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Observer, La Grande, Ore., Sat., Aug. 16 1958 Page 5, Conflict Between Jewish Elements By LOUIS CASSELS ..United Press International Does the term "Jew" designate a person's religion, race or nation ality? This question currently is the subject '- of lively controversy among Jews, both in Israel and in the United Slates; ;- The dispute in lirocl was loij'chcd off by the government's decision to issue new identifica tion cards to all citizens. Each card shows, among tother things, whether the bearer js Jewish or non-Jewish. The Ministry of In terior has instructed its clerks to lelach citizen make the deter mination himself. In other words, any person who considers himself a Jew will be officially recorded as, "one. ; . Traditional Tests The ruling has produced sharp protests from some orthodox rab bis. They charge that the govern ment has abandoned the tradition al tests prescribed in Talmudic scriptures. According to these rules, a person is a Jew only if Maybe Air Conditioning Would Help " 'iDABEL. Okla. (UPI) Willie Hunter, 42, who was recaptured Wednesday after escaping from the McCurtain County Jail, told Sheriff Bob Murphy he had a good reason for fleeing. "You can't imagine how un pleasant it was in there,'' he said. "It was too darn hot." Maryland Boy Wins Rodd-E-O ' WASHINGTON UPI Edward M. Smith, 17, of Silver Spring, Md., last night was named as the nation's champion teen- age driver. 1 Edward was awarded a $2,000 college scholarship as winner of the 7th annual National Road-E-O. He was the youngest 'of the top 10 among 51 contestants from the 48 states, the District of Columbia, Hawaii and Alaska. Second place went to Marvin M. Lowry of Moultrie, Ga. He re ceived a $1,500 scholarship.. . Other contestants who finished in the top 10 included: Ronald E. Timpe, Portland, Ore.; Edward Long, South Fargo, N.D.; and David W. Lindslrom, Juneau, Alaska. Nautilis To Head For Home Port Next Monday PORTLAND, Eng. (UPI) The U.S. Navy's atomic submarine Nautilus, which made the historic underweater crossing of the North Pole, will sail for home Monday after a six-day visit here, it was announced today. The sub will head for her home port, New Lon don, Conn. Portland was the ship's first port after cruising under the Arctic ice pack from Hawaii to the North Atlantic. No turtles have teetli, but the jaws have homy edges that can cut hard substances and some turtles can make painful cuts. Who's Who? ACROSS 1 Franklin 4 - Musial 8 Manhandle 12 Lincoln 39 Hue 40 Baptismal vessel 41 Decimal unit 42 Lucky number 45 Rubbers 49 Values highly 51 Cravat 52 Landed 53 Oceans 54 sergeant 55 Oriental coins 56 Norwegian city 57 Diminutive suffixes DOWN 1 Sacks 2 Black 3 Denials 4 Slant . 5 Narrow band 8 Opposed 7 Girl's nickname 8 Anchors 9 Chills and., fever ; 13 Molten rock ! 14 Monster ! 15 Magog's partner ' 16 At home , event (two words) 18 Fish 20 Regions 21 Pedal digit 22 Moral wrongs 24 City in Pennsylvania 28 Writing . implements . '27 Observed 30 Blow softly 32 Emissary ' 34 Tighter & '' 35 Puffs up 36 Balaam's V steed 37 Greatest 1 l 3 I j 3 i 7 1 18 p ID II- fT """ IF- S " " IT " 17 J B LZ lr Tl pnu if W p P ?i " IP dztiEZL pzzzlz ft "I'd pr grit nr i5 i& sz ?t sr I I I il Mil p I 1 18 (1) he has been dedicated to the faith of Judaism by the rite of circumcision; and (2) lie has a Jewish mother.' Few Jews would argue with the first test, which is a purely reli gious standard. But the second test signifies that Jewishness also is a matter of race. And this idea is repug nant to many people (non-Jews as well as Jews ) who " remember HeShoulda NEWTON. Iowa (UPI) Je'rrv Alward, 13, Newton, wrote his parents from a Boone, Iowa, sum mer camp that he is having a "pretty good time." But Jerry added, "When I say pretty 1 mean I'm not