seven astronauts kiUed in the Challenger tragedy wiU be commemorated with a forest planted by the Jewish Na tional Fund in the Jerusalem hills. Tens of thousands of trees will be planted in memory of the astronauts and in honor of American space research at the American In dependence Park established during the United States’ 200th anniversary yeeir. Jewish Lawyer Appointed Cabinet Member LONDON (JTA) — Malcolm Rifkind, a 39-year-old lawyer, has been appointed Secretary of State for Scotland, making him the youngest person in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Cabinet and its fifth Jewish-bom member. Other Cabinet members of Jewish birth are Sir Keith Joseph, Education Secretary; Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Leon Brittan, Trade and Industry Secretary; and Lord Young, Emplo5onent Secretary. Site Selected For Nuclear Power Station TEL AVIV (JTA) - Israel’s first nuclear power station will be located in the Negev, just off the Beersheba-Nitzana road, after 11 years of studies and tests that cost $20 million. Negotiations for the pur chase of a nuclear power re actor are underway with possi ble suppliers in West Ger many, France, Canada and the U.S. Before the project can be started, a political decision has to be made whether or not to build the power station. Once approved, it wiU take a decade to complete, will cost $2 billion and would not be operational before the year 2000 but would provide be tween 2,500 and 4,000 jobs during construction. An estimated 350 employes would be required to run the plant. TAU Astronomer Analyzing Uranus Data TEL AVIV (JTA) - A Tel Aviv University astronomer is one of a small team of special ists analyzing data radioed back to earth from the un manned U.S. spacecraft Voyager II when it passed within 50,000 miles of Uranus. Prof. Aharon Avitar flew to Pasadena, Calif, at the invita tion of the Jet Propulsion Laboratories to join the 17-member plasma study team Home Health Care For Your Pet Hardin E. Rubin D.V.M. 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A Unique Project TEL AVIV (JTA) - An 11-mile, $20 million conveyor belt is under construction to tremsport potash from the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the earth's surface, to a railhead from where it will be carried by train to the Medi terranean port of Ashdod for loading aboard ships bound for European and American markets. Potash is used pri marily in agriculture and is Israel's principal raw mater ials export. The 1.7 million tons of potash extracted annually from the Dead Sea works at Sdom is presently carried by truck to the railhead at Mishor Rotem on a plateau between Arad and Dimona in the Negev. The conveyor belt will speed up transportation and reduce expenses. It is being built by Cable Belt Ltd., a British firm based at Camber- ley, Surrey. The total cost of the project is $38 million. The first stage of the auto mated belt was completed in early January and the system is expected to be in operation in a year’s time. The belt is unique because of its con siderable length and the dif ficult terrain it crosses. It will rise 1,800 meters in an area of steep cliffs and deep gullies. It will reduce the cost of trans porting Dead Sea potash by more than $5 million a year, making potash competitive on world markets. U.S. Navy Contracts For The Israel-Drone TEL AVIV (JTA) - Israeli technicians spent two weeks in an isolated desert area demon strating to American experts the capabilities of the Israel- made drone — pilotless light aircraft used for reconnais sance purposes. Those demon strations resulted in a major contract from the U.S. Navy, according to an article in Bamtihane, the Israel Defense Force monthly magazine. The Israel-made drone fulfilled the American requirements with respect to maximum cruising range and altitude, ability to spot hidden targets, take-off and lemding on short (70- meter) runways, and main tenance needs. Holocaust Denial Book Stays In Library TORONTO (JTA) - A book that claims the Holocaust is a hoax as well as controversial publications will not be ban ned from the library at Ryer- son Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. After a three-month investi gation, a special committee has ruled out adopting a policy that would remove books such as “The Hoax Of The Twen tieth Century” from library shelves. The book denies the well-documented fact that six million Jews died at the hands of the Nazis. The new policy of the In stitute, however, approved by its governing council, could result in a book being placed in a “limited access” area if it is the subject of an “adverse judgment” by a Canadian court. Tid-Bits LONDON (JTA) - The Hungarian government has paid an unprecedented official tribute here to Raoul Wallen berg, the Swedish diplomat jailed by the Soviet Union after saving thousands of Jews during World War II. It has also hinted that it is ready to rehabilitate a national monument to Wallenberg erected in Hungary after the war, at a time when Wallen berg, declared dead by the Russians, was actually a secret prisoner in Moscow. • JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel has formally named its first Ambassador to Spain. Spain and Israel established formal diplomatic ties on January 17 when the Spanish Cabinet approved the appoint ment of Spain’s first Ambassador. • AMSTERDAM (JTA) - Shoah, the nine-and-a-half hour epic documentary on the Holocaust by Claude Lanz- mann, was awarded the prize for best documentary of 1985 at the first Rotterdam Film Festival. More thsm one-third of the 70 judges, including in ternational film critics and festival directors, voted for Shoah. TEL AVIV (JTA) - El A1 ticket counters at two British airports — in Manchester and in London — have been re located, apparently because other airlines are nervous about possible terrorist attacks. • NEW YORK (JTA) - A federal appeals court has rul ed that a New Mexico county whose official seal prominent ly features a Christian cross is in violation of the separation of church and state mandated by the Constitution and can no longer be used. • JERUSALEM (JTA) - A “human skin repository,” for transplants in case of persons suffering severe burns, has been established at Hadassah Hospital. It was finally agreed by the Chief Rabbinate to allow the Health Ministry to do this. mm MAMIM TRAX/ELS FOR AU YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS BUSINESS OR VACATION... ONE PHONE CALL DOES IT ALL 600 MATTHEWS-MINT HILL RD. SUITE 136 - MATTHEWS, NC 28105 TELEPHONE 704/847-1542 201 S. 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