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The contributions would go for the purchase of first-class tickets
for "certain influential pr;spects" such as corporate travel directors and
travel agents, the pilots' union said.
(The Santa Fe New Mexican,
March 7, 1971.) Contributed by Leslie
Wilson, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
NO KOSHER FOOD ON
ARAB
PLANES
BEffiUT -
An
Arab airline yesterday denied it had served Kosher
meals - prepared by the Israeli airline EI Al - to its Moslem passengers.
The Lebanese carrier Middle East Airlines-Air Liban said it "cate–
gorically denies that it ever deals with EI
AI
or serves Kosher food to
its passengers."
(The San Francisco Chronicle,
February 19, 1971.) Contributed by
Lewis H. Rubman, Berkeley, California.
BRIEFS:
Pontiac changes the name of its new compact model to
Ventura
II
from Cirrus after some Jewish auto dealers complain Cirrus
sounds too much like the Yiddish word "tzores," which means trouble.
(The Wall Street Journal,
March 4, 1971.) Contributed by Robert
J.
Bresler, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
HEADLINERS
POLLUTERS HAVE MEMBERS ON MANY
STATE ANTIPOLLUTION BOARDS
(The New York Times,
December 7, 1970.)
THE POPE CONDEMNS TORTURE
(The New York Times,
December 2, 1970.)
Contributed by William Mather Boardman, New York, New York.
KARL TO EMPHASIZE NEED FOR DIPLOMA MILL ETHICS
(St. Petersburg Times,
December 1, 1970.) Contributed by Wayne
J.
Douglass, Gainesville, Florida.
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