doing so good." Jerry said he was doing flips on the trampoline, missed, hit a steel bar, bounced off, fell on his back and hurt his feet, his ribs and both arms. Then, his sleeping bag, pillow and clothes got soaked during a rainstorm the next day. He moved his air mattress too close to a fire and 'burned a hole in it. Jerry said he dropped his glasses in the river while return ing from a two-day caoe trip at Stockton Man Dies In Fall JACKSON, Wyo. (UPI) -Park rangers -have recovered the body of a 43-year-old Stockton, Calif., man who fell to his death on a mountain ledge in Grand Teton National Park Wednesday. He was Parshall A. Terry, who slipped and fell 100 feet to a low er ledge while jumping rocks. A 12-man recovery team, led by park ranger John Fonda, found the body early Thursday about I, 000 feet from the peak of the II, 750-foot mountain. Terry, according to chief park ranger Russell Dickenson, was with his two teen-age sons and a brother-in-law, Francis Andres of Ruppert, Idaho. Arabs Maneuver With New "Secret Weapon" ' DAMASCUS, Syria (UPI) The United Arab Republic army car ried out live-ammunition maneu vers Thursday with a "new secret weapon," Damascus Radio re ported. The broadcast said the maneu vers were watched by Field Mar shal Abdel ' Hakim Airier, commander-in-chief of the U.A.R. forces. Five "Outlaws" Slain By Cuban Rural Guards HAVANA (UPI) Five "out laws" were killed by rural guards Thursday on the road between San Andres and La Guira in west ern Cuba an area not previ ously affected by recent disorders in this country, the army an nounced Friday. Earlier, police had announced the arrest of 12 men and two women accused of plotting to as sassinate government leaders with an air gun that fired poisoned darts. ..... Answer to Previous Puzzle wissit itiwioi I515n n a 1. AJ H.1M S15.LS. d a v ylj use TCES e n e HIa a e nt Pac? l R AB - T- h i Bel "?15r a r n ol VST E L- E U iff emaS & A5 i atenL , IP A UT T B & A U CAM "HR OMAN (5 Aug Sf MAN "5iJ.X Deuel J.TS rete i 5 e a ItIeIa IaIpIcIn 10 Constellation, major or . minor 1 1 Dregs 17 and Gretel 19 Shelley and Keats, lor instance 23 Small bay 24 Feminine appellation 25 Fish eggs (pl.) 26 Former : Argentine president 27 Cotton fabric 28 Sun disk 29 Wctress, Mae 31 Citrus fruits 33 Entrances in fences 38 Metric measures' 40 Accomplish ments 1 41 Italian poet 42 Remain 43 Writer, S. Gardner 44 Blood vessel 48 Actual 47 Tumult 48 Snake 50 Service groups (ab.) how Hitler used it as an excuse for exterminating six million peo ple. In the United States, the ques tion has become involved in a larger controversy between Zion ists and non-Zionists over the re lationship of American Jews to the state of Israel. Zionists regard Israel -as the "Jewish Homeland" to which all Jews owe the same loyalty and Stood In Bed the YMCA summer camp. "My left foot's big toe is broken and on my right foot a bone fur ther upr" he wrote. "And without my glasses I'm not doing so good." Jerry" added a post script. "Forget about taking me home a day early for the junior Olym pics because probably 1 won't get the cast off for five weeks. And bring the other air mattress." Tiffany's Willing To Try Again NEW YORK i(UPD Tiffany's remained undaunted today in the face of a brazen theft of gems from its display windows. There were reports the Fifth Avenue ultra-fashionable jewelry shop would henceforth use imita tion gems in its sidewalk windows in view of Sunday's burglary, in which thieves smashed open two display windows and hauled off jewels valued at $171,500. But Tiffany's was not to be daunted. As curious pedestrians clustered about the windows the store unveiled its news display and new windows containing diamond-encrusted jewelry val ued at $131,000. Scientists Warn Pets Are Tuberculosis Hazard ' STOCKHOLM, Sweden (UPI) An international