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r isrcn United ] aren't By Susan Hand Gamecock Staff Writer The United Nations is "just theater" and no one takes anything the organization does seriously, Nathan Shahan, Israeli cultural attache to the United Nations said during a visit to USC last week. Thp IT M rr?r?r?nfl\; pnnHomnoH Israel and South Africa for collaborating on nuclear weapon technology, but Shahan said Israel has very little trade with South Africa. "Other countries, even Arabic countries, have much more trade with South Africa," he said. The U.N.'s accusations against Israel are "totally fake and untrue," he said. SHAHAN SAID Israeli settlomontc in rvpunioH Joppifnrioe am WVMpVVU Wt A 1 IVi IVO VII the West Bank have caused controversy within Israel. The Camp 'Any Re SPARTANBURG, S.C. (A President Gerald Ford said Mon< Deneves nonaici ueagan or any can beat President Carter in general election. PRESIDENT CARTER'S eco are a disaster," Ford told rep arriving jn Spartanburg. H unemployment will rise and "w< have a severe recession." He said tne wnite House plan tt budget calls for more taxes ant really help the economy much I HI 1^ I I *\vS0* : ! s? <v<e ' o<?^ i^ t V\\' i 1 9 o\\S o c? V ^ ' H *ev*>?se Ia^o< ^ \o? ?^?A\eN? ?o? ?li cultural attache l ^QLlUIl 5 4 taken ser David agreement stated that no one would move into those areas, but Shahan said, "It is unimportant if it (resettlement) is a violation of Camp David agreements." Shahan said the problems facing Israel are very serious, but he said, "the minute we have a peaceful solution many of the Palestinians will remain where they are." Shahan was born in Israel after his parents immigrated to the country from Russia in 1924. During his youth, Palestine-Eretz Israel, as the countrv was called. was under British mandate. "TO ME the mandate is personal history," he said. 4,I was born under the mandate and I was raised with the feeling of what it is to be a part of the solution by the Former Presidei :publican i D \ m o ?* hirthor fov Ki An Km II / JL V/l 111V/I IllgllV/i kUA UUI UV.II Mil UU> iay night he Asked about his s Republican" Reagan's chances of be; this year's "I think any Republicar of beating President Cai nomic plans FORI) ANNOUNCEr orters after would not enter the r? e predicted Presidential nominatio j'll probably came about a week primaries in South > balance the Alabama and Florida. 1 "vou don't The former president if you put a of those primaries figi I mSSSmBmM ?0L ^VleG?pe?Vc6, .W o?' fli AR^PJ| , + *> 0 ? * * 4k * *f * 4 f 4 T * # r % ? ? 1 >ays actions iously international committee of the U.N." Shahan said he grew up in a situation in which the government was British and the police were British. He said there are places in Israel where "If I go, I'll get killed because it is too dangerous." AFTER WOULD War II, Shahan worked in the Bricha, an underground organization desienpd to get Jewish-European displaced persons to Israel, by illegal means in necessary. He worked in Europe helping to bring people from Czechoslovakia to Germany. During the War of Independence in Israel, which began in 1948, Shahan worked in the headquarters of the Palmach, the backbone of the Israeli army. During this time he was a liaison between the Palmach and the Stern gang, one it Ford believes ' can beal siness." "No," he tatements concerning factors." ating Carter, Ford said, But, he i has a good opportunity as the pi rter this year." difficult tc say any pi ) in mid-March that he came into ice for the Republican FORD, m. The announcement at college after Reagan swept tanburg fi Carolina, Georgia, predicted economy \ was asked if the results ne sajd jred into his decision. thinks." the TRIPSan Presents: a day of KIAV I $9.00 PAYS F< TRIP GUIDE: B SIGN UP NONA > !%?.*. <.v,rtO.M?*rr r J .t .1 .f *< f.:" ^f^iyZiffjz*; Bg [ ' - - jBt^ **&* ~ ~" " ~ 1 Nathan Shahan of the most dangerous terrorist ( groups in Israel. a "Most of the members of the r Stern gang came from Vilna and s Warsaw during World War II," he said. "They had seen so much ' killing during the war that they r didn't care about killing a couple of s British just because they were r British. t "The future will be a mixture of cultures. It should not be a con- r frontation with Islam, but a ? mixture. I think this is the future, r not Knomeini and Arafat," Shahan t said. ii s : Carter : o c replied, "it was a combination of :ontinued, "There's no question that ^ imaries unfolded it became more ? envision a late start. But I wouldn't , imary or combination of primaries" r the decision not to enter the race. vho is delivering a series of lectures i > across the South, came to Spar- ? om Winston-Salem, N.C., where he rough sledding for Carter as the < 'orsens. i barter may "have it harder than he l t DEXPEDITIO c 5UNNING AND AT VAH ISL ^PRIL 27, V980 3R ROUNDTRIP TRAf RYANT SMITH -INTHE ACTIVITIES 2nd FLOOR LOBBY CALL 777-6460 FC no laughing matter | By Leroy Williams Gamecock Staff Writer There are many motives for heft, but someone apparently had ?n unusual reason for staging a arceny at USC last weekend. The thief just wanted a few aughs. TWO TANKS of nitrous oxide ;as, better known as "laughing ;as," were stolen from a wire cage >utside the Booker T. Washington Center. The gas is usually used as in analgesic ageni, or pain eliever, during experimental urgery in animal research. The thefts do not amuse W. A organ Newton, the animal esearch department director. He aid this is the third time in recent nonths that some of the gas has >een stolen. "WE HAD one theft apjroximately a month to six weeks igo and the other about three nonths ago," Newton said. "A ank (of nitrous oxide) was stolen >ach time," he said. For ali of nitrous oxide's laughnducing abilities, there is also ome danger involved with its use, Jewton said. Inhalation of the gas an P9IIGO nvvaon Hicnl irnrnont yhich could cause the user to pass iut, he said. "The gas is not to be >layed with," Newton stressed. THE NITROUS oxide is stored in anks and piped into the surgical irea, which is located in the inimal research center's gymlasiumarea. Newton estimates the value of the stolen tanks at about $150. He said he does not know what the animal research department will io to insure the security of the litrous oxide used in the future. Dut he said, "We're going to have ;o do something." ???i NS :OMAAITTEE SWIMMING AND i ASPORTATION OFFICE RUSSELL HOUSE >R MORE INFO. MjJi I