scientists' com mittee warned Friday night that pets are a growing tuberculosis hazard to human beings. The com mittee particularly singled out dogs; cats, parrots and monkeys as potential sources of the disease. The group, miyle up of experts of United Nations food and health agencies, is holding a five-day meeting to discuss animal dis eases that can be transmitted to humans. TV Channel Swim Highlights By WILLIAM EWALD United Press International The Channel Swim: The first Bob Banner special for CBS-TV will be "The Ginger Rogers Show," a one-hour live musical variety one-shot on Oct. 15. Jackie Cooper will sub for Monty Hall as emcee of CBS-TV's "Keep Talking" on Aug. 19. There's a good chance a cigarette sponsor will back "Keep Talking" as a fall show. Robert Saudek Associates, pack agers of "Omnibus", landed an auto sponsor for its new taped scries of New York Philharmonic concerts the series, called "Pre views," will be seen at least four times during the season on Sun day afternoons, probably on CBS TV. "Omnibus," incidentally will unbutton its NBC-TV season of 15 shows on Oct. 26. MGM's "Thin Man" series, slat ed for the boncyard on NBC-TV after the summer, got a reprieve and will continue in its present Friday slot. "Midsummer," the Vina Delmar play that James, Pamela and Portland Mason have been doing in summer stock, is ticketed in for CBS-TVs "U.S. Steel Hour" in October there's a good chance the Mason family may adorn the TV adaptation. The Channel Swim: Albert Mc Cleery, who bossed the late "Mat inee Theater" on NBC-TV, will produce a new live color 60-min-ute series, "The Further Adven tures of Ellery Queen," for NBC TV. It'll be seen on Friday's be ginning Sept. 26. 1 Shelley Bcrman has been signed for six shots on the CBS-TV "Ed Sullivan Show". The 90-minute colorcast of "Kiss Me Kate" with Alfred Drake and Patricia Morri son is set for No 20 on NBC-TV. Hildy Parks is shaping up as Sgt. Bilko's new love interest in the CBS-TV "Phil Silvers Show" the first Silvers show of the fall sea son will be "Gold Fever" on Sept. 26. The Channel Swim: "Northwest Passage," the half-hour color se ries orginally ticketed for Friday night on NBC- TV this fall, now has been shifted to Sunday in the spot just before Steve Allen's hour. Some of the gals scheduled for feature in "Northwest Pas sage" should give it an interna tional flavor Ziva Rodann, a for mer Miss Israel, Taina Elg of Fin land and Lisa Montell of Mexico. "Rawhide," the 60-minutc West ern that CBS- TV was touting for the fall, now looks like a doubtful starter. However, "Rawhide" films will continue to be produced with an eye toward shoving them into a breach later in the season. "Pursuit," a' one hour live series from Hollywood with Norman Fel- Reviewed affection that a Scot feels for Scotland or a Frenchman for France. This concept of "Jewish nationalism" has been heavily stressed in U. S. campaigns to raise funds for Israel. Non-Zionists believe Jewish na tionalism inevitably will revive the "Hitler myths" of a Jewish race, and will lead in time to a new wave of anti-Semitism. Under the leadership of Less- ing J. Roscnwald, former board chairman of Sjears Roebuck & Co., a non-Zionist organization colled the American Council for Judaism is trying industriously to persuade American Jews that their com mon bond is not national, nor racial, but strictly religious. "Judaism is a religion of uni versal values, not a nationality,'-' says the council. "What makes one a Jew is voluntary adherence to that religion." One immense difficulty stands in the way of general acceptance of a purely religious definition. There are millions of people who regard themselves as dews but do not accept the religious teach ings of Judaism. These are the so-called "secular Jews" and they are numerous in Israel as well as in the United States. The influence of "Secular Jews" on Israeli government policy is a matter of constant concern to some devout Jews who believe that the Jewish homeland should be completely dedicated to the religious precepts of Judaism. " Recent Splits Ultra-orthodox Jews were hor rified, for example, when a Jeru salem hotel owner recently was granted a permit to build a swim ming pool to be used by both sexes. (By ancient Jewish tradi dition, women are "u n c 1 e a n" creatures who are not allowed to bathe in the same facilities used by men.) They also are disturbed by the fact that municipally owned trolleys and buses operate on the Sabbath in some Israeli cities. Other religious Jews feel that the extreme orthodox factions, by kicking up a fuss over-swimming pools and trolleys, are hurting the case of Judaism. They believe it is time lo de-emphasize "non essential" elements, such as the dietary . laws and strict Sabbath observance, which are ignored by most modern Jews, and to con centrate on the "universal val ues" of faith, justice and ethical behavior that Judaism has con tributed to civilization. Then, they believe, the vast majority of Jews will be able to identify themselves, not with a nation or an ancestry, but with a religion, ., . , ton as producer, has bobbed up as a probable starter for Wednesday night on CliS-TV. "County Fair," a daily after noon variety half-hour witli Bert Parks as emcee, will unpop on NBC-TV Sept. 22. "Modern Ro mances" and the last 15 minutes of "Queen For A Day" will be dropped to make room for' it Jack Barry pulled a funny boo-boo on last Friday's NBC-TV "Tic Tac Dough" a cartoon character for his toothpaste sponsor finished off the commercial with "Look, ma, no. cavities" and Jack mumbled, ''Look, ma, no teeth," thinking his mike was off the air. It wasn't. The Channel Swim: ABC-TV's "Stars of Jazz" got a reprieve it'll go into the Friday night spot currently held by "Tales of ESP" on Sept. 5. ABC-TV is inserting a Friday night filmed one-shot, "A World Alone," a piece about men tal health, on Aug. 29. Some of the properties set for CBS-TV's "Playhouse 90" next sea son include: two short stories by Ernest Hemingway and one by William Faulkner, Joseph Con rad's "The Heart of Darkness" and "The Secret Agent," Reginald Rose's "The Savage," J. P. Mil ler's "The Days of Wine and Roses," Robert Alan A r t h u r's "The Rise and Fall of Wilson Hunt," and "Seven Against the Wall," a drama of the Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago. The Channel Swim: MGM is pitching its "Thin Man" series at ABC-TV it won't be back on NBC-TV. Mortimer Adler is in as Mike Wallace's Sept. 7 ABC-TV guest. Bob Kceshan, who plays CBS-TV's "Captain Kanaroo," takes off for England Sept. 6 to film some bits for his daily show which re-opens Sept. 29. Robert Saudek Associates, pro ducers of "Omnibus," "New York Philharmonic Previews" and "An nals of Medicine," may coax a big auto sponsor into its fold. Lucille Ball wants lo do a melodrama for CBS-TV's "D c s i 1 u Playhouse" called "The Night The Phone Rang". Polly Bergen cold-shouldered the lead in the movie ver sion of "On The Beach" to be shot in Australia. Laurence Olivier, Frederic March and Jose Ferrer turned down the Slalin role in CBS-TV's "Playhouse 90" opener, "The Plot to Kill Stalin" Rod Steiger. Peter Ustinov and Van Heflin still are in the running. Maggie Pierce is the hottest contender for the bride role In "Father of The Bride," a series that'll be seen in 1959-60. CBS-TV, still jiggling its fall schedules, now has dropped "Invisible Man" back into a Wednesday night slot and definite- OUT OUR WAY . II L 117 TVJSiS 22- II ( Sffit.2SLrV ) I 1 z SJISSi&T!? JSSy-Io,ij' well.x knew my luck couldn't lawm J SACK AGAIN.' AND AS IF THAT I! -zrzi. 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